While few Republicans in Congress have backed up Senator Jim Bunning's call for Pay as you Go on an extension of federal unemployment insurance, at least one Republican running for a Senate seat has wasted no time in coming to his defense.

From WBKO.com:

Kentucky's junior senator says he's not against unemployment benefits, and he's found an unlikely ally in a man who's after his job.

U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul agrees with Senator Bunning, that the money for unemployment benefits should come from funds already allocated to the stimulus package.

"And so what he said is," says Paul, "'Take it out of the stimulus package.' And the democrats say, 'No' because they know the perception is it looks like he's against unemployment benefits, but he's already said he would support unemployment benefits. He just wants it to come out of existing allocated money."

Doctor Paul says Senator Bunning is being fiscally responsible, saying "we need to stop the deficit spending," and go back to "pay as you go," something he says Congress previously said it would do.

Meanwhile, there was a confrontation of sorts on the streets of Lexington late yesterday.

From Rand Paul 2010:

Rand Paul supporters in Lexington today dropped in on a contrived Dan Mongiardo protest of Sen. Jim Bunning’s regional office. The Rand fans overwhelmed the event with their numbers and their voices, chanting “Paygo! paygo!” to urge Mongiardo and friends to obey their own federal spending rules.

Before Rand went on CNN this afternoon to talk about why Sen. Bunning deserves support rather than the Left’s derision and anger, grassroots supporters showed why Rand’s campaign based on balanced budgets, term limits, and strong national defense is dominating the U.S. Senate race.

See the video here.