Down in old Kentuck’ Paul and Grayson spar over Senate Seat

Dr. Rand Paul talked to Neil Cavuto on Fox News May 10.By Kay B. Day

One thing the GOP isn’t short on is candidates and a primary battle for a US senate seat ranks right up there as a great sparring match. In Kentucky Dr. Rand Paul has given establishment fav  Secretary of State Trey Grayson a series of punches resulting in top spot on the polls for Paul. Paul has done that by largely focusing on a positive campaign of specific ideas.

As voters hopefully head to the polls, media reported some Paul supporters were removed from a precinct (or two) but no specifics were given. Most jaded analysts like me figure it’s a last minute negative tactic that won’t matter a bit to Paul’s supporters—much ado about not much at all.

Grayson has blamed Fox News for favoring Paul. On Tuesday Neil Cavuto interviewed Paul and after the segment, reminded that Grayson has an open invitation to appear. Cavuto even invited Grayson on Fox Business Network Tuesday evening as votes are counted. Paul has accepted a similar invitation.

Paul does well on TV. I watched the clip with Cavuto and the doc, who’s actually an ophthalmologist. Paul talked about government reform, term limits and other conservative matters. He refrained from badmouthing Senate leaders like fellow Kentuckian Mitch McConnell who endorsed Grayson in the manner former GOP candidate Florida governor Charlie Crist was anointed, that is before Crist hopped off the GOP train to go indie and took all those GOP donor dollars with him.

Paul is solidly ahead in the polls.

My favorite Paul quote: "Read the bills."

Cavuto asked Paul about meeting with Senate GOP leaders and Paul said there’s a meeting set up for this weekend.

It would be smart of McConnell and other leaders to be helpful should Paul win the primary. And to support former Speaker of the Florida House Marco Rubio—Rubio supporters would like to see a lot of support from top brass at the GOP and we would like to see a lot of money put towards his race.

Rubio and Paul are government reformists, and I believe these men and other successful fiscal conservatives might deal with the greatest threat the US faces—bankruptcy at the hands of her own government.

The US is truly too big to fail.

Paul and Grayson both know that but each would tackle policy from a different perspective. We hope Paul prevails in Kentucky. Rubio already has in Florida. And those are just a couple of matches in the upcoming political Olympics we’ll play in and watch come November, 2010.