Grayson assails Paul for refusing to commit to McConnell

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Secretary of State Trey Grayson has criticized his opponent in next year's Republican U.S. Senate primary for refusing to promise to support fellow Kentuckian Mitch McConnell as the Senate minority leader.

In an interview with WHAS-TV earlier this week, Bowling Green ophthalmologist Rand Paul declined to say if he would support McConnell for another term as Senate GOP leader if he is challenged by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina.

“I like both of them, and I don't know that I could make a judgment. I have to win the primary first,” Paul said in the interview. “So I don't think I'd make a judgment on how I'd vote for a leader, but I think obviously Kentucky having a leader is good for Kentucky. “

In a statement Wednesday, Grayson said Paul's remarks are a sign that he is more beholden to his “Libertarian donor base” than to his constituents in Kentucky.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091112/NEWS01/911120366/1008/NEWS01/Grayson+assails+Paul+for+refusing+to+commit+to+McConnell

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1. I'm bursting with schadenfreude!

Couldn't happen to a more deserving dickweed than McChinless! I have a feeling our Rand Paul problems will take care of themselves, but anything that drives a wedge into Republican politics has a silver lining.