Not surprising. The Democrats have been adopting Bush policies over the entire Obama administration, why not adopt the tactics?
The great difference: President Obama reacts cautiously to real dangers to America -- like ISIS. Dubya reacted rashly to fabricated dangers to America.
ISIS is about as much of a "threat to America" as Saddam Hussein was.
I see this as Rand Paul once again hitting that centrist, populist chord that everyone else in the 2016 elections will likely miss. (Save for maybe Elizabeth Warren on the economy.) Whether he can ride that to the nomination or the presidency, even if he avoids his other problems (including a tendency to put his foot in his mouth), I don't know.
