Posted on 09/09/2014 3:35:57 PM PDT by Kaslin
Yesterday, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s Democratic challenger, Alison Lundergan Grimes, blasted him for returning to work in Washington D.C. Grimes is starting to fall behind in the polls, with the New York Times basically saying that McConnell’s re-election is the most probable outcome come Election Day. Nevertheless, it’s beyond desperate that Grimes is attacking McConnell, who is part of the GOP leadership (he sort of has to come back), for returning to D.C. to work, while she also heads off to raise money…in D.C.
The new web ad blasting McConnell for doing his job labeled the Senate Minority Leader as scandal-ridden, which alludes to the resignation of McConnell’s campaign manager, Jesse Benton, over allegations that he was involved in bribing an Iowa State Senator to switch allegiances from Rep. Michele Bachmann to Ron Paul in the 2012 primaries (via Roll Call):
Today [Sept. 8], scandal-ridden Mitch McConnell is running back to Washington, DC, in an attempt to dodge the tough questions he faces back home. In a new web ad released Monday, Alison for Kentucky holds McConnell accountable for his refusal to answer to the people of Kentucky,” the Lundergan Grimes campaign said in announcing the video
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The message came with the subject line: “NEW WEB AD: McConnell Flees To DC To Dodge Tough Questions Back Home.”
Ms. Grimes’ excursion into D.C. will see her benefit from two fundraisers. One will be hosted tonight, with a $2,600 a head gathering to fill her coffers hosted by Maryland Sens. Barbara Mikulski, Ben Cardin, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen at the Drezner home, according to Politico:
Three liberal Maryland Democrats — Sens. Barbara Mikulski, Ben Cardin and Rep. Chris Van Hollen — will headline a Tuesday evening fundraiser for Grimes in Potomac, Md., where attendees are asked to pony up as much as $2,600 each to attend. The event is at the home of Lora and Jeff Drezner, who is the founder of a medical education company Clinical Care Options.
The next day, the Grimes campaign is hosting a Wednesday reception at a Capitol Hill townhouse for the Democratic candidate, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO.
The two fundraisers come at a critical juncture for the Kentucky Democrat. Several recent polls have shown McConnell maintaining a steady lead, including an NBC-Marist poll released over the weekend that had the GOP leader up by eight points.
The home of Lora and Jeff Drezner has served as the epicenter to raise some serious cash for Democrats. Last May, President Obama headlined a fundraiser at their home for House Democrats; tickets were between $10,00o-32,400. Mr. Drezner called Obamacare a “wild success” at the fundraiser.
Ms. Grimes has slammed McConnell for leaving Kentucky, avoiding tough questions to return to work in Washington, while she leaves Kentucky and her job as Kentucky Secretary of State to raise money…in Washington. The lack of self-awareness is appalling.
Meh. Don’t care. Turtle needs to go. We need to clean house of the GOPe.
It’s all about rage. Doesn’t need to make sense at all.
Ditto. I'll be praying not that Grimes wins, but that McConnell loses.
Sheesh.
Yup. That about sums me up as well.
She is an obvious idiot - but then, MarxoFascists are not exactly intelligent even though they lecture to us that they are more intelligent than the rest of us.
We’re stuck with a choice between this imbecile and a “leader” who has declared war on his Conservative base and vowed to ‘crush” us wherever he found us.
Going to do a write-in instead. Hell, I’d write in my dog before casting a vote for either of these two clowns.
I sure hope your Sheesh is sarcasm
As far as the race is concerned, I have no dog in that hunt.
Desperate Dems are really the most entertaining. They amuse me. I wish McConnell weren’t going to win but it’s fun watching the Dems throw $$$$$ at the losing race.
This makes me smile.
NEW WEB AD: McConnell Flees To DC To Dodge Tough Questions Back Home
LOL - the Senate is back in session - and McConnell, in case Grimes didn't notice, is a Senator and so he's got to be back there..."fleeing to DC" indeed. This from the same person who is backing out of debates with McConnell and inventing reasons to do so. After her disastrous performance in the first one, can't blame her.
I also read on a FR thread posted by Republican Wildcat that Ms Grimes and Ms Nunn will be at fundraisers in Hollyweird
From the thread:
“Grimes’ September 18 fundraiser is shaping up to be Hollywood’s biggest A-ticket event this month. Like all of Grimes’ Los Angeles fundraisers, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg is once again a driving force. The studio chief has not only declared Grimes’ election his number one priority of this electoral cycle but already has raised well over $1 million on her behalf. In this final push, Katzenberg appears to be pulling in support from all corners of the industry.”
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