Kentucky Stakes
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul responds to a question during a candidate forum in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, July 22, 2010. A tea party success story in search of a statewide triumph, Paul volunteers that he's spent two decades "popping off" about one issue or another. Not quite so much now, though. After saying provocatively that he might not support Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell for Republican leader, Paul now proclaims himself a big fan of the man who is a living embodiment of the party establishment. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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