May 19th, 2010

But Isn't the Tea Party Movement Racist?

Posted by Tom Bevan

Here is John Avlon's take on last night's results in Kentucky:

In Kentucky, Tea Party scion Rand Paul picked off Trey Grayson, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's hand-picked candidate, in a blowout. Paul's win marks a major milestone in the Tea Party movement's evolution to elected politics. His victory speech summed up both sides of the movement. The good: he castigated “those special interests who think the federal government is their ATM.â€