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Title: Rand Paul hopes for 'Tea Party Caucus' in Senate
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CNN
URL Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co ... or-tea-party-caucus-in-senate/
Published: Nov 3, 2010
Author: CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby
Post Date: 2010-11-03 17:01:19 by WhiteSands
Keywords: Elections 2010, Rand Paul, Tea Party
Views: 146
Comments: 2
Washington (CNN) - Next year's Congress will likely feature an array of fresh faces and entertaining personalities - and it might even have a new voting bloc if Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul has his way. Paul told the National Review Wednesday that if elected, he hopes to band together with like-minded conservatives to form what he called a "Tea Party Caucus" that will advocate for small government ideals. "I think I will be part of a nucleus with Jim DeMint and Tom Coburn, who are unafraid to stand up," Paul said. "If we get another loud voice in there, like Mike Lee from Utah or Sharron Angle from Nevada, there will be a new nucleus. "Term limits, a balanced-budget amendment, having bills point to where they are enumerated in the Constitution – those issues resonate with the tea party," he continued. "I know Republicans are trying to get something going, and I don't know their list, but if I had a contract with America, these things would be in it. These are not radical ideas – they are reform-minded, good-government ideas." Another Tea Party and DeMint-backed Senate hopeful, Colorado Republican Ken Buck, said earlier this week that DeMint, an early proponent of the Tea Party movement, deserves "a leadership role" in the Senate. On Wednesday, Paul said he would "maybe" consider backing his fellow Kentuckian, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a leadership election next year. DeMint, who backed Paul in his Republican primary and has thrown his weight behind a number of other conservative Senate hopefuls, told the Greenville News Tuesday that he has no plans to seek out the position of Senate leader. But he said he would be open to some kind of leadership post in the Senate if something like a "Tea Party Caucus" emerges.
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#1. To: WhiteSands (#0)
Jim DeMint and Tom Coburn, (Rand Paul) Bushbot Kool Aid drinkers vs the Tea Party.
Colorado is nothing more than a smaller version of California. Maybe not as many faggots, but an overabundance of bunny hugging, leftwingnut enviroweenies and illegals.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
#2. To: WhiteSands (#0)
Another Tea Party and DeMint-backed Senate hopeful, Colorado Republican Ken Buck, said earlier this week that DeMint, an early proponent of the Tea Party movement, deserves "a leadership role" in the Senate.
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