[Engraved-on-His-hands]

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[Engraved-on-His-hands]

I received an email from Alexander for Senate today, perhaps to try to counter this new poll. I suspect that the truth lies somewhere between the two extremes, but I think that Carr has a fighting chance. Here is the email that I received:

Thought you would like to see this article. -- Alice

Joe Carr Has Moved The Needle 1 Percent In Five Months
Nashville Scene
Steve Cavendish
May 21, 2014

In the latest Vanderbilt poll, we find that Joe Carr's momentum is such that if he has another decade or so, he'll be competitive with Sen. Lamar Alexander.

From the last poll in December until now, pollsters at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions discovered that Carr's favorable ratings among registered Republicans rose from 16 percent to 17 percent. Seventy-five percent of the group either didn't know or had never heard of Joe Carr.

Meanwhile, in a measure of favorability among Republican primary voters, the news was just as bad for Carr:

Alexander
Favorable: 64%
Unfavorable: 29%
Never heard of: 2%

Carr
Favorable: 20%
Unfavorable: 8%
Never heard of: 55%

Other bullet points on the race:

* The Senior Senator's approval ratings are 47 percent among tea party members. That's not a "throw him out of office" kind of number.

* Half of Republican primary voters have only a favorable view toward Alexander while 7 percent have only a favorable view toward Carr.

* Of the three biggest officeholders in the state: Alexander, Sen. Bob Corker and Gov. Bill Haslam, only Alexander's statewide approval ratings didn't fall.

If we look north to last night's primaries in Kentucky, they don't exactly portend great things for Carr, either. Matt Bevin lasted only six minutes after the polls closed before Sen. Mitch McConnell was declared the winner. Tea party favorite Bevin raised only $3 million and while Carr hasn't done anything as dumb as Bevin — like speak at a pro-cockfighting rally — his sluggish fundraising and lack of a breakthrough issue have him miles behind Alexander, it appears.

[entropy12]

I don’t care who wins TN primary so long as he/she is the most electable republican in general election in November.

[ZULU]

I’m SO sick of the MORONS who vote in this country. Ask ANY of them what they think of COngress and they hate it more than Obama.

BUT, present them with an opportunity to make a DIFFERENCE and VOTE OUT career criminal incumbents, they ALWAYS go the OTHER way!!!

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Carr getting his name and political philosophy out will be huge in the coming weeks. The article says that only 28% know Carr well enough to give an opinion about him, but that 57% of people would support a conservative challenger to Alexander.

[VanDeKoik]

Maybe the conservative electorate is getting sick of the Tea Party being a nebulous concept that private organizations raise money off of and produce little results, and not a real political party?

The tea party has now leadership, no HQ, no apparatus, no media arm. Just some people calling themselves “tea party groups” and they don’t even know who the other is nor do they coordinate very well. That stuff was cute and fun back in 2010 when it kept the media and DNC off-balance, but the other side has become more savvy along with the eGOP.

And you cant have a “civil war” in a political party and think the establishment is just going to roll over. All it takes is a string of loses in primaries and the nebulous movement collapses because there is no leadership to hold accountable, and no ability to change strategy. And it no longer is considered “fun” for too many.

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[Blood of Tyrants]

I expected this. Alexander has so much money he has been running ads since September.

[RginTN]

Don’t care about poll results. Recent polling said a majority of Tennesseans favor Common Core and free college...there are a lot of uniformed people being polled.

I will vote Carr in the primary and if he doesn’t win not vote for the liberal Alexander in the general because its silly to reward a big govt Republican.

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

http://www.carrfortn.com

[deport]

They have a lot of choices in the Senate race in KY if all the candidates listed at
the TN SOS web site actually get on the ballot. There are 8 Republicans, 4 Democrats,
1 Green and 10 Independents listed with a filing deadline of April, 3.

http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/PetitionsFiled.pdf

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

I think that Carr has been campaigning constantly. Either he or his campaign manager (I forget which) said that his time is taken up almost entirely with speaking and fundraising. However, I have some opinions about how he could have improved his campaigning:

1. While he has been campaigning basically non-stop, I usually hear about the campaign stops after the event, not before. That needs to be fixed.

2. He needed to make it easier for supporters to acquire bumper stickers and yard signs. I had to travel to the campaign headquarters in Murfreesboro to get mine. This hopefully has now been fixed. If you click on “Volunteer” on his website, you can now request these.

3. He needs to make friends with some conservative papers in the state. His name is mentioned seldom in news articles within the state. Perhaps part of that is the reluctance of some media outlets to do anything that might be interpreted as opposing Alexander.

Just some observations on my part.

If he is truly only 24 points behind in the polls, and most don’t yet recognize his name, that margin could close a good bit in the coming weeks. That might cause some media outlets to devote more time to the race and raise his profile among voters. Hopefully.

[AmericanExceptionalist]

I reside in Tennessee—which is a reliably Republican state—and I can attest that Sen. Alexander will easily win re-nomination, and then will easily win the general election.

[Theodore R.]

TN doesn’t require a majority for a nomination, and people there are too stubborn to consider removing Lamar! from public life.

[GailA]

NEVER FORGET lamar voted to SCREW the Military!

RINO DELUXE, he also draws several state pensions. As a university dean and a ex governor to name 2. His votes to increase the debt should be enough to do him in.

But his war chest which he brought from Governor to the 2 PROMISED 2 terms and out US Senate is huge plus the National GOP will make sure he has more funds to keep this 73 yr old RINO Who loves crossing the isle to vote with the DemoRATS.

Carr is more conservative in his voting record as a TN State Rep. He has our 2 votes. Hubby will vote for him in general election, I'll write in State Rep Joe Carr. The dem challenger is a no body. Because I don't even know who it is.

Remember NO DONATIONS TO NATIONAL GOP ORGS. STRAVE THEM, give to the candidate directly. Carr is doing a really nice gun give away...not a cheesy gun either. Beretta, looks like a AK 47.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

The GOPe is now going to get going the meme that “we need people who can win” sticking with these traditional names. I really see no attraction to a LA. None. He’s truly a zero.