McConnell has a lot to worry about. If he survives the primary challenge by Tea Partier Matt Bevins, he’ll go up against a woman who won 60% of Kentucky’s vote when she ran successfully for Secretary of State in 2011. Lundergan Grimes has both personal appeal and grit. To win the election in 2011, she ousted a fellow Democrat from the job. The state-wide and national connections she has from her well-known political parents certainly don’t hurt. Lundergan Grimes has called out some big guns in support of her campaign, first by airing an absolutely charming ad by her two grannies and then by showing a two minute video endorsement by Bill Clinton –who won Kentucky in both 1992 and 1996–at the campaign kickoff. Plus, on the day of the kickoff, the former Democratic hope for the future, Ashley Judd, tweeted her support. The campaign is heavy on charisma, in stark contrast to McConnell.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 01:37:21 +0000
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