anecdotal evidence here, so take it with a grain of salt, but: McConnell’s mud machine has already done a great job of painting Bevin as someone who has made his fortune by feeding at the government trough. Even the people who are not against him make the slip of calling him ‘bailout bevin’. it’s catchy and you hear it everywhere. Not saying he can’t be beat, but people are getting saturated with the nickname, and it is catching on.
Not surprising. McConnell can’t run on his record so he has to tear down Bevin on no-related issues. Makes you wonder why anyone would run for office these days.