Bruce Lunsford (D) leads Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R)
Matt Gunterman May 27th, 2008
I have found the best drug ever, my friends. It comes from Germany, and it’s called Schadenfreude. Man, is it good stuff. Better than all the caffeine in the world this morning.
A new Rasmussen poll shows Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) trailing his November Democratic opponent Bruce Lunsford.
As the Kentucky media will no doubt remind us all for the umpteenth time, Mitch McConnell has all the money in the world for his reelection campaign, and he’s spent millions of it already promoting what he’s “accomplished” in his tenure in Washington.
What he’s “accomplished” of course is lots of pork spending and hyper-partisanship on his own part and the war-mongering and wicked handiwork of Pres. George W. Bush (R).
When Mitch McConnell loses this election come November, we can all look back and see that his greatest mistake in the course of this reelection campaign was to spend several million dollars at the onset to remind voters that he’s at the center of power in Washington.
That’s McConnell’s great mistake. His great failure, of course, is the sum total of his Senate career.
- 2008 KY U.S. Senate Race , Opinion Polls
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Are these people seriously suggesting that the superdelegates throw their votes to Hillary because Obama is BLACK??
Have we Democrats actually dropped to that level of desperation and stupidity?
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/poll_hillary_beats_mccain_in_k.php
Barack Obama’s Appalachia problem couldn’t be more apparent in a new Rasmussen poll, with Hillary Clinton winning Kentucky in the general election, and Obama losing it in a landslide:
McCain (R) 57%, Obama (D) 32%
Clinton (D) 51%, McCain (R) 42%
Sample size: 500 likely voters.
Margin of error: ±4%
Obama has done well among white voters in many other parts of the country, but the Appalachian region has become something of a no man’s land for him. And with that region spanning a lot of electoral votes, this poll definitely gives some weight to Hillary Clinton’s arguments on electability.
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Newsweek: Obama’s Appalachia Problem Is Real
By Greg Sargent - May 26, 2008, 11:35AM
It’s become accepted wisdom in this campaign that Obama’s problem with working class voters is largely confined to Appalachia. But in the current issue of Newsweek, writer Evan Thomas claims that even if this is the case, this could still prove to be a major problem:
Appalachia is a big place, encompassing 13 states: southwestern New York, western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, West Virginia, western Maryland, western Virginia, eastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, western North and South Carolina, and northern Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. You cannot afford to lose all those states and still win in November. Other pollsters have suggested that the race factor is at least noticeable in a much wider swath of rural America, where 60 million voters reside….
Your mission is to not wind up like Kerry, who ended up losing the rural vote by 20 points. The “reality,” writes Davis, “is that when Democratic candidates run competitively in rural America, they win national elections. And when they get creamed in rural America, they lose.”
Ride the wave Bruce, ride the wave. Wouldn’t it be a fun day to be in McConnell’s office when he got the news. Everyone put your boots, raincoats, and a hat on M(B)itch is about to start throwing feces. Go Bruce!
AMAZING! This poll highlights a great opportunity for the Clintons to help us DITCH MITCH! I hope they’ll return to Kentucky this summer to campaign HARD for Obama and Lunsford. They could show their clout and demonstrate party unity by supporting Obama and helping unseat McConnell in one fell swoop! I think that the Kentuckians who have sworn they will not vote for Obama will vote for him and Lunsford if the Clintons come here and explain the disastrous consequences for our country of voting for McConnell/McCain instead. Helping the Democrats DITCH MITCH is one way they return to the good graces of Democrats all over the country.
Woot.
Woot.
Woot.
Woot.
Woot.
Hey Mitch,
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye.
1) Wicked Handiwork of George Bush? Is this a little kids book?
2) The poll that every democrat is citing as the beginning of the end for Mitch is wrong. As you know according to exit polls George W. Bush had lost the 2004 election, but we know how that turned out. This poll is erroneous. Less than two weeks ago the Herald-Leader had a poll that had Mitch winning by 11 points. Can anybody name an act that has occurred in the last week that suggests a 15 point movement in the polls?
3) 81,000 Democrats in the May 20th primary abstained from voting in the Senate Primary because they did not have a good candidate. Or maybe because the Republicans have a better one.
Denial can be funny, Simon.
And you’re referring to the record turnout in the Democratic primary a week ago? *snicker*
Clap harder Simon. Don’t let those hard numbers get you down. Think happy thoughts…
Democratic Voter…Total Registered: …1,629,845
Total Voted: …619,567 ..38.0% turnout
Mitch didn’t have to good of showing 27k voted against him!!!
Republican Voter .. Total Registered:.. 1,040,438
Total Voted:.. 195,168 only 18.8% turnout
Only 195,168 Republicans voted, when 619,567 Democrats voted in Kentucky on primary day? I’ve been accused of being an optimist, but those figures look awfully good for Bruce. Maybe Bruce can Ditch Mitch without even campainging.