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In Kentucky, Matt Bevin Polls Better Than Mitch McConnell Against the Democrat
redstate.com ^ | 2/4/14 | Erick Erickson

Posted on 02/04/2014 5:14:10 AM PST by cotton1706

Here’s a fact — Mitch McConnell polls badly in Kentucky. He has been in Washington since 1985. Kentuckians, like everybody else, are tired of Washington. So Kentucky has tired of Mitch McConnell. In fact, there may be no incumbent Republican Senator more vulnerable this year than Mitch McConnell. He stays in the race because of pride. Any other Republican with his polling would be shown the door by . . . well . . . Mitch McConnell.

If the GOP does not gain the Senate in 2014, it will probably be because they lose Kentucky. They only lose Kentucky if Mitch McConnell is the Republican nominee. New non-partisan polling bears this out.

For a while, McConnell’s team has pointed to a series of partisan polls and dismissed them as such. But Rasmussen has the first really non-partisan poll. The McConnell team has panned it claiming McConnell’s primary opponent Matt Bevin does better with liberals than him.

They are squealing like a stuck pig because of what the poll actually shows. In it, McConnell and the Democrat Allison Grimes are tied. Bevin actually beats Allison Grimes. This poll is actually consistent with other polls showing McConnell only a point ahead of Grimes.

You want to change Washington? I’ll say it again — the single biggest thing you can do is support Matt Bevin. His primary is early in the year. He needs your help. We must boost his name identification. He can beat Allison Grimes. He can help us keep the Senate.

It is more and more clear that Mitch McConnell is the weakest incumbent Republican. It’s time Republicans pick Matt Bevin.

(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections

1 posted on 02/04/2014 5:14:10 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Donate what you can to Bevin’s campaign.


2 posted on 02/04/2014 5:20:32 AM PST by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: cotton1706

https://mattbevin.com/


3 posted on 02/04/2014 5:33:43 AM PST by kingattax (America needs more real Americans.)
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To: cotton1706; All
"They (McConnell) are squealing like a stuck pig because of what the poll actually shows.
In it, McConnell and the Democrat Allison Grimes are tied. Bevin actually beats
Allison Grimes. This poll is actually consistent with other polls showing
McConnell only a point ahead of Grimes."
thanks, for the post.. this is "the money quote".

4 posted on 02/04/2014 5:41:07 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: cotton1706

Just out of curiosity, does Kentucky have a “sore loser law” in the hopeful event that Bevin takes out McConnell in the primary?


5 posted on 02/04/2014 5:44:26 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

“Just out of curiosity, does Kentucky have a “sore loser law” in the hopeful event that Bevin takes out McConnell in the primary?”

Don’t know. I live in MA.


6 posted on 02/04/2014 5:50:20 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: Colonel_Flagg

what is a sore loser law?


7 posted on 02/04/2014 6:14:58 AM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: cotton1706

Well, there it is...the GOP-E has to support the most electable candidate! Karl Rove said so himself!


8 posted on 02/04/2014 6:21:37 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Mr. K

A “sore loser law” prohibits the losing candidate in a primary from continuing to run for the same office on a different party’s ticket or as an independent.

Classic examples of this are Lisa Murkowski and Joe Lieberman, who both ran independent campaigns after losing Senate primaries.


9 posted on 02/04/2014 6:24:09 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: cotton1706

Because more than a few Tea Partiers are actually gonna vote Democrat for no other reason than to PUNISH McConnell and the GOPe.


10 posted on 02/04/2014 7:22:36 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: cotton1706; All

That family picture should be worth at least 3 percentage points. Or am I all wet?


11 posted on 02/04/2014 8:36:06 AM PST by Din Maker
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Because more than a few Tea Partiers are actually gonna vote Democrat for no other reason than to PUNISH McConnell and the GOPe.
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There was a day when I’d never have done that. But, I’m at the point in my life now that I would. To hell with career, RINO politicians.


12 posted on 02/04/2014 8:41:49 AM PST by Din Maker
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