Coming off the successful launch of her latest ad, Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes is calling on Sen. Mitch McConnell to accept an invitation to debate her.
In a statement, the Grimes campaign said,
Today, the Grimes campaign is thrilled to announce that Alison Lundergan Grimes has formally accepted an invitation to attend the Appalachian News-Express’ U.S. Senate Debate at the University of Pikeville.
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Secretary Grimes has accepted the following proposed dates. It is the Grimes campaign’s hope that Sen. Mitch McConnell will join Alison on either evening:
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Thursday, October 23, 2014
In addition to the joint KET appearance on October 13, Kentuckians deserve to have multiple opportunities to hear both candidates’ viewpoints and the real differences in their visions for the Commonwealth’s future. We remain hopeful that Mitch McConnell’s team will come back to the table to find dates that work for debate offers in West Kentucky, Northern Kentucky, Louisville and Lexington.
It is an understatement to say that McConnell has been dodging a debate with Grimes. The McConnell camp clearly doesn’t want to debate the younger and more energetic grimes. They are desperate not to put their candidate in a position where he has to share the stage with Alison Lundergan Grimes. The visual of Grimes and McConnell side by side could be enough to sway a close election to the Democrat. The McConnell folks remember how John McCain stacked up when he shared the stage with Barack Obama. McConnell would look even worse trying to debate Grimes.
The McConnell strategy is centered around an extremely negative campaign that is focused on dragging Grimes down into the mud. They have no interest in any debates. McConnell is hoping to win reelection by carpet bombing Kentucky with negative ads about Alison Grimes. The things that Mitch McConnell stands for are things that the voters don’t like. (McConnell opposes raising the minimum wage, and job creation among other things.) Sen. McConnell is the face of the nation’s gridlocked and broken Congress.
McConnell is offering Kentucky nothing but more me first Mitch politics as usual. McConnell doesn’t want to debate Grimes. He doesn’t want to give the voters of Kentucky a chance to see how he stacks up against a candidate who is running on putting the people of the Bluegrass State first.
Mitch McConnell is trying to hide, but Alison Lundergan Grimes is going to hunt the 30-year incumbent down.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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