The Hill News

It is interesting how well and how fast Rand Paul (R), the new senator from Kentucky, has fit in. He comes after long advance behind his father Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), who might be considered the Father Abraham of the Tea Party movement. His speeches on the Senate floor are thoughtful, informed by history and tradition and appropriate to current events, and so are his frequent conversations with Judge Andrew Napolitano on Fox Business. He calls on the heroic Cassius M. Clay as his avatar, the Kentucky anti-slavery iconoclast who placed a Bible and bowie knife on the podium before he spoke, and frequently used the knife. And time appears to be opening up to him.

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