KY Senate Race 2014: Getting lucky in Kentucky

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/10/09/40-painful-seconds-of-alison-lundergan-grimes-refusing-to-say-whether-she-voted-for-president-obama/

Probably not as big a gaffe as WaPo makes it out to be, but not helpful for her.

There's a thing called election secrecy. If you don't want people to tell how you voted, you should be able to do so. Besides, this election is about Grimes vs. McConnell and not about Obama.

I actually think you're wrong about this part.  If you want an example of a Senate race in a red state that wasn't about Obama look at Kansas.  That race is clearly about Pat Roberts and not much else.  Grimes' problem (and the reason she'll probably lose) is that for most Kentuckians, this election is about Obama and *not* Grimes vs. McConnell.  If the election was mainly about Grimes vs. McConnell for most voters there then Grimes would be leading in most polls at this point given that she's objectively a far stronger candidate than McConnell by almost any reasonable measure and has run a much better campaign (which is why the race is competitive in the first place, McConnell's unpopularity alone wouldn't have been enough).

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Grimes gets triaged.

Better late than never, I suppose.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

ummmm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0GB6lKH0pw&feature=em-uploademail

That was a pretty good ad; McConnell actually came across as kind of likable in it.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Republicans are mailing official seeming letters with "ELECTION VIOLATING NOTICE" that are of course attacking Grimes. Kentycky Republican party and McConnell campaign = total scumbags.



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/31/1340676/-McConnell-s-Kentucky-GOP-threatens-Grimes-voters-with-fraud-charges-just-for-listening-to-Grimes

Obviously sketchy as hell, but that's actually a great idea, tbh.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

All the polls say no.

Yeah, but they always did. I'm wondering if Grimes' team still thinks she's going to win.

I think they do.

If they still think that, she needs a better team