Bluegrass Poll: Gaining momentum, McConnell holds 4-point advantage over Grimes

Lexington Herald-Leader ^ | August 30, 2014 | Sam Youngman

[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...

[JRandomFreeper]

We'll see come November. If McConnell, an incumbent, and in a leadership position, is only able to brag about 4%, it looks like they might not do so well.

They can beat conservatives in a rigged primary, but can they beat Dems, who really play hard-ball?

I don't think so.

I won't be voting for Cornyn. I'll be on the streets and on the phones, campaigning against him in the general.

Bad form, that... not supporting the liberal republican in the general election? Too bad. It works.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

It takes the moral courage to let the same people who wrote the platform, elect their own nominee....not the general public..

Tell it to the chaplain. I've got liberal republicans to get rid of.

If you can't control the republican party to that extent, how to you intend to (Insert your own screed here).

/johnny

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Bad form, that... not supporting the liberal republican in the general election? Too bad. It works.

Yeah, especially if you want another two years of Harry Reid.

I rest my case.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

If you can't control the republican party to that extent, how to you intend to (Insert your own screed here).

You're the one with open primaries....and no party.

[JRandomFreeper]

You get Reid's agenda whether he is there or not, if McConnell gets elected and gets a Majority. McConnell has said he'll revert back to letting the Dems have a say. And McConnell has a history of voting to advance Reid's agenda.

I don't want Reid. I don't want McConnell.

They both equal a liberal agenda.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

No I vote in the Republican primaries, since they leave them open. Of course, I vote for extremist conservatives that the GOP-E doesn't want.

Like Cruz.

Had to vote twice on that one, it didn't take the first time around and there was a run-off election.

I don't have a party. That is correct. I don't want a party until there is a robust conservative party. The republican party damn sure ain't any of that.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

You sure dropped that gang-of-8 hot potato quick-like and changed the subject.

Face it. You support liberals in a liberal party.

I don't know how you stomach it. Your last 2 presidential candidates were ok with abortion, amnesty, socialized medicine, hated conservatives, and still you hammered on conservatives for not voting for them.

Sad. Very, very sad.

/johnny

[INVAR]

That's kind of an offensive "anti-Semitic" slur ain't it? What are ya some kinda Illinois Nazi, or Klan, or something?

Google it. Describes the GOP Oligarchy and what they are doing to Conservatives on behalf of the MarxoFascists to a 'T'.

[Political Junkie Too]

The Republican Party itself is just as responsible for getting this country to this point...

It's not just the RINO's in office. It's also the RNC and state party officials who like the open primary system just the way it is; the one that produces the candidates that they want, not whom the people want.

-PJ

[JRandomFreeper]

Whaddaya mean they can't win? You just rattled off the number 14.

It just dawned on me. You don't even have a clue who they are... They weren't all liberal republicans.

They were:

Robert Byrd (D) WV
Lincoln Chafee (R) RI
Susan Collins (R) ME
Mike Dewine (R) OH
Lindsey Graham (R) SC
Daniel Inouye (D) Hawaii
Mary Landrieu (D) LA
Joe Lieberman (you remember him, right?) (D) CT (at that point... he was honest and switched)
John McCain (R) AZ(hole)
Ben Nelson (D) NE
Mark Pryor (D) Arkansas
Ken Salazar (D) CO
Olympia Snow(job) (R), ME again. Detect a pattern?
John Warner (R) VA

You really had no clue about who those people were in relation to the gang of 14.

It was 14 liberals, Dems and Pubs, that wanted to keep control of the Senate in Dem hands.

Talk about low information.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

You are talking to a very low information voter that has zero clue about even recent history.

I'll put it this way. It's a republican from Maine that wants people to vote for the liberal (R) no matter what.

I think we've seen what that accomplishes.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

I know Joe Lieberman is dead.

That's one bright spot.

/johnny

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Chafee gone
Dewine gone
Lieberman gone (typical “moderate” RAT)
Snowe gone (replace by a cowardly RAT)
Warner gone

And then there were three.

Why did you let Linda win?

[INVAR]

Well that's a steaming pile. The elected RINOs and wimpy conservatives are responsible for the mess, the voters have written conservative platforms. That's two markedly different groups of people at opposite ends of the scale.

Really? You gonna try and use that argument when you are saying that anyone who doesn't vote for someone with an 'R' after their name is an 'enemy of the American people'??

Cannot absolve the people in a party who vote for someone just because they have an 'R' after their name when the fruits of the Ruling Class stooges in the oligarchy have been staring at them in the face for decades.

Not that I'm any better. I did the same thing for decades and stand guilty with the party itself for buying into the lie that voting for Republicans was better than voting for a Democrat when Conservatism itself was continually marginalized and harmed by the very people I kept electing to office…. just because they had an 'R' after their name.

Because I put expedience before principles because I bought into the lie that voting for the lesser of two evils was righteous. It wasn't - it was still voting for evil.

But I have repented of that sin. Principles must dictate my actions, or I am no better than those who think they can change and adjust principles to suit their desires on a whim.

[Political Junkie Too]

Useful list.

• Dead: Robert Byrd (D) WV
• Defeated: Lincoln Chafee (R) RI. Became (I) Governor of RI, with only 36% of the vote. Declined to rerun.
• Incumbent: Susan Collins (R) ME
• Defeated: Mike Dewine (R) OH
• Incumbent: Lindsey Graham (R) SC
• Dead: Daniel Inouye (D) Hawaii
• Incumbent: Mary Landrieu (D) LA
• Retired: Joe Lieberman (you remember him, right?) (D) CT (at that point... he was honest and switched)
• Incumbent: John McCain (R) AZ(hole)
• Retired: Ben Nelson (D) NE
• Incumbent: Mark Pryor (D) Arkansas
• Appointed to Obama Administration: Ken Salazar (D) CO
• Retired: Olympia Snow(job) (R), ME again. Detect a pattern?
• Lost Nomination: John Warner (R) VA

-PJ

[ROCKLOBSTER]

It's also the RNC and state party officials who like the open primary system just the way it is; the one that produces the candidates that they want, not whom the people want.

Mostly the State Republican Committee, who's members can be either browbeaten to vote, or changed at the County Party Level by activists.

[JRandomFreeper]

SC isn't settled yet. There's November for Graham to contend with.

Lieberman is dead now, but he was much beloved by the GOP-E. It was all over the news. He wound up as an independent because he was neither hot nor cold, and got spewed out.

McCain... I think I recall you insisting people on FR vote for him.

You are clueless about politics and history.

And you avoid the fact that you have supported stone cold liberals, and demanded that others support them.

Shame on you.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

Thanks. That's helpful to have in one place. I knew most all of that, but a CSV chart is handy.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

Mostly the State Republican Committee, who's members can be either browbeaten to vote, or changed at the County Party Level by activists.

Are you saying... what were your words?

That you can't even take control of the republican party?

You certainly aren't connected, are you?

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

It would have been helpful to use commas for a CSV... Now gotta grep on white space...

/johnny