When they INCUMBANT has to spend $millions to KEEP HIS SEAT and still lost 40% of the vote, it sends a clear message.
Don't tell me McDoofus was not sweating it out last night
Right. This seems to be another “let’s get in a preemptive strike, and cement our narrative in the minds of our readers” effort. Sad that it’s coming from teh Washington Times, though...
That is correct. When the establishment has to spend millions to defeat an unknown they have a serious problem. What this tells those that don’t like big government is that big government don’t like us.
um, no...
When they INCUMBANT has to spend $millions to KEEP HIS SEAT and still lost 40% of the vote, it sends a clear message.
Don’t tell me McDoofus was not sweating it out last night
So true, but that’s not the narrative the MSM wants to portray. They just want Tea Party RIP to be the accepted norm.
You are right, Mr. K.
McConnell had to spend several times the amount of money Bevin had available, yet was only able to get about 60% of the vote. And this was despite the fact that McConnell has been in office for 30+ years, doling out taxpayer funded favors, and with 99% name recognition, while Bevin was unknown before the race and did not have access to the Chamber of Crony Capitalism money pits.
All in all, it is remarkable that any of the solid conservative/Tea Party candidates have won over the last 2 or 3 cycles. Each contest of conservative/Tea Party against Establishment is David vs. Goliath.