[tennmountainman]

If McConnell loses he will only have himself to blame for trashing
the same voters he will need to win.
Plus, he has already begun to run leftward for the general.

[AuH2ORepublican]

So you’re hoping that the 90% liberal Democrat will defeat the 90% conservative Republican, and say that “he had it coming”? Let s say that McConnell does deserve to lose—why would *you* want the liberal Democrat to win? Freaking Todd Akin deserved to lose in MO in 2012 for his stupidity, but I still would have crawled over broken glass to elect him, since the alternative (6 more years of the liberal Democrat McCaskill) was far worse. If you truly believe that McConnell will lose and wish to make that prediction for the record, be my guest, but making it a self-fullfilling prophesy by working for McConnell’s defeat is not worthy of a FReeper.

[BillyBoy]

>> If McConnell loses he will only have himself to blame for trashing the same voters he will need to win. Plus, he has already begun to run leftward for the general. <<

It seems like all the "McConnell deserves to lose" arguments are being recycled from 2008 when the cut-off-your-nose-to-spit-in-your-face crowd were siding with marxist Al Franken during recounts because they said Norm Coleman was a "liberal RINO" (translation: doesn't vote perfectly 100% of the time) and "deserved to lose" because it would "teach the GOP a lesson"

So, now we have a full 6 year Senate term to look back on that. How's that theory working out for us? Is the Senate "more conservative" since Coleman was purged and they cheered on Al Franken stealing an election? Did it "teach the GOP a lesson" not to run "RINOs" ?