You made the mistake of having exceptions of him.
He is exactly what I thought he would be, his father’s son. The apple rarely falls far, and if it does it usually falls in the wrong direction, think Connie Mack IV compared to his father Connie Mack III. Think former Governor Bob Taft of Ohio and his father Robert Taft Jr., compared to his the later’s father Robert A. Taft and HIS father, the former President Taft.
He is a bit smarter than his dad though (which is hardly shocking since he’s far too young to be demented), endorsing McConnell over his fellow libertarian traveler, Matt Bevin, who had no chance of beating McC and would have been a near certain November loser, was a wise move for him no matter how much it ticked off people here. You don’t kick the most powerful Republican in your state in the nads for no reason.
I can’t be upset he won the primary though. I supported Trey Grayson, but Grayson’s detractors turned out to be 100% right, the “former” democrat Grayson is a traitor, after he lost he took a job with a PAC that only supports democrats.
The guy that dropped out, Bill Johnson, was my first choice (by default), but as DJ points out he probably would have been a weak GE candidate and lost to the rat, Conway.
You forget GHWB and GWB?
I’d also speculate Johnson was well outspent by Grimes (though I don’t know where to find that info).