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LonePirate

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14. He's more popular than Bevin and Bevin barely lost.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #11)

Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:29 AM

Sep 2020

Also, red states may occasionally elect a Dem to a state office; but they are much more resistant to electing a Dem to a federal office, especially one where the state would lose power/control/funding like they would by replacing the current Senate Majority Leader.

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How McGrath can defeat Mitch McConnell ? [View all] kentuck Sep 2020 OP

We can only hope she does that LymphocyteLover Sep 2020 #1

good post dicksmc3 Sep 2020 #16

Good point about the Social Security and Medicaid. kentuck Sep 2020 #17

Seriously-- Moscow Mitch is so dirty, it's unreal LymphocyteLover Sep 2020 #29

Somebody ought to put up billboards and run commercials about the China connection dalton99a Sep 2020 #30

exactly LymphocyteLover Sep 2020 #31

Why Bevin lost Colleen8406 Sep 2020 #2

Well that gets into the nuts and bolts bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #3

Thanks for the excellent summation! kentuck Sep 2020 #4

Do you think Focusing on Mitch and his wife enriching themselves through Govt while not doing JI7 Sep 2020 #8

what is happening down ticket? ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #5

Reportedly, some polls are showing Mitch's favorability at 32%. kentuck Sep 2020 #6

It's always in that neighborhood but they keep re-electing him anyway. catbyte Sep 2020 #24

Well she better get moving. It's not like she hasn't had tons of donations amuse bouche Sep 2020 #7

During a worldwide pandemic? jimfields33 Sep 2020 #9

There is no way McGrath wins this race. KY likes McConnell way too much. LonePirate Sep 2020 #10

Is McConnell that popular? kentuck Sep 2020 #11

He's more popular than Bevin and Bevin barely lost. LonePirate Sep 2020 #14

Perhaps it will take some type of paradigm shift? kentuck Sep 2020 #15

Don't get your hopes up. She is following the Allison Lundergan Grimes 2014 playbook to certain liskddksil Sep 2020 #12

Hopefully, there will be a better turnout in a presidential-year election? kentuck Sep 2020 #13

New poll shows us tied in MS grantcart Sep 2020 #19

She is not going to win. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2020 #18

My analysis says "no" brooklynite Sep 2020 #20

That's not good news. kentuck Sep 2020 #25

good news and bad news kgrande63 Sep 2020 #21

This is the downside. Many Democrats I really, really like, aren't particularly PatrickforO Sep 2020 #26

I guess more importantly, we can ask, IS she doing that? PatrickforO Sep 2020 #22

The hope is disndat Sep 2020 #23

Several good points made here. Lonestarblue Sep 2020 #27

It will take a huge effort to get that info to those folks. kentuck Sep 2020 #28

She had this ad on FB today: kentuck Sep 2020 #32

K&R Blue Owl Sep 2020 #33