McConnell Receives Hero's Welcome

• {Louisville, Kentucky}...Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell received a hero's welcome Wednesday at Cardinal Aluminum Co. in Louisville. The aluminum fabricating plant was strengthened by legislation McConnell helped usher through Congress, protecting some 400 jobs. This year alone, McConnell is credited with helping to preserve some 3,000 jobs in Kentucky. McConnell's focus on protecting jobs, besides endearing him to voters, is sending a no-so-subtle message about the value of re-electing him in 2014. U.S. Senator Rand Paul was in Paducah Wednesday, touring the gaseous diffusion plant. Paul, McConnell, U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield and Governor Steve Beshear all laid claim to helping broker a deal earlier this month to help keep the plant running for another year.