Well, at the moment the Kentucky vote shows a total vote of:
388,590 Votes in the DimocRAT primary for Senate
340,133 Votes in the Republican primary
The Democrat Grimes had 93,533 more votes than McConnell (297,757 to 204,224).
The vote count shows that the DimocRATS in Kentucky have more enthusiasm than the Republican voters. I think that will carry over to the general election this fall. The votes that Grimes did not get in the RAT primary will almost all go to Grimes (Grimes did not denigrate her opponents). McConnell will NOT get all the non-McConnell votes (after his and the GOPe actions essentially WARRING on the Tea Party).
I think that when an objective assessment of Kentucky’s 2014 Senatorial election is written, it will state that McConnell won the battle of the primary race but lost the war when the general election is held. It did not have to turn out this way. McConnell could have easily won the primary without the completely unnecessary warring on the constitutional conservative part of his base—but he somehow felt compelled to do that warring. The odds are that he will live to regret that inane and counterproductive decision.
Agree. The Tea Party is NOT who Midge should’ve been fighting.
Yes McConnell winning the primary and losing the general was called several months ago here on FR.
It’s entirely predictable.