2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMitch McConnell Urged By Tea Party To Step Aside In 2014
A tea party-affiliated group is urging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to bow out of his reelection bid next year against Democratic rival Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, citing concerns with the longtime senator's electability.
Matt Hoskins, the Senate Conservatives Fund's executive director, told the Washington Post Tuesday that McConnell isn't a strong enough candidate to face off against Grimes and that it may be time for him to "pass the torch."
Mitch McConnell is now the least electable Republican senator running for reelection in 2014, Hoskins said. "He could lose this race and cost Republicans the majority. He needs to consider whether it might be time to hang it up.
The Senate Conservatives Fund is a political action committee launched by former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) prior to the 2010 elections.
(more at link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/mitch-mcconnell-tea-party_n_3536897.html?utm_hp_ref=politics)
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They're now eating their own.
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