Mitch made sure all his minions got elected last year, and added a few more. And will do so again in 2016. He’s not going anywhere. He’s safely reelected and ensconced in his position. That’s why it was so important to take him out last year one way or another. But those of us who advocated for his removal were berated and pounded ad nauseum.
Mitch was going to fundamentally transform his self according to many.
Bevin was unfortunately too weak. Still, he took more than 40% of the vote against an embedded incumbent.
The problem with incumbency is that the local powers get benefits and kickbacks from the incumbent thereby solidifying the incumbent’s position. Removing an incumbent that has inured in the position takes a strategic usage of money to buy off the local powers or defeat them.
Campaign ad expenses only go so far. Wars are won by amassing allies from disparate sources and by ruining uncooperative local powers; for example, taking out their union or shutting down their business.
A dictum that is forever true is “Money is the Mother’s Milk of Politics”. The challenge is to use it in maintaining American values and principles without selling out.
Money is a factor but is not always the deciding factor. Strategy decides the victor and money is a factor in that.
In late 2008 the Tea Party groups peaked in number at about 70 million. This scared the living daylights out of the establishment syndicate because a small $10 donation from those numbers could blow away any other organized political entity. This fear is what prompted the divide and conquer media campaign as well as the illegal IRS persecution against Tea Party affiliates.
Bevin didn’t quite have it together strategically or financially.
One way to remove the McConnell’s of federal politics is through term limits but there are problems with this approach. One, Congress will never pass term limits on itself so it needs to come from outside as in an Article V movement via an organization like the Convention of States (COS) Project. Two, the Oligarchy (groups with near unlimited funds) will buy and pose both ‘R’ and ‘D’ candidates giving the illusion of political competition when in fact they control the game regardless of party label; “choose candidate A or candidate B, both are our guys”. Three, Getting state legislative delegates to vote via Article V for term limits can lead to an unending argument and debate about how many years should be the limit. Should it be 6, 12, 18? Getting 34 states to propose and 38 states to ratify on how many years to term limit may be an impossible task. It’s better to leave it open-ended and simply include the word ‘shall’ in the amendment. For example, State legislatures ‘shall’ establish a term limit for each of their US Senators but in no case shall be less than 6 years (or 12 years, etc.).
For those reading and considering to participate, read here:
http://www.conventionofstates.com/
But first a must-view is Mark Levin’s tour-de-force speech before ALEC at a conference organized by the COS Project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdZuV8JnvvA
Mitch is horrible for sue, I’d love to see him out on the street.
But Reid is worse.