WASHINGTON _ Sen. Rand Paul emerged Wednesday as a sharp, tough critic of incoming Sen. Mitt Romney, dismissing Romney's blast at President Donald Trump as "sour grapes."
Paul, R-Ky., called Romney's criticisms "bad for the Republican Party and really bad for any kind of ability to work together in the Senate to get things done, when you take the time to attack someone's character."
Romney, who is scheduled to be sworn into the Senate on Thursday, delivered a scathing condemnation of Trump in a Washington Post opinion piece, charging that he lacks the character to lead. The op-ed rocked the Republican Party, and triggered speculation that Romney could assume the role of Trump skeptic in a Senate that's losing its more independent GOP voices.
