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[Carl]

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Tue Oct 14, 2014, 03:44 PM

Star Member babylonsister (148,217 posts)

Democrats are pulling out of the Kentucky Senate race. Here’s why that’s important.



Democrats are pulling out of the Kentucky Senate race. Here’s why that’s important.
By Chris Cillizza October 14 at 3:34 PM


Roll Call newspaper -- Fix alum! -- broke the news Tuesday afternoon: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had pulled its TV advertising for the final three weeks in the Kentucky Senate race. That decision effectively leaves Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes on her own and is rightly read as a sign that national Democrats believe the race is effectively over. (The DSCC didn't not return an email seeking comment on their decision.)

The DSCC's decision to pull out of Kentucky, a race in which they had spent months insisting was closer than most public polls showed it, is a recognition that in a year in which the Senate map and the national political climate are tilted against them, the party's best chances to hold the majority now rests in trying to hold onto their endangered incumbents.

One Democratic strategist closely following the Kentucky race insists that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) is still beatable but that Senate Democrats have to prioritize sitting Senators at this point in the election cycle. "The DSCC action is less about the viability of the race, and probably the recognition that, in tough years the priority — in the House AND the Senate — is protecting the incumbents," said the source. "In other words, defense not offense."

Another Democratic consultant tracking the McConnell-Grimes contest largely agreed, noting that pulling money out of Kentucky means "you can play in Georgia, which is within the margin and the trend lines are going the right way, expand buys in Arkansas, Alaska, North Carolina, Colorado, Iowa and Louisiana, which are all neck and neck, and then gamble on a wildcard like South Dakota."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/10/14/democrats-are-pulling-out-of-the-kentucky-senate-race-heres-why-thats-important/

I have no love for Mitch but DUmbass angst is sooooooooo sweet. 

Response to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 03:46 PM

Star Member truebrit71 (18,735 posts)
1. Chris Cillizza whoring for the gop again...

...I thought the latest polls show her ahead in that state?

Response to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 03:46 PM

Cleita (70,737 posts)
2. This doesn't make sense.

I'd like to know what is behind it all, you know, the back room deals and all.

Response to Cleita (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 04:17 PM

kentuck (71,677 posts)
17. No, it doesn't since...

...the last poll showed her ahead by two points???????

It means that real internal polls likely show her getting crushed but you are too stupid to understand that.

Response to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 03:48 PM

Fred Sanders (4,700 posts)
3. B.S.analysis by the Washington Post.....the race is still very close, money is limited...Grimes can

win with her stellar debate performance and remaining other financial support....the headline is misleading....intentionally so?

I have added the Wash. Post to my list of corporate media that no longer bother to hide their bias for the GOP, payback for bottomless ad purchases. Another one corrupted.

Yeah,she really shined last night. 

Response to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 03:49 PM

Politicalboi (12,067 posts)
6. Could be because of her gaffe

Now it's all about who she voted for in 2012 and 2008. I hope she wins, but maybe Bill and Hillary can give her a few bucks. She did vote for Hillary over Obama after al

Response to Politicalboi (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 03:54 PM

KamaAina (54,715 posts)
10. Gaffe?

You mean "trap". Yertle was trying to get her to say the O-word, after she's been distancing herself from Obama the entire campaign. And of course the M$M has picked this non-event up and run with it.

Think about what you just wrote. 

Response to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 04:08 PM

Star Member stevenleser (20,182 posts)
12. I can only guess that the DSCC's own internal polling is showing them something we don't see.

It seems counter-intuitive. A three point race is one in which you have a shot three weeks out. It also seemed like the momentum was going in Grimes' favor.

A moment of lucid thought in lesser Steves head.

Response to stevenleser (Reply #12)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 04:14 PM

Star Member justiceischeap (11,484 posts)
15. Optimism, I like it

Maybe polling is showing they don't need to spend more money there because the race is as close as it gets and in the final 3 weeks its up to Grimes to win it or lose it.

Yeah,that`s the ticket. 

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Why is DU so eager to support a rich white person who is too embarrassed to be seen keeping company with a black man?



Is there a word for that sort of thing?

[thundley4]

Cleita (70,737 posts)
2. This doesn't make sense.

I'd like to know what is behind it all, you know, the back room deals and all.

The DSCC has read the writing on the wall and they know they are going to lose the senate.  They prefer to keep Mitch "Milquetoast" McConnell (Rino) as the leader of the GOP than risk having a conservative put in charge.

[Crazy Horse]

The DSCC has read the writing on the wall and they know they are going to lose the senate.  They prefer to keep Mitch "Milquetoast" McConnell (Rino) as the leader of the GOP than risk having a conservative put in charge.

Winner

[Dori]

Why are the Dems giving up on KY?  Did KY pass a strict voter ID Law or something? 

[thundley4]

Why are the Dems giving up on KY?  Did KY pass a strict voter ID Law or something?

Obama probably ordered them to do it.  The woman running against McConnell has refused to say whether she voted for Obama or not. She even did it last night again during their debate. 

Obama would view that as an open slam against him personally. He can take candidates lying and saying that scheduling prevents them from campaigning with him, but when one refuses to say they voted for him, that is a slap to his face.  She also said during the debate that she is a "Clinton Democrat" that will work to help the middle class. Another slam at Obama.

[BlueStateSaint]

Obama probably ordered them to do it.  The woman running against McConnell has refused to say whether she voted for Obama or not. She even did it last night again during their debate. 

Obama would view that as an open slam against him personally. He can take candidates lying and saying that scheduling prevents them from campaigning with him, but when one refuses to say they voted for him, that is a slap to his face.  She also said during the debate that she is a "Clinton Democrat" that will work to help the middle class. Another slam at Obama.

McConnell may have helped her out last night when he said, "There's not a dime's worth of difference between a Clinton Democrat and an Obama Democrat."  Then again, maybe not.

[thundley4]

McConnell may have helped her out last night when he said, "There's not a dime's worth of difference between a Clinton Democrat and an Obama Democrat."  Then again, maybe not.

I thought that was an early slam at Hillary should she decide to run in 2016.

[BlueStateSaint]

I thought that was an early slam at Hillary should she decide to run in 2016.

That, too.  If McConnell helped Grimes out, he did so entirely by accident.

[Chris_]

That, too.  If McConnell helped Grimes out, he did so entirely by accident.

If McConnell accomplishes anything, it's entirely by accident.

He needs to retire.

[landofconfusion80]

Why is DU so eager to support a rich white person who is too embarrassed to be seen keeping company with a black man?



Is there a word for that sort of thing?

Alison= Miss Daisy

[miskie]

To sum it up -

According to DU, if a Republican shuns Obama, its because Republicans are racist. - If a Democrat shuns Obama, its because Republicans are racist.

Why not ?

This technique works well with Global Warming - Whatever the weather, its because of Global Warming. Hotter, colder, wetter, drier.. Doesn't matter.

[DumbAss Tanker]

That, too.  If McConnell helped Grimes out, he did so entirely by accident.

Saw some clips from it, Mitch was gentlemanly and she was snide about him and the GOP to the point of just being an obvious asshole about it, then still choked on the 'Voting' question.  It was a superfail for her.  She came across as a nasty jerk (Which plays well with the Dem base and some donors, but not so much outside the far Left, which is not exactly a huge chunk of the Kentucky electorate), he came across as a Senator.

He didn't do her any favors, and neither she nor the moderator did any favors for her either.