Posted on 05/20/2015 3:57:18 PM PDT by cotton1706
In case you missed the primary battle in Kentucky last night, there was enough excitement in the GOP governor’s race to fill the pages of politicos’ notebooks for quite a while in an odd numbered year. You probably remember Matt Bevin, who was a big Tea Party favorite in his challenge to Mitch McConnell in the 2014 Senate primary but was rather thoroughly stomped on election day. Well, he’s still in the game and hoping to become Governor instead. He found himself in a wild ride late into the night, after first having been declared the winner by the local media, but then seeing the declaration taken back following an eleventh hour surge from the western reaches of the state for his opponent, James Comer.
I’m not even sure about that 83 vote count either. I’ve seen a few different numbers floating around this morning, but they all have Bevin with a tiny lead over Comer. If the only other action is a “recanvass” as described above, it’s not unlikely that Bevin will be the nominee. If it goes to a full recount of individual ballots, well… it’s going to be a long spring.
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The real loser in all of this, though, may be senior Senator Mitch McConnell. He’s no fan of Bevin’s (obviously) and was in Comer’s corner, as was Rand Paul. As Dave Weigel explains, Bevin is an inconvenient thorn in the side of the party establishment and they were probably hoping that he would just go away.
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Remember that when this man asks for your vote!
Rand Paul is consistent.
“Rand Paul to steer clear of Mississippi runoff”
“Rand Paul: It’s a ‘misnomer’ to say McConnell isn’t conservative”
“Rand Paul To Campaign for Romney”
March, 2013—”Rand Paul endorses Mitch McConnell in 2014 Senate race, won’t back tea party challenge”
“A week after about 150 tea party activists rallied in opposition to U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander’s re-election” “Rand Paul of Kentucky said here Monday that he hopes Alexander doesn’t get an opponent and wins re-election.”
Turtle man despises conservatives...the man is a deal making usurper of the Constitution.
Too bad it wasn’t a knock-out blow!
Mitch and Mrs Rand McConnell - A love story for the ages.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3278236/posts
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Rand Paul defeated the Washington machine by comparing opponents of amnesty to Nazis… (SNIP)
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Then he defeated the Washington machine by sucking up to psychotic liberal Kirsten Gillibrand… (SNIP)
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Then he defeated the Washington machine by endorsing Mitch McConnell even after McConnell pledged to “crush” conservatives…
(SNIP)
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Then he defeated the Washington machine by ditching Steve King…
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Then he defeated the Washington Machine by telling conservatives to “get over” Thad Cochran election fraud…
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Then he defeated the Washington machine by sucking up to black supremacist Al Sharpton…
I hope both McConnell and Paul get a bad case of heartburn from Bevin’s apparent win. It will be fun to see how they act when it comes time for the KY republican party to unite to support Bevin against the democrat candidate Conway.
Mitch McConnell.......was in Comer’s corner, as was Rand Paul
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When will Rand Paul stop being absolutely scared sh**less to go against Mitch McConnell? He is such a weenie.
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