Posted on 02/06/2014 4:22:17 PM PST by SomeCallMeTim
Another little tidbit buried in this poll. Not sure it’s valid everywhere, but.. in Kentucky? The ONLY demographic group that likes ObamaCare? Blacks.
At least, they are the ONLY group that doesn’t have >50% favoring Repeal & Replace.
The crosstabs are behind Rasmussen’s paywall, but I wouldn’t put too much weight on the Ras poll. Ras has been terrible since Scott Rasmussen left the firm (not that they were very good in 2012).
Here’s an item that surely Grimey will make hay of if Bevin wins the nomination: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/370605/bevin-facebook-post-enjoying-time-john-birch-society-union-ky-betsy-woodruff
Now, I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Birchers, but they seem to have gone a bit kooky during the past few decades, and finding crazy stuff they’ve said of late won’t take Grimey more than 5 minutes of research. Bevin did not not show good judgment by speaking at their meeting (to put it mildly). But the most interesting part of the story is that, in Bevin’s attempt to brush off the controversy by saying that there were “mainstream people” there as well, he noted that the event was attended by staffers of both Senator Rand Paul and Congressman Thomas Massie ... i.e., the two Paulistinians in the KY congressional delegation (and two of only four Paulbots in Congress, with the others being Congressmen Amash and Bentivolio of Michigan). Oh, and the Rand Paul staffer who attended the meeting recently quit to join the Bevin campaign (despite Rand Paul “supporting” McConnell). This does nothing to quell my very strong suspicions that Bevin is a Paultard.
More Rasmussen
ARK Governor
Rat Mike Ross 44
GOP Asa Hutchinson 41
I call BS
Not necessarily. Asa is a weak candidate. He was the nominee in 2006 and botched it badly. He’s one candidate who could easily blow this again, and it’s imperative he not be nominated again.
Late news has it that Zero wants to (illegally) postpone that until 2017, when the Hildebeest will stand ready to sign some version of single-payer into law.
Who is his stronger competition, State Rep. Debra Hobbs? Curtis Coleman?
I was surprised to see the retread Asa seemingly anointed for this race.
40.7% is the exact figure that Asa got in 2006, so that dovetails right with his position in that poll. That’s pretty poor given how high profile he was (Congressman, brother of a Senator, DEA Chief) and that it was an open seat. What’s worse is that in 1990 when he last ran statewide for Attorney General (when the state was far more Democrat), he got 45%. He also ran for Senator way back in 1986 and got 38% (a bad Republican year), hardly worse than his last performance.
As for Coleman or Hobbs, Coleman might be stronger, but the only other experience he had with running was placing a very distant 5th in the 2010 Senate primary. Perhaps Hobbs might be a curious choice, as she’d be the first woman Governor (perhaps Sarah Palin could give her a boost). At this point, I’d rather risk it with those two than with what would be Asa’s 4th consecutive statewide loss.
With respect to Mike Ross, who at least was not a moonbat, it may have been smart for him to have bailed out of Congress when he did (it was his seat that went to Tom Cotton). He has at least even odds of holding the Governorship even as his GOP successor, Cotton, will likely defeat Pryor.
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