KY voters opinions pon Amy McGrath

He’s been there 2-3 terms too long IMO. However, a pandering democrat will fall flat against the electorate IMO. She became exactly that while lecturing to a west coast group.
So the choice is bad either way IMO. Bad in what you have, or bad in one that will say/do anything to get elected.

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Originally Posted by KeithKSR

Mitch does a lot more for the state than a freshman senator could ever do.

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Those of you who live east of I-75 are probably unaware of this but he figured out a way to save KY millions in road fund payouts over the next 25-50 years. 70 miles of state maintained Green River/Natcher parkway is now federal hwy 165, the 80 miles of the state maintained Pennyrille/Brethitt parkway along with about 40 miles of the state maintained Western KY Parkway is now I-69. I am assuming that KY will no longer be responsible for maintenance of those roads. That is a huge chunk of change over the long haul.

I know Kentuckians paid for building the miles of roads by paying tolls to retire the bonds, ancd now we are giving the roads to the feds does not sound like a great deal, but I am happy to not have to pay $2,000,000 .00 per mile of road every 4-5 years to repave them, mow them, and salt them in the winter.

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Originally Posted by dan_bgblue

Those of you who live east of I-75 are probably unaware of this but he figured out a way to save KY millions in road fund payouts over the next 25-50 years. 70 miles of state maintained Green River/Natcher parkway is now federal hwy 165, the 80 miles of the state maintained Pennyrille/Brethitt parkway along with about 40 miles of the state maintained Western KY Parkway is now I-69. I am assuming that KY will no longer be responsible for maintenance of those roads. That is a huge chunk of change over the long haul.

I know Kentuckians paid for building the miles of roads by paying tolls to retire the bonds, ancd now we are giving the roads to the feds does not sound like a great deal, but I am happy to not have to pay $2,000,000 .00 per mile of road every 4-5 years to repave them, mow them, and salt them in the winter.

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That is a huge savings. We also get a lot of money coming into the state on transportation grants we might not otherwise get.

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Originally Posted by KeithKSR

That is a huge savings. We also get a lot of money coming into the state on transportation grants we might not otherwise get.

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From an economic perspective, it always pays in terms of funding to have senior Senators from your state. Having the Majority Leader from your state is a benefit to Kentucky, and that's true regardless of party.

I get it may not be reason to vote for them for people, but it is a benefit.

Mitch is stale and a deep insider, but a stale insider who DECIDES policy from Kentucky versus a fresh insider who has to vote the party line to keep her funding promises and gets little if any voice in policy for 10+ years isn't exactly a step up.

These protesters outside Mitch's home shouting death threats, and Twitter allowing things like #AssasinateMitch to even exist, are going to do a lot to get out conservative voters in this state.

It's a long way from the election but those things are going to backfire.