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Kentucky Senate: Paul 59%, Conway 34%
Rasmussen Reports ^ | 05/20/2010 | Scott Rasmussen

Posted on 05/20/2010 7:50:48 AM PDT by speciallybland

Rand Paul, riding the momentum of his big Republican Primary win on Tuesday, now posts a 25-point lead over Democrat Jack Conway in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race, but there’s a lot of campaigning to go.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Kentucky, taken Wednesday night, shows Paul earning 59% of the vote, while Conway picks up 34% support. Four percent (4%) percent prefer some other candidate, and three percent (3%) are undecided.

(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: jackconway; randpaul
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To: Christian_Capitalist
Well, them, and about 60% of all Kentucky Republicans. Paul beat Grayson by almost 2-to-1, crushing Grayson amongst self-described Conservatives and Moderates and losing to him only amongst self-described Liberals. Suffice it to say, Rand Paul is the overwhelming choice of Kentucky Republicans to represent the great State of Kentucky in the US Senate. So I guess the only question I have is, do YOU support the 2010 Republican US Senate nominee for Kentucky? Or would you rather that Jack Conway took the seat?

His Dad also wins straw polls all the time, do you think that means the great majority of Republicans actually want Ron Paul for President? The Paul family seem to be very good at organizing, but that won't make either of them particularly good general election candidates for statewide offices.

Yes, I would vote for Rand Paul over the Democrat. I just don't think Rand was the better candidate. You watch, it is going to turn out that he will have all sorts of wierd views to defend, wierd associates he will have to explain, etc.

The American public does not want Libertarians. I realize Rand is not his father, but once the public finds out what he really stands for it may just make Rand seriously flawed enough to be vulnerable to the Democrat. The establishment candidate was suitably conservative as I recall, and would probably have coasted into the Senate with no problem.

41 posted on 05/20/2010 8:37:05 AM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Longbow1969
His Dad also wins straw polls all the time, do you think that means the great majority of Republicans actually want Ron Paul for President?...The American public does not want Libertarians

This was no straw poll.

This was the Republican US Senate Primary.

And as pointed out above, Rand Paul got more Primary votes for US Senator than any statewide Republican candidate in history.

I'd say he enjoys some real support.

42 posted on 05/20/2010 8:47:17 AM PDT by Christian_Capitalist (Taxation over 10% is Tyranny -- 1 Samuel 8:17)
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To: Longbow1969

Greyson was a non-starter. He wouldn’t take a position that even sounded remotely conservative. Earmarks, yeah boy! TARP, you bet! And the list goes on. Greyson was and is the kind of “republican” that most conservatives despise. He tried to talk the talk at election time, but damned if he is going to even consider the walk.


43 posted on 05/20/2010 8:54:56 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: Longbow1969
The establishment candidate was suitably conservative as I recall, and would probably have coasted into the Senate with no problem.

Even if he did, what use it is to put another RINO in the Senate? Lord knows we have plenty already....

44 posted on 05/20/2010 9:24:02 AM PDT by reaganairport
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To: Christian_Capitalist
Beautiful! (both her and the situation!)

Nothing succeeds like success.

New hero of Tea Party Rand Paul is so conservative he scares Dick Cheney

45 posted on 05/20/2010 10:18:21 AM PDT by Theophilus (Not merely prolife, but prolific!)
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To: Christian_Capitalist
This was no straw poll.

He beat the polling projections by +10%!!!

And as pointed out above, Rand Paul got more Primary votes for US Senator than any statewide Republican candidate in history.

Bears much repeating.

46 posted on 05/20/2010 10:21:26 AM PDT by Theophilus (Not merely prolife, but prolific!)
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To: csmusaret
The Dem candidates got 520,412 votes and the GOP only got 351,931.


47 posted on 05/20/2010 10:27:15 AM PDT by Theophilus (Not merely prolife, but prolific!)
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To: csmusaret
I just read some disturbing numbers about the Ky Sen. primaries. The Dem candidates got 520,412 votes and the GOP only got 351,931.

Which was a GOP record. There aren't all that many registered Repubs in KY, just people who vote GOP in the fall.

48 posted on 05/20/2010 10:29:05 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (we now live in a post-Obamapacolyptic world)
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To: Longbow1969
Yes, I would vote for Rand Paul over the Democrat. I just don't think Rand was the better candidate.

You are going to be very pleasantly surprised, even thrilled at Senator Paul's performance.

49 posted on 05/20/2010 10:29:14 AM PDT by Theophilus (Not merely prolife, but prolific!)
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To: SmokingJoe
Great Link!

But Paul says he won't change his core approach. "People are already saying now you need to weave and dodge," Paul said in his victory speech on Tuesday. "Now you need to give up your conservative message. You need to become a moderate. You need to up give up the Tea Party, you need to distance yourself.

But he pledged to continue to tout "tea party" themes.

"The tea party message is not a radical message. It's not an extreme message," he said. "What is extreme is a $2 trillion deficit."

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex), Paul's father, told supporters in Kentucky, "You think only the Republicans are disgruntled? Everybody is disgruntled, especially the independents."

Democrats are still eager to run against him.

"At some point, he's got to be for something," Conway said in an interview before the primary. "People are angry and frustrated and I'm somewhat frustrated, but the question is how do you use that anger. Do you use it to heat the building or do you use it tear the building down?

Conway said he would ask Paul "what's your dream for this country, you're against everything?

Hey Conway, you idiot, we - the people, have 320 million dreams (2+ million in KY) for this country. We are not interested in your elitist and confiscatory imaginations. Bless your disgusting heart!

50 posted on 05/20/2010 10:49:22 AM PDT by Theophilus (Not merely prolife, but prolific!)
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