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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (29201)	4/14/2010 9:27:54 PM
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Jim Bunning endorses Tea Party favorite to replace him Apr 14, 2010 06:45 PM content.usatoday.com Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning has endorsed anti-establishment candidate Rand Paul to replace him in the U.S. Senate. The GOP primary is May 18. In a statement released this afternoon by Paul's campaign, Bunning said: In the United States Senate, Kentuckians need a strong, principled conservative to stand up to the liberals and establishment politicians that run Washington. Kentucky needs a conservative who will say no to bailouts, stop the government takeover of our economy, end wasteful spending, and bring down our national debt. And Kentucky's families need a conservative who believes in traditional values and the rights of the unborn. In 2010, there is only one such conservative running for the United States Senate -- Dr. Rand Paul. Bunning's move is a rebuke of Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, whom our Gannett colleagues at The Louisville-Courier Journal describe as a Bunning protege. It also highlights Bunning's contentious relationship with fellow Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate. McConnell has not officially endorsed a candidate in the race, but has provided fundraising help to Grayson. (Last month, Grayson won the backing of another national GOP figure, former Vice President Dick Cheney.) Paul, an ophthalmologist, is the son of Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, but attracted a devoted following. As The Washington Post recently reported, the younger Paul's outsider campaign has attracted the endorsement of former GOP vice president nominee Sarah Palin and lots of attention as a test of the anti-establishment wave among voters and where it might take the Republican Party. (Posted by Fredreka Schouten)