Posted on 08/04/2014 5:06:45 AM PDT by cotton1706
The Senate minority leader, long reviled among many on the right for what they see as kowtowing to Democrats, is in a tough race for his seat—and in trouble with the Tea Party.
If Alison Lundergan Grimes pulls off an upset victory over Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in November, she may have Tea Partiers to thank. But don’t expect conservative voters to rally to Grimes—they simply aren't getting behind McConnell.
Although the five-term Republican ended up winning a a tough primary challenge from businessman Matt Bevin handily, the race was one of the most vicious and ugly this cycle, with Bevin’s campaign badly damaged in a cockfighting scandal. And while some disaffected conservatives have backed McConnell in November, Bevin has still not endorsed him, and many of the Tea Party groups that supported the businessman are following suit. As a result, in a recent poll, nearly 20% of self-identified Republicans didn't support McConnell.
Scott Hofstra, spokesman for the United Kentucky Tea Party, said he isn’t backing McConnell and “taking the lesser of the two evils approach.” Many conservatives, Hofstra predicted, either will leave the box on the ballot for U.S. Senate empty or will vote for David Patterson, the libertarian candidate. The senator has alienated many Tea Partiers and has yet to reach out to bridge the gap, Hofstra said. The divide was opened further, he added, by McConnell’s open support for Thad Cochran in the Mississippi Senate runoff and McConnell’s association with pro-Cochran ads that many conservatives assailed as race-baiting. “If there were some people on the fence after what happened in Kentucky, the Mississippi incident really put them over the edge,” Hofstra said. Still, he noted that Tea Party dissatisfaction with McConnell wasn’t winning Grimes their votes. “I haven’t talked to anybody who would vote her.”
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Cutting off your nose to spite your face is what it is.
Yes, that’s exactly what Corynyn and McConnel did in Mississippi.
How about you hold your F’n heroes to the same F’n standard you’re pushing on us? I can’t take you seriously because you sound just like a progressive looking at the middle east and blaming everything on Israel.
They created this mess and if we support them they’ll screw us over again.
The tea party supported a clown in Kentucky. The bozo went to a cock-fighting convention and says he didn’t know what the group was about. He said enough stupid things to lose 10 elections.
The tea party supported Sharron Angle in NV. Sue Lowden would have beaten Harry Reid. I guess you would have supported Harry.
Screw the tea party and all of them — republicans, GOPe, democrats, etc. I will do what I believe is best for the country. Your logic is like saying I wouldn’t vote for Mitt over Obama because he’s not conservative enough. That BS doesn’t fly with me.
Enjoy Obama controlling the senate for the next two years.
If you reward bad behavior, you get more of it. The RINOs have managed to own the Republican party because they know that conservatives have nowhere else to go.
I’ve been saying that for at least ten years. Every election cycle it’s been “we have to hold the House/Senate/Presidency but we’ll fix it all later.
Hello RINO scum and GOPe Cheerleaders; welcome to “later!”
Interesting "handle" you have, FRiend. lol
Boycott for thee, but not for me? Irony is quite, ironic, wouldn't you say?
They created this mess and if we support them they’ll screw us over again.
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If the tea party helps Obama control the senate for his last two years, I am done with the tea party.
I know all about what happened in Mississippi so spare me. I was mad as hell.
It’s simple math. If the demos control 50 senate seats, the control the senate. If obama controls the senate, and the tea party didn’t do every thing it could to prevent that, I would consider them to be idiots.
Sometimes you’ve got to settle for less than you want. It happens.
Grimes was on the front of my local paper yesterday. Our 3 day a week paper loves lefties. Which is befuddling considering the size and location of my town.
But based on their announcements when new staff comes in, you have to be a card carrying wide eyed socialist to get hired. Typically it is a 22 YO girl freshly graduated with a degree in journalism. “My goal is to change the world and help people” (they never espouse a goal of reporting the news).....Mush for brains.
lol? My handle? Whatever.
If a demo was posting on this board, they would agree with your position 100%. They’re about winning at all cost. They appreciate your position.
Let’s agree to end this discussion.
How utterly stupid does a politician have to be to publicly declare war on the largest, most politically active group of voters in his party?
Romney punted on the last two debates when he had Obama on the ropes. Romney's got his own encyclopedia of stupid things that he said.
Like you, we will also do what we think is best for the country. The GOPe BS is just as aromatic as Democrat BS.
I would vote for a conservative tea party candidate if there was a realistic chance of winning.
McDaniel had a realistic chance of winning in Mississippi. That’s why YOUR REPRESENTATIVES committed election fraud.
No way...GOPe needs to pay for the Cochran fiasco, and pay dearly. I've learned that the GOPe needs to be taken down first, then pivot to fight the next war agains the Dems.
Like you, we will also do what we think is best for the country. The GOPe BS is just as aromatic as Democrat BS.
My guess is that the few good senators like Sessions and Cruz would disagree with you 100%.
No matter what we do we’re screwed.
Maybe it’s time to just let it all crash and burn.
McDaniel had a realistic chance of winning in Mississippi. That’s why YOUR REPRESENTATIVES committed election fraud.
Don’t go all out to prove you’re clueless.
My senators are Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby. I think very highly of both of them. And I know both will be 100% supporting Mitch in Kentucky. They’ll do so not for just party loyalty but because they believe it would be best for the nation for republicans to win the senate.
I also support McDaniel in Mississippi.
No matter what we do we’re screwed.
Maybe it’s time to just let it all crash and burn.
You may be right. I believe that’s going to happen sooner or later.
Romney punted on the last two debates when he had Obama on the ropes. Romney’s got his own encyclopedia of stupid things that he said.
It’s ok when the “progressive” wing of the GOP does it.
Let’s agree to end this discussion.
Said the establish GOP shill while losing the debate.
“Doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results is the definition of insanity.”
Posting this most overused quote for the millionth time is not helpful. If you have some thoughts it is ok to use your own.
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