Kelley Paul, Rand's Not-So-Secret Weapon
The moderate politics of an insurgent candidate's spouse.
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BEDFORD, N.H.—The women parking their cars along Chablis Court and walking into the house party agreed on at least two subjects. First, they'd liked everything they've heard so far about Kelley Paul, the wife of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. Second, it would sure be nice to have a first lady who isn't Michelle Obama.
"What we have right now is an atrocity!" said Laurie Boilard, 48, who drove down the road from Litchfield to be among the first to meet a potential first lady. "She makes a fool of herself—every time she comes on TV, I have to turn it off. Laura Bush was so classy, and that's what we really need again."