Bevin and other Republicans show unity as Democrats remind voters of past comments on GOP nominee

cn|2 Pure Politics ^ | 5/29/2015 | Kevin Wheatley

[Republican Wildcat]

FRANKFORT — Standing in the namesake building of his foe in last year’s U.S. Senate primary, Republican gubernatorial nominee Matt Bevin said Friday any perceived grudges in the GOP are overstated.

Bevin headlined a press conference at Republican Party of Kentucky headquarters featuring other GOP candidates for constitutional office, hoping to demonstrate party unity ahead of a state Lincoln Day dinner in Lexington on Saturday.

Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, who conceded the race Friday after a recanvass showed no change in Bevin’s 83-vote margin of victory, promised in a statement to “do everything I can to see that he wins in November.”

“Much to the chagrin of the Kentucky Democratic Party, this party is united,” RPK Chairman Steve Robertson said at party headquarters, named after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

“The Republican Party of Kentucky supports Matt Bevin and Jenean Hampton with every fiber of our being, and we are moving forward to November to defeat Jack Conway. Period.”

From his perspective, Bevin says Kentucky Republicans are focused on the fall election against the Democratic attorney general rather than previous contests.

“I think you will find in short measure that there really are not nearly the wounds that you all would imagine there to be, that people have long talked about,” he said. “Have people said stuff? Sure, but guess what? In the world of campaigns people say a lot of things, and you will see as we move forward that this is whatever has been said is in the past. We’re all grownups on our side.”

[Catsrus]

If only the GOPe would take a page out of this playbook, we might just win some elections. No, instead, the elites have to run around trashing every conservative candidate. It’s sickening, actually, and Matt Bevin makes a good point - they are acting like grownups.