Why Matt Bevin Has Fizzled

Why Mitch McConnell's Tea Party Rival Has Fizzled
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 04: Matt Bevin, Republican Senate candidate from Kentucky, is interviewed in Roll Call offices. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 04: Matt Bevin, Republican Senate candidate from Kentucky, is interviewed in Roll Call offices. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's Republican primary challenger dealt with fallout from the revelation the he once backed a government program he uses as a punching bag. Then he stoked controversy with remarks about gay marriage. It all came as McConnell continued to avoid the pitfalls that have ensnared some of his Senate colleagues facing heat from the right.

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