The logic is you don’t trash and then brag about crushing the same
voters you will need in the primary.
Maybe you like being spit on, pissed on and abused.
However, I’m guessing many KY conservatives do not.
We can win the senate, get rid of McConnell and be just fine.
Does that explain it any better?
And that's the issue.
Plus a little extra padding doesn't hurt, because someone Jeffords might jump ship just to flip it back to the Democrats.