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Keefer

(713 posts) Sun Mar 17, 2013, 12:56 PM Mar 2013

Ashley Judd: "Under the bus?" [View all]

Hollywood actress-turned-Senate-hopeful Ashley Judd may have a harder time winning the hearts and minds of Democrats to support her campaign against Sen. Mitch McConnell after all.

Democratic Party leaders are stepping back and taking a clear look at the candidate, and some say she may not be best to run against the five-term Kentucky senator in 2014, Newsmax reports.

“She’s going to have a tough road to hoe,” said Jim Cauley, campaign manager for Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear in 2007, in a ThisWeek.com report. “She doesn’t fit the damn state,” which is a conservative stronghold. Fully 60 percent of Kentuckians voted for Mitt Romney in 2012.

Democrats have begun expressing concern about some of Ms. Judd’s statements and views. ThisWeek.com reports, “Democrats worry that Judd, a political neophyte, could cost the party a winnable race.”

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/15/democrats-step-back-ashley-judd-senate-drive/#ixzz2NoiOCgP2
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Go for it Ashley!!!

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Ashley Judd: "Under the bus?" [View all] Keefer Mar 2013 OP

Washington Times?? murielm99 Mar 2013 #1

Catapulting the Propaganda pscot Mar 2013 #2

+1 They are trying to influence Democratic thought. nt TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #3

Call them who they are! MOONIE Times! cascadiance Mar 2013 #30

The Democratic Party "leaders" again Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #4

And applies to any Democrat in a conservative state Life Long Dem Mar 2013 #5

Hoeing roads is particularly difficult Zorro Mar 2013 #6

You know, I started doubting my own knowledge... louis-t Mar 2013 #26

After what Reid did to get McTurtle defeated in 2008, Wellstone ruled Mar 2013 #7

Winnable? mitchtv Mar 2013 #8

Sounds like a bunch of COWARD!!! DEM'S listening to what the rethugs say bigdarryl Mar 2013 #9

You mean Keefer Mar 2013 #11

I don't give a rats ass what the tea fucks think about my spelling bigdarryl Mar 2013 #12

2X demgrrrll Mar 2013 #18

Before correcting the grammar and usage of others Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #15

How is being concerned about her ability to win "throwing her under the bus"? brooklynite Mar 2013 #10

Big coal has a stranglehold on both parties in Kentucky. nt Generation_Why Mar 2013 #13

All the more reason to elect an outsider like Ashley Judd Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #14

Not at all. I meant that's why they're throwing her under the bus. Generation_Why Mar 2013 #16

She needs all the help she can get... Keefer Mar 2013 #17

Newmax and the Washington Times. It means they are scared of Ashley. David Zephyr Mar 2013 #19

Quite a transparent bit of propaganda. nt SunSeeker Mar 2013 #20

"...could cost the Democrats a winnable race?" Tiggeroshii Mar 2013 #21

"And the person we think would be a better candidate is..." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2013 #22

Fucker Carlson's rag was pushing this narrative this morning, now the Moonie Times has picked it up Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2013 #23

If she chooses to run I'll support her davidpdx Mar 2013 #24

I"ve had reservations about Ms. Judd for the same reasons. Bake Mar 2013 #25

Turtle Wax that motherfuckin' McConMan Blue Owl Mar 2013 #27

Who are the so-called Democratic leaders they supposedly reference? DesertRat Mar 2013 #28

Kentucky is a "conservative state" precisely because of attitudes like Cauley BlueStreak Mar 2013 #29

Who doesn't fit? postulater Mar 2013 #31