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Question: Who will win in Kentucky?
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Mitch McConnell (R)		  
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Alison Lundergan Grimes (D)		  
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RogueBeaver
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« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2014, 07:10:30 PM »
They would vote for McConnell over Grimes.
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« Reply #26 on: March 16, 2014, 07:40:29 PM »
Quote from: RogueBeaver on March 16, 2014, 07:10:30 PM
They would vote for McConnell over Grimes.

But they won't vote.
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« Reply #27 on: March 16, 2014, 07:52:22 PM »

What makes you say that?
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Joshgreen
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« Reply #28 on: March 16, 2014, 08:05:46 PM »

The Tea Party types are enraged with McConnell who is THE Republican Establishment.
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Bandit3 the Worker
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« Reply #29 on: March 17, 2014, 10:05:45 AM »
McConnell IS a Tea Party conservative these days. He supports federal "right-to-work" laws and garbage like that. That's why he's so far ahead in the primary.

The trouble for him in November is that there really aren't that many Tea Party conservatives among the general public. And they made up their minds long ago to vote for McConnell in November if he wins the primary.

If you walk up to a random voter in Kentucky or any other state and ask them if they're a Tea Party conservative, odds are highly likely that they'll answer with a resounding negative.
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« Reply #30 on: March 17, 2014, 10:10:35 AM »
Quote from: Bandit3 the Worker on March 17, 2014, 10:05:45 AM
McConnell IS a Tea Party conservative these days. He supports federal "right-to-work" laws and garbage like that. That's why he's so far ahead in the primary.
No he isn't, he's the definition of the traditional Republican Establishment, except that the Tea Party want to boot out everyone who's an establishmentarian, and they will be very bitter when McConnell wins the Primary.
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« Reply #31 on: March 17, 2014, 10:22:52 AM »
Quote from: Guntaker on March 17, 2014, 10:10:35 AM
Quote from: Bandit3 the Worker on March 17, 2014, 10:05:45 AM
McConnell IS a Tea Party conservative these days. He supports federal "right-to-work" laws and garbage like that. That's why he's so far ahead in the primary.
No he isn't, he's the definition of the traditional Republican Establishment, except that the Tea Party want to boot out everyone who's an establishmentarian, and they will be very bitter when McConnell wins the Primary.

The Tea Party IS the Republican establishment these days.
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« Reply #32 on: March 17, 2014, 10:25:10 AM »
The Tea Party-Establishment distinction is a fiction invented by Republicans.
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« Reply #33 on: March 17, 2014, 01:23:41 PM »
Quote from: Less-Progressivism, More Realism on March 17, 2014, 10:25:10 AM
The Tea Party-Establishment distinction is a fiction invented by Republicans.
Yeah, all of the money spent against McConnell by outside Tea Party groups is completely fictional.
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« Reply #34 on: March 17, 2014, 02:19:38 PM »
Quote from: Less-Progressivism, More Realism on March 17, 2014, 10:25:10 AM
The Tea Party-Establishment distinction is a fiction invented by Republicans.

Except the rube voters believe it which is all that matters.
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