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...Instead, look down to McConnell’s job approval numbers: 51 percent favorable, 48 percent unfavorable. In the last PPP poll — the one paid for by Harry Reid’s PAC which showed McConnell tied with Grimes, McConnell’s had a 44/47 percent approval/disapproval. That’s not very good, except that his numbers in the previous PPP poll a month earlier had been much worse — 36/54. That’s a 16-point swing in net approval between April and May, which at the time I figured was the result of McConnell’s early self-elevation via positive advertising...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) defended her endorsement of anti-establishment Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul, saying that she agrees with his domestic agenda "for the most part." Paul is running in a primary against Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, who is backed by GOP establishment figures such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) Asked by "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace why she endorsed Paul, Palin said “Because he's a federalist and he wants the states to have more say and as we respect the 10th Amendment in our Constitution, he wants the states to have more...

Rand Paul explains what the Tea party is about to CNN lackey

LOUISVILLE -- Rand Paul believes he was born to lead the anti-establishment movement sweeping the GOP. "I would say if there is a candidate who comes from the movement, who has never been a politician," Paul said, "I'm it." While Republicans across the country, from Scott Brown in Massachusetts to Marco Rubio in Florida, have succeeded in tapping into the anger of the "tea party" crowd, Paul, the third son of the anti-tax icon and Texas congressman Ron Paul, is a product of it. The insurgent GOP primary candidate, who wants to succeed retiring Sen. Jim Bunning in Kentucky, is...

Ophthalmologist Rand Paul (R) is the first candidate in KY to launch TV ads, debuting a 30-second spot focused on trying terrorist suspects on U.S. soil. "I think prisoners of war, enemy combatants and terrorists captured on the battlefield should be tried in military court and not brought to the U.S.," Paul says in his ad. "I do not believe they should be tried in civilian courts." A voiceover promises "conservative leadership for a safer America." Click Here to View Ad

In two open-seat Senate contests, fourth- quarter fundraising reports confirmed that one-time GOP front-runners are falling back to earth in their respective primaries. Nowhere is that more evident than in Florida, where Gov. Charlie Crist (R) faces a primary against former state House Speaker Marco Rubio. Crist’s $2.1 million in fundraising during the quarter was down from the $2.5 million he raised in the third quarter and $4.3 million he raised in the second quarter of 2009. And as Crist’s totals have decreased, Rubio has watched his fundraising take off. Rubio posted his best quarter yet during the final three...