With focus on winning the Senate, GOP factions opt for coexistence

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry endorsed the re-election of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Saturday, giving the Republican leader in the Senate another boost on his way to re-election.

“Leaders like Mitch McConnell who have the courage to stand up for conservative principles, even when it means standing up to the leader of the free world,” Perry said in a statement released by McConnell’s campaign. (Full disclosure: I have endorsed McConnell as well and will be co-hosting a fundraiser for him this week.)

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