CitizenBBN
07-01-2013, 06:57 PM
Jerry Lundergan's daughter, Alison Lundergan Grimes, is the DNC pick to run against McConnell.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/01/alison-lundergan-grimes-will-challenge-mitch-mcconnell/
Im no McConnell fan, but I'll just about go door to door for him if she's the alternative. First, she's a pure party politics candidate. Daddy was head of the state party, completely born of and run by the Ky Democratic machine, so this is just handing a Senate vote to Obama and the national Democratic party. Second, Jerry Lundergan is DIRTY as hell. Ugly, old school political dirty. Favoritism on contracts, inside info, hiring practices, you name it. You guys think what Richie did was a big deal? that was small time, nothing stuff. Trust me, I've seen some of it with my own eyes.
McConnell is also the insider, party political choice, but I won't vote for the party line puppet Democrat over the party line puppet Republican and a the same time take the state of Kentucky's influence from Senate Minority (maybe majority) leader to a junior party line Senator. I'd vote to lose that to get a Senator dedicated to a new direction, not one that is just resetting the piece on the same tired and corrupt board.
The article talks about how Patton was critical to the process, how the family is tight with the Clintons. They aren't running the fat white guy from the smoke filled room, but those are the guys running this thing, make no mistakes. We may see a primary challenge to McConnell but barring that we're looking at a pretty straight up straight down red state/blue state choice IMO. As much as I'm sick of the insider GOP, I'm even more unwilling to hand Obama a key Senate vote for the last 2 years of his Presidency.
Lose our standing in the Senate, hand Obama a key vote, hand the Good ol' boy network of Kentucky more power. No thanks, I'll keep the somewhat sorry guy I have now. Once again the American democratic process manages to keep the bad candidate in power by nominating someone even worse. Happens with both parties, I'm beginning to to think they have an agreement b/c it works that way all too often to be chance. lol.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/01/alison-lundergan-grimes-will-challenge-mitch-mcconnell/
Im no McConnell fan, but I'll just about go door to door for him if she's the alternative. First, she's a pure party politics candidate. Daddy was head of the state party, completely born of and run by the Ky Democratic machine, so this is just handing a Senate vote to Obama and the national Democratic party. Second, Jerry Lundergan is DIRTY as hell. Ugly, old school political dirty. Favoritism on contracts, inside info, hiring practices, you name it. You guys think what Richie did was a big deal? that was small time, nothing stuff. Trust me, I've seen some of it with my own eyes.
McConnell is also the insider, party political choice, but I won't vote for the party line puppet Democrat over the party line puppet Republican and a the same time take the state of Kentucky's influence from Senate Minority (maybe majority) leader to a junior party line Senator. I'd vote to lose that to get a Senator dedicated to a new direction, not one that is just resetting the piece on the same tired and corrupt board.
The article talks about how Patton was critical to the process, how the family is tight with the Clintons. They aren't running the fat white guy from the smoke filled room, but those are the guys running this thing, make no mistakes. We may see a primary challenge to McConnell but barring that we're looking at a pretty straight up straight down red state/blue state choice IMO. As much as I'm sick of the insider GOP, I'm even more unwilling to hand Obama a key Senate vote for the last 2 years of his Presidency.
Lose our standing in the Senate, hand Obama a key vote, hand the Good ol' boy network of Kentucky more power. No thanks, I'll keep the somewhat sorry guy I have now. Once again the American democratic process manages to keep the bad candidate in power by nominating someone even worse. Happens with both parties, I'm beginning to to think they have an agreement b/c it works that way all too often to be chance. lol.