Kentucky GOP Learns from North Carolina GOP

[Frodo]

First, Governor Matt Bevin has decided NOT to go for transgendered bathrooms legislation, and the newly empowered GOP leadership in the House is going for a more moderate (or pragmatic) path than their more radical North Carolinian counterparts.

Clearly, they want to hold on to power for as long as they can, and don't want any radical legislation to muck that up.   

[RINO Tom]

Considering Kentucky's VERY recent political history, the KY GOP can't be anywhere near as bold as the NC GOP, IMO.  Remember, this is local politics, not PVI bullshlt.

[Young Conservative]

Kentucky is not similar to North Carolina at all though. They could've easily passed  this and stayed popular, just like Governor Bryant in MS.

[Cashew]

First, Governor Matt Bevin has decided NOT to go for transgendered bathrooms legislation, and the newly empowered GOP leadership in the House is going for a more moderate (or pragmatic) path than their more radical North Carolinian counterparts.

Clearly, they want to hold on to power for as long as they can, and don't want any radical legislation to muck that up.   

Umm no. The Kentucky GOP is not in danger no matter what they did in regards to this bill.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Clearly, they want to hold on to power for as long as they can, and don't want any radical legislation to muck that up.

"Right-to-work" (which is unpopular in Kentucky) isn't "radical"?

[Frodo]

Clearly, they want to hold on to power for as long as they can, and don't want any radical legislation to muck that up.

"Right-to-work" (which is unpopular in Kentucky) isn't "radical"?

Nope.

Umm no. The Kentucky GOP is not in danger no matter what they did in regards to this bill.

 

In the legislature I am sure you're right.  But do you think Gov. Matt Bevin is a shoo-in for re-election? 

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Nope. 

Yep.

Remember that referendum in Colorado?

If lawmakers wanted to be mainstream for their state, they could raise the minimum wage instead.

[Heisenberg]

Clearly, they want to hold on to power for as long as they can, and don't want any radical legislation to muck that up.

"Right-to-work" (which is unpopular in Kentucky) isn't "radical"?

Bandit, the only thing in Kentucky that is radical is you.

[Frodo]

Kentucky is not similar to North Carolina at all though. They could've easily passed  this and stayed popular, just like Governor Bryant in MS.

They could have, but they decided they didn't want to take such needless risks and attract unwanted attention the way the North Carolina GOP did, which contributed to Gov. Pat McCrory's nail-biter defeat.   

[Cashew]

Umm no. The Kentucky GOP is not in danger no matter what they did in regards to this bill.

 

In the legislature I am sure you're right.  But do you think Gov. Matt Bevin is a shoo-in for re-election? 

He might have a decent challenger, but the KY Democratic party still looks like it is going through the "atrophy" phase other southern Democratic parties finished.

[Indy Texas]

Oh my god are the red hats going to be a thing now?

[Young Conservative]

Oh my god are the red hats going to be a thing now?

They may become the "liberty cap" of the modern era, which is a funny thought.

[Mike67]

The GOP is doing well in the Blue Grass State they've got control of the Kentucky House and Senate for the first time I believe in over one hundred years.

[Figueira]

Clearly, they want to hold on to power for as long as they can, and don't want any radical legislation to muck that up.

"Right-to-work" (which is unpopular in Kentucky) isn't "radical"?

Nope.

Umm no. The Kentucky GOP is not in danger no matter what they did in regards to this bill.

 

In the legislature I am sure you're right.  But do you think Gov. Matt Bevin is a shoo-in for re-election? 

"Right to work" opponents need to figure out the PR battle. Maybe start by not calling it that.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

"Right to work" opponents need to figure out the PR battle. Maybe start by not calling it that.

I call it right-to-scab or work-for-less.

[Mike67]

"Right to work" opponents need to figure out the PR battle. Maybe start by not calling it that.

I call it right-to-scab or work-for-less.

People don't want their dues going to pay for Campaigns of Candidates they don't agree with. It's very nice to live in a right to work state.

[ApatheticAustrian]

"right to work", like "pro-life" and "death tax", is an act of verbal genius...all those positions would be much less popular if their proponents wouldn't have succeded with framing them like they call them.

liberals must absolutely raise their level of "scrabble brilliance", besides creating a left-wing ALEC....on local level the left-wing is outgunned in all areas but money.

[Xing]

If these ludicrous bathroom bills have gotten flushed down the toilet with McCrory, I suppose that's one thing I can be happy about.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Where are the people who said that Bevin would be Fletcher 2.0 and a "guaranteed one-termer"?

I only remember folks saying he could face a tough re-election, not that he was DOA.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Oh my god are the red hats going to be a thing now?

They may become the "liberty cap" of the modern era, which is a funny thought.

the brown shirt, you mean

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Where are the people who said that Bevin would be Fletcher 2.0 and a "guaranteed one-termer"?

He's not Fletcher 2.0. He's WORSE!

[NerdyBohemian]

Clearly, they want to hold on to power for as long as they can, and don't want any radical legislation to muck that up.

"Right-to-work" (which is unpopular in Kentucky) isn't "radical"?

Nope.

Umm no. The Kentucky GOP is not in danger no matter what they did in regards to this bill.

 

In the legislature I am sure you're right.  But do you think Gov. Matt Bevin is a shoo-in for re-election? 

"Right to work" opponents need to figure out the PR battle. Maybe start by not calling it that.

Yep, I call it "poverty wage."

[CatoMinor]

Kentucky is not similar to North Carolina at all though. They could've easily passed  this and stayed popular, just like Governor Bryant in MS.

Maybe but maybe not. Kentucky is also not Mississippi. Anything extreme would fail in the Louisville and Lexington areas, and there is no guarantee coal country would care all that much one way or the other to turn out in big enough numbers since there isn't much of a link between trans-issues and "DEY TURK E'RR JURBS!!!" 

[Frodo]

Dosent Bevin have a 30% approval rating?

Kentuckians seem to be warming to him the longer they get to know him:

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Oh my god are the red hats going to be a thing now?

They may become the "liberty cap" of the modern era, which is a funny thought.

a magic mushroom?