Austin
12-03-2009, 08:32 AM
Republican Rand Paul has become the star of the Tea Party movement that's brewing up conservative challengers to establishment GOP candidates across the country, turning what was once a one-sided primary into a shootout for the Republican ballot line in the race to replace retiring GOP Sen. Jim Bunning.
The son of Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, faces Secretary of State Trey Grayson, who was Bunning's star pupil and the choice of Senate Minority Leader McConnell, the state's senior senator.
The candidates stand in sharp contrast, with Grayson filling the role of the party insider with access to McConnell's establishment network and Paul feeding off the energy of conservatives angered by the growing cost and size of government.
"If your only concern is we need a Republican majority, I may not be the right guy," Paul told about two dozen members of the Franklin County Republican Party here last week. "I want to change the system."
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The son of Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, faces Secretary of State Trey Grayson, who was Bunning's star pupil and the choice of Senate Minority Leader McConnell, the state's senior senator.
The candidates stand in sharp contrast, with Grayson filling the role of the party insider with access to McConnell's establishment network and Paul feeding off the energy of conservatives angered by the growing cost and size of government.
"If your only concern is we need a Republican majority, I may not be the right guy," Paul told about two dozen members of the Franklin County Republican Party here last week. "I want to change the system."
Read the rest at [/URL][url]www.nationaljournal.com (http://www.nationaljournal.com)