Sunday, August 3, 2014

Politico: Rand Paul Doesn't Attack Republicans Anymore

Politico says Rand Paul has become a "team" player. Following Rand's speech for McConnell today at the Fancy Farm picnic in Kentucky, Politico explained Rand's development as an establishment player :
As McConnell geared up for reelection, he hired Paul confidante Jesse Benton to manage his own campaign. The two senators now frequently appear at events together.
Paul’s endorsement gave McConnell vital cover during a contentious GOP primary challenge from businessman Matt Bevin 
And McConnell is looking for ways to return the favor.
“I can say this without fear of contradiction: he is the most credible candidate for president of the United States since Henry Clay,” the minority leader reportedly told a county GOP breakfast earlier Saturday, a reference to the Kentucky senator who ran unsuccessfully for president in 1824, 1832 and 1844...
Paul’s speech [at the Fancy Farm] reflected just how much he’s grown as a politician since 2009. There was no criticism of other Republicans. He’s now much more a team player and crisper on the stump

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  1. “I can say this without fear of contradiction: he is the most credible candidate for president of the United States since Henry Clay.” - Mitch McConnell, praising Rand Paul

    Henry Clay, the Whig who opposed Jackson's ending the charter for the Second Bank of the United States. (Gotta be able to print all that vote-money, you see.)

    Henry Clay, the Whig whose "American System" was adored by Abraham Lincoln (the DeWitt Clinton aspirant) and other Illinois Whigs, who together implemented parts of the system and ran the state into the ground. They rolled up a debt so enormous that it held back Illinois's economic growth years. It was the end of the Whigs, who regrouped as the Republicans - who showed they knew how to spend lots of money.

    Henry Clay, ardent supporter of any tariff anywhere.

    Henry Clay, who in a cabinet meeting said of the American Indians that their "disappearance from the human family will be no great loss to the world." He "did not think them, as a race, worth preserving."

    Thanks, Mitch, I think I'll take my measly vote elsewhere.

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