“I’ve been pleasantly surprised that Trump has picked very conservative people who match a lot of the things I’ve been talking about up here," Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said.

It’s no secret Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and President-elect Donald Trump butted heads in the past.

But now, he said most of Trump's choices are good for his state.

"I think Scott Pruitt at the EPA I think will recognize that these regulations are hurting states like Kentucky and hurting jobs and that they’re willing to do something about it," Paul said.

Not all the picks have passed Paul’s test. The senator is very open about his concern over one in particular.

"The Secretary of State position I think is important because you want someone as secretary of state who is a diplomat and who will try to find solutions other than war. I don’t know enough about Tillerson yet to make a conclusion but I am open minded," he added.

Some on the left call Paul’s stance disingenuous.

“Someone who ran a tough primary against Donald Trump just a couple of months ago and condemned him -- to then turn around and then try to curry favor with the President elect," Volsky said.

Igor Volsky with the Center for American Progress says other former presidential candidates like Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham are more alarmed by the secretary of state nominee. Volsky believes many of the nominees go against what the President-elect campaigned on.

"Which is he's coming in to shake up Washington to really change the status quo and instead of draining the swamp he’s really kind of poured it over," Volsky added.

Trump’s other nominations include former Texas governor Rick Perry for Energy Secretary Freshman Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke for Interior Secretary and Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. They’ll all undergo confirmation hearings in just a few weeks here in the senate.