Sen. Rand Paul says tea partiers willing to cut deals

The Miami Herald reports:

Invoking legendary 19th-century Sen. Henry Clay and the abolitionist movement, freshman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., delivered his first Senate floor speech Wednesday to signal that he and the tea party are willing to compromise with opponents on the federal debt and spending cuts.

But their compromise would be narrowly drawn.

"Many ask, will the tea party compromise? Can the tea party work with others to find a solution?" Paul said in his brief address. "The answer is, of course, there must be dialogue and ultimately compromise, but compromise must occur on where we cut spending."