Posted on 08/31/2014 10:50:02 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
The re-election campaign of U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has gained momentum in the last month, propelled by huge leads over Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in Western and Eastern Kentucky and among men, according to a new Bluegrass Poll.
With less than 10 weeks until Election Day, the poll of 569 likely voters shows McConnell with a 4-point lead over Grimes, up from a 2 point margin a month ago. McConnell now leads Grimes 46 percent to 42 percent...
(Excerpt) Read more at kentucky.com ...
Can someone please explain to me how it is that McConnell, being defeated.....automatically insures the re-election of Harry Reid to Senate Majority leader?
One traitorous RINO, that is shown the door...... is not going to stop the Republican takeover of the Senate! Hasn't anyone been following the forecasts....state by state?
I haven't heard that McConnell winning automatically ensures a liberal republican senate majority either.
But that's the liberal republican script for the day....
/johnny
As much as I can’t stand McConnell, we can’t tolerate democrats.
Not much chance of that for a retread banned multiple times.
Thanks for letting me hone my arguments for a while, though. ;)
/johnny
They are scarce, so that's not very likely.
On the same hand, I won't vote for a liberal Republican, and liberal republicans are way too likely.
/johnny
"Conservative" is a philosophy of government, as is "Statist". "Democrat" is a Political Party, as is "Republican". Saying you can't tolerate Democrats is rather simplistic and painting with a broad brush, like saying you can't tolerate blacks.
You can have a "Conservative" Republican, and although they are rare, you can actually have a "Conservative" Democrat.
The vast majority of Democrats nowadays are Statists. Too high a number of Republicans in Washington are Statists, and they wield the reigns of power in the Party, although their influence is slowly waning. They infest Free Republic with posts trying to goad people into supporting their Statist candidates, when in fact what Conservatives of all stripes should be doing is firing all Statists.
Conservatives are in for the long haul, not short-term gains. Our efforts will probably take several election cycles. Trying to frighten us by saying things like "there won't be an America if we don't hold our noses and vote for...[fill in the Statist Republican Candidate]" won't work with us. Sorry, no sale - but hey, you go ahead and do it (we're for personal responsibility, so it's your choice - just don't tell us what to do; only Statists are into groupthink).
McConnell is a Statist Republican.
That may make things easier there for conservatives.
/johnny
Hmmmm....a pro-life, pro-2nd amendment Communist....arguably a no brainer.
Zell Miller was a conservative Dem. There aren't many, but there are some.
And a conservative Dem certainly could get my vote where a liberal republican won't.
I'm not a republican. I'm a conservative.
/johnny
A Communist, because the candidate is a Democrat? So all Democrats are Communist? Do tell!
It isn't worth much time trying to make sense out of the 'Party First!' crowd.
/johnny
Yeah, pretty much.
Do tell!
OK, but you asked.
If they're not now, they will be once they are read the riot act by "progressive" leadership. RATs are expected to vote as a monolithic bloc, otherwise, they will be "primaried out" post-haste.
Next question.
Probably true. Not worth my time.
People in KY would really prefer Alben W. Barkley, but he hasn’t been available for years now.
Maybe, maybe not
You are exactly like the guy who runs out on the football field during a play. He might get crushed by either or both of the teams....and the crowd hates him.
You can't even vote in the primaries.
Not that primaries matter much, given the rule changes and cheating to keep conservatives out (See Cochran).
Besides, when a conservative does win a nomination, the GOP generally pouts and stomps their feet and abandons them.
/johnny
Which is, of course, bull patties. Your vote is for a candidate. Nothing more and certainly nothing less. There is no place on a ballot for a ‘vote for Harry Reid in disguise.”
If principles mean so little to you, why do you post here?
And if you want my vote, you can damn well try to earn it.
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