Mr. Paul spent time, money and political capital supporting five GOP candidates in U.S. Senate races ranging from a West Virginia election where the Democratic incumbent was never at risk to a Montana election where the Democratic incumbent never had a chance.
...Thankfully, voters in the five states where Mr. Paul tried hardest to influence the races rejected the extremist tea party candidates and chose instead to support moderate Democrats who will work to get things done in Washington.
We can only hope that Senators Paul and McConnell paid attention and realize that tea party extremism is not what this country needs or wants.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Voters turn down Rand Paul's brew
A good editorial in today's Courier-Journal: