year for republicans is -- from rand paul to mitch mcdonnell this effort to try to spike the career of the democrat who kentucky republicans are most afraid of in terms of the way he will move up. jessie benton had been dispatched to do that. to help rand paul. he had to step down from everything to fight these federal charges against him. he pled not guilty yesterday in federal court in iowa. jessie benton said he will clear his name. of course with that big political gun no longer pointing at him, adam's path looks prieter and clearer than ever for this democratic star to be to run against rand paul and try to take away his senate seat next year. that brings us to the other big problem for rand paul, which is why there is good reason to believe that rand paul might reasonably quit the presidential race as early as this weekend. that's because tomorrow rand paul has to be home in kentucky trying to persuade two-thirds of