McConnell runs dead even with Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes in Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the 2014 U.S. Senate race in Kentucky. But McConnell’s GOP primary rival Matt Bevin leads Grimes by six points.IOW, Bevin et al's negative campaigning against McConnell have weakened the eventual Republican nominee in the general; even were Bevin to win the primary, the current unknown quantity would get scrutinized and smeared by the partisan media shills during the campaign for the general election. IOW, he's doing exactly what was expected of him.
Are you serious? Bevin has hardly run ANY advertising... negative or otherwise. Most of what little he has run has been positive, just trying to introduce himself. The few negative ads he's run have been in response to HEAVY negative ads run by Mitch.
I have never seen an incumbent spend so much money, so early, to demonize a relatively unknown challenger. Mitch has carpet bombed the air waves. He even bought a local TV commercial in Louisville during the Super Bowl!
He's obviously, very worried.