Rand Paul seeks donations from bailout supporters after rejecting them in primary

[Ed Barrow]

Source: Louisville Courier-Journal

Ten months ago, Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul said he would not accept campaign donations from U.S. senators who voted for the 2008 financial institutions bailout.

But on Thursday evening Paul, now the Kentucky GOP's nominee as well as a tea party favorite, will benefit from the Republican Party's fundraising machine at a Washington event hosted by senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who voted for the bailout.

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Allison Haley, spokeswoman for Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, Paul's Democratic opponent in the Senate race, said Paul wasn't the anti-establishment candidate he portrayed himself to be.

"The last thing Kentucky needs is another politician who says one thing and does another," she said.


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