{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday he has hired Jesse Benton as campaign manager to head his bid for re-election to a sixth term. Benton most recently led the Republican presidential race of Texas Congressman Ron Paul, whom many consider the father of the tea party movement. Benton also headed the 2010 race of Paul's son, U.S. Senator Rand Paul, a Bowling Green eye surgeon who rose from relative obscurity to win Kentucky's other Senate seat. McConnell is still lacking an opponent.
