Kentucky Senate: McConnell (R) 52%, Grimes (D) 44%

Rasmussen Reports ^

[sunmars]

Seventy-six percent (76%) of Kentucky voters say they have already made up their minds how they are going to vote, and McConnell leads 55% to 45% among these voters. Among the 24% who still could change their minds, the candidates are tied at 41% apiece, with 17% opting for a third-party candidate or undecided.

Among the 84% of Kentucky voters who say they will definitely vote in this contest, McConnell leads 53% to 44%.

Grimes has the support of 73% of Kentucky Democrats and 16% of the state’s Republicans. McConnell earns 83% backing from his fellow Republicans and 24% of the vote from Democrats. He also has a 21-point lead among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties.

[SoConPubbie]

The reason I put “conservative” in quotes, is because anyone claiming to be a conservative, criticizing Republicans but wishing for a Dem win is hardly a genuine conservative.

More unprincipled postings by a GOP-E supporter.

Please point to where I have stated that I am wishing for a Dem win.

Given your posting history Innovative, no objective person would confuse you with a conservative.

A status-quo GOP-E Supporter, yes, but a conservative, HELL NO! Y

[CSM]

“At the very least, they’d reverse anything polls were telling them is unpopular.”

No they wouldn’t. Keep in mind that they pushed the crap out of amnesty, which is extremely unpopular. In addition, McConnel has stated that he WILL reinstate the filibuster rules that Reid changed. Finally, Snow (McConnell’s shadow) recently stated that if they take the Senate, they WILL NOT do anything to repeal Obamacare.

They have conceded the power of the purse to the Executive, they have conceded the power of impeachment by not even taking the case to the electorate, they have conceded the power of consent with the NRSC and they are conceding their legislative power almost daily.

The GOP leadership will do NOTHING that they are promising now. They have proven that time and again.

If it makes you feel better to have them in the majority, fine. If you like your candidate on the ballot, fine. Just stop attacking the part of the base that points out the fact that the GOP leadership is filled with scum that pissed all over their conservative base. You can’t blame those that were attacked for not being loyal to the attackers.

[Innovative]

” there are only two of them left and they start eyeing each other suspiciously.”

Well said — including your assessment.

[SoConPubbie]

It's quite another thing to go off on tirades about how Sen. Roberts is a leftist tool, or how Mitch McConnell is worse than Obama. Clear signs that the tinfoil is impeding brain activity, IMO.

The Top Ten Bad Votes of Senator Mitch McConnell By Josh Withrow 01/22/2014 Top 10 Bad Votes by Mitch McConnell

1. McConnell Voted to Let Harry Reid Fund ObamaCare (2013, RCV 206) Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted to end debate and allow Senate Democrats to re-insert funding for ObamaCare into the Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government. Although McConnell did vote against the final bill, he and all Republicans knew that voting for cloture to end debate would allow Senator Harry Reid to fund ObamaCare by a party-line vote, and thus a vote for cloture was a de facto vote to fund ObamaCare.

2. McConnell Voted for the Fiscal Cliff Tax Hike (2012, RCV 251) The fiscal cliff was a fake crisis created by Congress and the president. In which President Obama threatened to shut the government down if Republicans refused to massively raise taxes. In response, Senator McConnell personally negotiated with Vice President Biden and produced a New Year’s Day 2013 fiscal cliff deal that raised payroll taxes on 77 percent of U.S. households and contained no real spending cuts.

3. McConnell Voted for the Ineffective “Super Committee” Debt Hike (2011, RCV 123) During the 2011 debt ceiling impasse, McConnell came up with the idea of allowing President Obama to increase the debt limit three times in exchange for allowing Congress a symbolic vote of disapproval each time. McConnell’s idea carried the day and he voted to pass the Budget Control Act, which allowed over $2 trillion in new debt. In return, taxpayers got stuck with the “super-committee”, which failed to come up with any agreement on targeted spending cuts and gave us the across-the-board sequestration cuts instead.

4. McConnell Voted for the Wall Street Bailout (T.A.R.P.) (2008, RCV 213) Senator McConnell voted for the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Taxpayers should never have been forced to pay for the reckless lending practices of the big banks. McConnell took credit for being a major part of negotiating the bailout, and called the passage of T.A.R.P. “the Senate at its finest.”

5. McConnell Voted to Bail Out the Housing Market (2008, RCV 186) Senator McConnell also voted to bail out the government-sponsored mortgage lending companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The risky lending activities of these organizations were a major factor in creating the housing bubble that led to the financial collapse of 2008, yet McConnell and the Senate voted to allow Fannie and Freddie to borrow up to $300 billion of the taxpayers’ money.

6. McConnell Voted to Increase the Federal Minimum Wage (2007, RCV 42) Senator McConnell voted for the Fair Minimum Wage Act that increased the federal minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour in 2007. Raising the minimum wage is a bad idea because it reduces employment especially among low-skilled workers. The cost of raising the minimum wage is passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices for goods and services.

7. McConnell Voted to Give the Government Unprecedented Surveillance Powers (2006, RCV 25) In spite of warnings by 4th Amendment and privacy advocates, Senator McConnell voted to make most of the USA-PATRIOT Act’s provisions permanent in 2006. He also voted for the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which granted immunity to U.S. telecommunication companies for giving information about their customers to the government without a warrant (2008, RCV 168). Together, the “Patriot Act” and the FISA Amendments Act authorized unprecedented surveillance powers that have been used by the FISA courts to allow bulk data collection on U.S. citizens without a warrant. Yet McConnell called the Patriot Act “one of the most important and overdue pieces of legislation in a generation”, and declared that perhaps “it did not go far enough”.

8. McConnell Voted against Eliminating the Federal Ethanol Mandate (2005, RCV 138) Senator McConnell voted to table an amendment that would have eliminated the federal mandate that forced ethanol to be blended into the fuel supply. The ethanol mandate is a market-distorting disaster that has increased the cost of gasoline, while environmentalist groups admit that it is actually bad for the environment (not to mention your car).

9. McConnell Voted for Massive New Energy Subsidies and Regulations (2007, RCV 430) Senator McConnell voted for final passage on an omnibus energy bill that created massive new subsidies for green energy development, while also tightening environmental regulations in some areas. The bill massively tightened fuel mileage requirements for passenger vehicles and created a new renewable fuels standard, both of which have increased the cost of both cars and fuel. Also, this is the bill that started the infamous phase-out of incandescent light bulbs.

10. McConnell Voted for Medicare Part D (2003, RCV 457) Senator McConnell voted to pass Medicare Part D, a massive entitlement expansion that conservatives rightly predicted would tremendously expand the deficit and add trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities to the federal rolls.

[Innovative]

“Please point to where I have stated that I am wishing for a Dem win. “

In EVERY word you say — wishing for a R defeat in the general election results in a Dem win. This year even more importantly, because the control of the Senate is at stake.

[SoConPubbie]

In EVERY word you say — wishing for a R defeat in the general election results in a Dem win. This year even more importantly, because the control of the Senate is at stake.

You are a Low information GOP-E Supporter.

No, I want a Republican majority comprised of actual republicans, not Pretend Republicans willing to implement Amnesty, or go soft on Gay Marriage, or Abortion, or who do not understand limited government.

I do not want a Republican Majority that is comprised of Pretend conservatives and Pretend Republicans that will move the party to the left as the Current Leadership comprised of those whose masters are the Chamber of Commerce.

Your approach will only move the party more to the left, and it's eventual demise.

Your not a conservative first, and then a Republican.

You are simply a Karl Rove GOP-E Supporter.

[SoConPubbie]

Some people were attacking him. He doesn’t have the right to fight back?

What is it about the dishonest posting of those supporting GOP-E candidates?

He wasn't fighting back against attacks, HE WAS ON THE ATTACK against every single Tea-Party candidate.

He was on the record stating he was going to destroy the Tea-Party.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

OK. You found 10 bad votes.

What if I found 90 good ones? Would that make a difference?

Even RR made some bad decisions as POTUS and governor of CA.

Would you like me to list some of those too?

No one is perfect.

[LS]

I agree, but Rush has been delving into this extensively recently. The Republicans top to bottom are not only afraid to criticize, they are afraid to take credit for policies that work and to defend their positions.

Looking at the NC race, for example, the idiot is hammering Hagan's husband's graft. Fine and dandy, but it does NOTHING to advance conservative ideas, concepts and above all "the brand."

This, even winning the senate, while it will help slow down Obama, it does NOTHING to advance conservative ideas because they won't run on conservative ideas.

[Theophilus]

What if I found 90 good ones? Would that make a difference?

Of course not! All votes are not equal. As McConnell insidiously demonstrates: it does not make any difference how many times you vote against a bill (to claim credit) if you allow the Communist Demonrats to process the bill on the slimmest of margins, those are the votes that counts.

As the leader of the opposition he could have saved from so much, but instead he has stabbed us in the back repeatedly.

[fortheDeclaration]

Done!

[Theophilus]

And how did Harry Reid vote — do you want him to continue to be Majority Leader?

No, I'd love to get Ted Cruz as Majority Leader. But Reid is the enemy we know. It's safe to assume that any thing Bordello Reid wants we should oppose. But Judas McConnell is the enemy we supposed to believe is our friend and he has destroyed us.

[catfish1957]

There is no satisfying purists

Ted Cruz is pretty dang close......

[Bettyprob]

No surprise; the DSCC recently retreated from this race. The Kentucky electorate is too smart to follow FReepers For Grimes over the cliff.

[bert]

Freepers for Grimes......... now that’s a good one

it describes perfectly the vindictive vanity

[Bettyprob]

Grimes has the support of 73% of Kentucky Democrats and 16% of the state’s Republicans. McConnell earns 83% backing from his fellow Republicans and 24% of the vote from Democrats.

More Democrats are for McConnell than Republicans are for Mrs. Grimes. How can this be? I read that McConnell and Cochran were toast because True Conservatives™ were not going to vote for them.

[Impy]

So many so called “conservatives” and here are saddened by this development.

Meanwhile, anyone with a brain is delighted that pro-BAMA pro-partial abortion witch Alison Grimes is gonna lose.

[snuffy smiff]

They’ll begin working on an amnesty bill-according to an article posted here yesterday...

[boycott]

Looking at the NC race, for example, the idiot is hammering Hagan’s husband’s graft. Fine and dandy, but it does NOTHING to advance conservative ideas, concepts and above all “the brand.”

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Agree 100%.

[Dave W]

I agree. You seem to be one of the few here who gets it.