He’s gets the nomination with his dirty mud slinging and there is no way I’m voting for him.
Dewhurst was taken out by Cruz in TX largely because Dewhurst's campaign used these same tactics. People who likely would have been indifferent to the campaign were outraged by Dewhurst's incessant viscious and unfounded attacks on Cruz. Maybe the same fate will befall McConnell.
A long line of GOPe losers need ousting!
Well, I am certainly going to *actively* campaign for Bevin and *against* McConnell. If I didn’t have to work for a living I would make it my personal goal for the next year.
The longer McConnell is in office, the more I despise him.
I disagree that it was backlash against negative campaigning that led Cruz to victory. I think he won in spite of the negative campaign (and because he’s a hell of a campaigner).
There were 9 Repub. Senate candidates to replace Huchison. 8 of them criss crossed the state going to every little Tea Party and GOP meeting. Dewhurst thought he could stay above the fray and either win an election outright, or take out his run off opponent.
Unfortunately for Dewhurst, he miscalculated. By the time Cruz won the opportunity to face Dewhurst, Cruz had personally met (including me) a large number of the kind of voters that will come back and vote in a run off in July.
Negative campaigning works, or it wouldn’t be used so much. Just because it works doesn’t mean it always works. In Mitch’s case, more than anything, it’s an indication of fear. (Just like Enzi using Rand Paul as a whipping boy indicates a level of concern; that race will be much closer than an initial poll).
I’ll have to keep an eye on Matt Bevin and send him some money if he starts to become the real deal.
Primary the Hell out of them all! We got where we are because the entrenched and the entitled fear their bag men more than they fear us. To take a spin on a Jefferson quote: “When Senators fear their bag men, there is progressive gov’t (tyranny). When Senators fear the People, there is freedom.” Whether Bevins wins or loses, if he puts some fear into the heart of McConnell, it’s a win for us all.