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doxydad

(1,363 posts)
Wed May 21, 2014, 09:18 AM May 2014

Mitch McConnell would face biggest challenge yet in Alison Lundergan Grimes

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell uses sports metaphors to describe why he should be re-elected and not sacked by Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, who would be Kentucky's first woman senator.

"Change the U.S. Senate and make me the offensive coordinator instead of the defensive coordinator," McConnell said to a small but enthusiastic crowd in Bowling Green.

"Sports fans know you can score on defense, but it's hard. When you're on offense, you get to call the plays and set the agenda for Kentucky and for America. That's what makes a big difference."

Translation: After two straight elections in which GOP fumbles kept Republicans in the minority, McConnell has another chance at running the Senate as majority leader, but that won't happen if he's defeated here at home and knocked out of the game.


http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/20/politics/kentucky-senate-mcconnell-grimes/

My $$$ goes to Grimes...and I firmly believe we can get Turtle man OUT this fall!

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