Call it the vote of confidence that never happened. Here he is with polls indicating that he's in for a real race against his Democratic challenger, Alison Grimes while also facing a well-heeled Tea Party challenger.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2013/08/mitch-mcconnells-reelection-is-now.html
It's funny. Garry Wills once described the 1968 Presidential election this way: The Center Cannot Hold.
http://www.amazon.com/Nixon-Agonistes-Crisis-Self-Made-Man/dp/0618134328/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375747028&sr=1-1&keywords=garry+wills+nixon+agonistes
That was the year the Left turned on the Democratic party due to Vietnam. Ultimately this didn't help the Left but the Right. Yet, the answer to this way the 2012 election. This time the Center did hold. Despite the fact that the firebaggers at Firedoglake and Naked Capitalism dreamed of primarying Obama or third-partying him.
http://www.amazon.com/Center-Holds-Obama-His-Enemies/dp/1451646070/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375747238&sr=1-1&keywords=the+center+holds
Nowadays, it's not Democrats who have a lot to fear in being primaried or being hit from their Left flank. Now it's the Republicans. This is really the big story-that hasn't been reflected on-that's developed the last few years. Republicans live in dire fear of being primaried by a Tea Party candidate.
Clearly that's what motivates McConnell-his fear of the primary that is now happening. The Tea Party phenom can benefit Democrats as we saw in the Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock races-two Tea Party candidates that the Dems went as far as supporting in the primary season. It may help Grimes here.
Meanwhile, McConnell is getting no support from his Senate colleagues-at least from the Tea Partiers among them. This shows the power of fear of the Tea Party for one thing. It also might suggest that McConnell is not a favorite of many. I mean it doesn't need to be said how a liberal like me feels about him. Yet we see that his red state of Kentucky has a dim view of him too. Now even his Senate party colleagues?! This is mud in the eye as these are Tea Party candidates he supported in 2012:
"Two Republican senators who had received financial support in their election campaigns from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell were silent yesterday when given a chance to endorse McConnell for his 2014 re-election."
Guess, he's-not their cup of tea! Sorry, I had to go there. The Republicans need everything to go right if they have a chance of taking the Senate. McConnell is now looking vulnerable and what a big fish he would be.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2013/08/mitch-mcconnells-reelection-is-now.html
It's funny. Garry Wills once described the 1968 Presidential election this way: The Center Cannot Hold.
http://www.amazon.com/Nixon-Agonistes-Crisis-Self-Made-Man/dp/0618134328/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375747028&sr=1-1&keywords=garry+wills+nixon+agonistes
That was the year the Left turned on the Democratic party due to Vietnam. Ultimately this didn't help the Left but the Right. Yet, the answer to this way the 2012 election. This time the Center did hold. Despite the fact that the firebaggers at Firedoglake and Naked Capitalism dreamed of primarying Obama or third-partying him.
http://www.amazon.com/Center-Holds-Obama-His-Enemies/dp/1451646070/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375747238&sr=1-1&keywords=the+center+holds
Nowadays, it's not Democrats who have a lot to fear in being primaried or being hit from their Left flank. Now it's the Republicans. This is really the big story-that hasn't been reflected on-that's developed the last few years. Republicans live in dire fear of being primaried by a Tea Party candidate.
Clearly that's what motivates McConnell-his fear of the primary that is now happening. The Tea Party phenom can benefit Democrats as we saw in the Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock races-two Tea Party candidates that the Dems went as far as supporting in the primary season. It may help Grimes here.
Meanwhile, McConnell is getting no support from his Senate colleagues-at least from the Tea Partiers among them. This shows the power of fear of the Tea Party for one thing. It also might suggest that McConnell is not a favorite of many. I mean it doesn't need to be said how a liberal like me feels about him. Yet we see that his red state of Kentucky has a dim view of him too. Now even his Senate party colleagues?! This is mud in the eye as these are Tea Party candidates he supported in 2012:
"Two Republican senators who had received financial support in their election campaigns from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell were silent yesterday when given a chance to endorse McConnell for his 2014 re-election."
"NBC News reported Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, were silent when asked whether they would endorse McConnell over his tea party opponent, Matt Bevin."
"McConnell’s PAC, Bluegrass Committee, had given financial support to two of those three senators. The PAC gave Cruz $5,000 in August 2012 and gave another $5,000 in September 2012. McConnell’s PAC gave $10,000 to then candidate Johnson in June 2010. Johnson also received $42,600 from the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2010. McConnell’s Bluegrass Committee did not give to Lee."
http://blogs.rollcall.com/moneyline/republican-senators-silent-on-mcconnell-support/Guess, he's-not their cup of tea! Sorry, I had to go there. The Republicans need everything to go right if they have a chance of taking the Senate. McConnell is now looking vulnerable and what a big fish he would be.
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