Building Consensus

You have to truly admire a couple of politicians that can build consensus across wildly divergent political points of view.

It happened yesterday when U.S. Senator Rand Paul and State Senator David Williams managed to unite Take Back Kentucky, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, the Tea Party, the Democratic Party and factions of the Republican Party.

I find it truly amazing what a phenomenally bad idea can do.

From the Herald Leader:

Norman Davis of Clarkson, with the conservative group Take Back Kentucky, said a constitutional convention could lead to widespread changes in the Constitution. He and others against the measure wore stickers that read, "No Con Con."

Homer White of Scott County, with the environmental advocacy group Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, said it's not the job of state legislators to debate federal fiscal policy.

"Legislators should spend their valuable session time on the real problems that confront Kentucky, problems regarding which they have the local wisdom and local authority to act effectively," White said.

Several members of the Northern Kentucky Tea Party were in the audience to oppose the measure. Paul, who rode to office last year with strong Tea Party support, said "good people can disagree."

Some Senate Democrats also questioned the timing of Williams' resolution, suggesting that it was done to promote his candidacy for governor…….

Moffett said he disagreed with the call for a national constitutional convention.