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On the heels of Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) using the wrong team footage in yet another viral video disaster, Kentucky’s WFPL Phillip Bailey announced another endorsement loss to his Tea Party challenger for Republican Senator Mitch McConnell:
INBOX: #Lexington, Ky. Tea Party endorses @MattBevin for U.S. Senate #KYSen
— Phillip M. Bailey (@phillipmbailey) March 26, 2014
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The Alison Grimes (D-KY) campaign isn’t about to let this one pass by, especially given Senator McConnell’s super bad week… er, month. The Secretary of State’s campaign put out a statement, “The endorsement loss could not have come at a worse time for the McConnell campaign. As noted this afternoon, his campaign “has sputtered worse than a beat-up jalopy” in recent weeks.”
I give you:
McConnell has already lost the Tea Party Patriots and Louisville Tea Party endorsements. The Grimes campaign pointed out that he has until May 20th to win the Tea Party over — that’s the date of the GOP primary.
Here’s a summation of his very bad week via the Grimes people:
Mitch McConnell celebrated the Duke Blue Devils in his new ad – an egregious, out-of-touch move in Kentucky during March Madness.
McConnell’s campaign then swapped out Duke footage for a current University of Kentucky basketball player in a potential violation of NCAA policy.
The University of Kentucky issued a cease and desist letter to the McConnell campaign – echoing the message Kentucky voters will send Mitch McConnell this November.
And perhaps worst of all, when asked by a Daily News reporter to clarify whether he’s a Louisville or a Duke fan, McConnell refused to say (0:45).
Mitch McConnell has clearly lost touch with Kentuckians back home after 30 years in Washington. Despite several failed attempts, the McConnell team’s new Duke ad “just couldn’t get right”. This must be what Mitch McConnell meant when he proclaimed they would run a “presidential-level campaign.”
I’ve been saying for a few weeks that it looks like someone is sabotaging McConnell’s campaign. Now the Daily Beast is asking if he is trying to lose. But Mitch McConnell has gotten quite rich in D.C. Why would he want to lose?
It’s looking more and more as if the Republican Senator felt so secure and entitled to the seat he’s held for 30 years that he is going to succumb to the fact that he is not the best candidate. He’s not in fighting condition. Natural selection, then, seems to have finally found McConnell wanting.
Mitch McConnell is seriously endangered in Kentucky. What looked like a series of gaffes and typical Tea Party primary grumbles is shaping up to spell the end for McConnell. After all, if he can’t even defeat Matt Bevin in a primary, how’s he going to face Alison Grimes, who has been beating him or even with him in the polls?
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