No, they aren't miles better, except in your hopeful mind.
McConnell may very well lose to Grimes. He only won his last general election by 6%, against a weak Dem. That was before he had burned bridges with conservatives by telling them he would 'crush them'.
Even if the pubs take the senate, McConnell will be majority leader if he survives. He won't be voted out by McCain and Graham types. And Cornyn is the #2 leader behind McConnell. I won't be voting for Cornyn in the general election. That liberal bastard can win or lose without my vote. I don't care, except that I want him gone.
/johnny
My mind is far from hopeful, FRiend.
The whole thing certainly stinks, and we are all getting screwed by the elites in our own party, that is for sure. Still, we need to fight them within the party.
Open primaries or not, but there was no conservative groundswell for Bevins, and many here talked and didn't do anything to help him.
Serious minded conservative folk need to step up to the plate and do better, don't you think?
Remember when McConnell swooped in and undermined the House's stance on the 2011 debt limit?
McConnell unveils debt limit ‘Plan B’
Remember when McConnell tried to convince us that voting YES for cloture on the debt ceiling when voting no would stop it, and then voting NO on the final vote meant that he really voted against it>
McConnell Sparks Conservative Ire With Debt-Limit Vote
Remember when McConnell refused to support House efforts to defund Obamacare by sending separate funding bills to the Senate to keep the government open?
McConnell Shoots Down Ted Cruz's Plan To Risk Shutdown Over Obamacare
-PJ