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Actually, that was a sound argument except I also hate McConnell and I do understand why he needs to go, I was rooting for Bevin all the way.

But he won the primary so it’s him or a Democrat. Obama has two years left after this election, Mitch could never do as much damage in those two years as a Democratic majority.

I understand. And you’re right that we need to take back the senate. The senate has been Obama’s shield. No bills get to him to he doesn’t have to make a decision. And if he doesn’t want a bill that’s passed the House, he just tells Reid he’ll veto it so Reid doesn’t bother. They’ve been protecting each other against the House.

The problem is that McConnell has been a shield, protecting the democrat majority, giving them votes when they need them to get a bill through. And he’s made very clear that he despises conservatives more than the democrats.

We’ve all argued about this many times and have different opinions. If I lived in Kentucky, I wouldn’t vote for the democrat but I wouldn’t vote for McConnell either. His ilk has counted on conservative votes for far too long because “they have nowhere else to go” or “the democrat’s worse.” Well, those days are over.

There’s a bigger issue here as well. The KY Dem Party is incredibly well-entrenched in the state, and has an exceptional record of winning statewide races in a state that historically votes overwhelmingly for Republican Presidents.

Grimes is part of that machine. The reason why she uses her maiden name so much is because it reminds people of her Dem machine pol daddy.

The truth, sad as it may be, is that McConnell *IS* pretty much the GOP Machine at the state level. He’s the one with the organization and the deep connections. If he loses to Grimes the GOP isn’t going to get the seat back in six years, or even 12 - it’ll basically be hers for as long as she wants it.

And him losing and taking with him his political organization and fundraising capabilities puts Rand Paul’s seat in jeopardy and in the longer run will take KY down the path Virginia has gone. I know there are issues with Paul, but he’s still better than 50% of the GOP caucus and is a needed voice in national GOP politics.

We have all heard arguments like yours before.

We heard it when the GOP held all three branches of Government.
What did that get us? Out of control spending and the Senates Gang of 14
(Whose only purpose was to derail conservative policies).
And Bush and Rove’s policies gave us Obama.
Bush finished with one of the lowest approval ratings in US history(27%).

In addition, McConnell has the tools today, right now to stop Obama.
It is called the filibuster. Cruz showed the way, McConnell chose not to
follow.
Would I be willing to give up one Senate race to send the GOP a message.
I would.

It will not take much to send McConnell packing in Ky.
If he loses, McConnell will only have himself to blame for trashing the
same voters he enjoys crushing not showing up to vote for him.
You can’t have it both ways. Trash a large portion of your base and expect
them to show up and vote.

We have it your Bushite way. It’s not working.