Words to live by.

"I've said it before: If they throw a pebble at me, I'm going to throw a boulder back." "It's my job to run the kind of campaign that gets you excited."
- U. S. Senator, Mitch McConnell, sending a DIRECT message to his would-be-challenger(s), warning them of what they can expect of the campaign. I have NO reason to doubt that the Senator is SERIOUS about this message.