Many of you wondered how Rand Paul could so quickly and absolutely support McConnell for Senate in the face of McConnell’s attacks on the Tea Party. Well now you know:
KENTUCKY.COM – McConnell also is intrigued by Paul’s plans for 2016, when Kentucky’s junior senator faces re-election to his Senate seat while potentially running for president.
It’s a safe bet that Paul won’t be the only member of McConnell’s GOP caucus who considers trying for a move to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Does that require a tricky balance?
“(It’s) not tricky at all,” McConnell said. “Obviously, I’m a big supporter of Rand Paul. We’ve developed a very tight relationship, and I’m for him.”
For president?
“Whatever he decides to do,” McConnell said. “I don’t think he’s made a final decision on that. But he’ll be able to count on me.”
McConnell acknowledged that Paul’s position “is complicated,” since Paul’s re-election bid could suffer from the attacks that come with a presidential run, but he said he would reserve any advice he has for Paul for their private conversations.
Looking back on his own race against Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, McConnell said the most bothersome ads against him were those by Grimes that suggested he had attained personal wealth from his actions in the Senate, and an ad from the Senate Majority PAC in the closing days of the race that implied he changed his stock portfolio based on insider information around the time of the global economic crisis of 2008.
(h/t: Daily Caller)