[jjsheridan5]

But McConnell? Bevin was a lousy candidate, face it. He didn't have a voting track record. He had earlier signed on to something supporting Obamacare. He talked the talk, but was probably a Chamber of Commerce plant. And the appearance at a cock-fighting rally? Really? Since conservatives lost because the candidate was too imperfect, McConnell should be supported. Same thing with Roberts. Wolfe has no voting record, he was unwise enough to put patient xrays online...he lost it on his own, so Roberts should get conservative support.

Why the "But McConnell?" part, when the rest of the paragraph only talks about Bevin, Wolfe, and Roberts. Bevin's weakness as a candidate does not make McConnell any less of an avowed enemy of constitutional conservatism. Nor does Bevin's weakness (or Robert's online use of xrays) make McConnell any less powerful when crushing conservatism.

But McConnell? No, let him have those six years.

Six more years of using his position as the de facto leader of the Republican party to crush any semblance of conservatism in the Republican party? Six more years of withholding support for conservative Republican candidates? Six more years of creating dependency on the Republican brand of crony capitalism? Six more years of stifling any real cohesive opposition to the left? Six more years of preventing a cohesive vision to compete with liberalism? He deserves far more than six years, I am afraid, but not in the Senate, but rather someplace considerably warmer.

[grania]

Which is worse in your mind? Supporting Cochran who stole the primary and insulted all constitutional conservatives along the way or support McConnell who won that primary fairly? I have to make that distinction, or there’d only be about five Republicans left in the US Senate. Any change will be much more gradual than in the HOR or in Governorships.