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Grimes has really not run a very effective campaign. Whether or not she felt like she could answer that question about whether or not she voted for Obama is not the issue. The issue is that she was too afraid to tell the people the truth about Kynect, and that like it or not, that program the people of Kentucky really likes is tied directly to the ACA.
Yes she made an issue on the minimum wage and equal pay, but in a state where their 30 year long Senator had approval ratings in the 30ās, it is clear that people who are voting for him have not had it made clear enough to them that he has openly and consistently been lying to them about Kynect.
Had she not been afraid to be truthful with them, and basically tell them, that yes, even though they may not like this President, the fact is that their Kynect is directly tied to the ACA, and will cease to exist if McChinless and his cohorts are successful at either repealing it, or so badly defunding it that it dies on itās own from lack of funding. Kentucky is one of the most successful states where the ACA is concerned, and all of those hundreds of thousands of people who signed up for it and now have insurance, did so because they needed it.
This was my gripe the other day, when I was attacked by one person who called me a āunicorn progressiveā, not that she did not run on Obamaās record, but that she did not use the one thing that Obama did that was very popular in their state, and make it clear that McChinless, and his party having the majority, could result in them losing it. Their popular Dem Governor had no problem going on air time and time again and making this clear, but for some reason Grimes failed to make it as important of an issue in their campaign as she should have. As they say, all politics are local, and Kynect is a very local issue in Kentucky.
And sheād be down in the polls ten points as opposed to being neck and neck with him. When are you going to understand that āpolitics is localā and for Grimes to publicly associate herself with Obama in KY where his approval is 30% is politically stupid?
The only thing to understand is all politics is local, including this race. Obama isnāt popular in KY, hence why Grimes is politically smart not to associate herself with him. Sheās not running a campaign in a left wing state, sheās running in a red state, and no amount of praising Obama is acceptable there. Heck, Mary Landrieu more or less made that case herself in Louisiana when asked.
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So sad for Kentuckians. Mitch McConnell is their Emperor Palpatine.
> It aināt over 'til itās over!
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On May 20,2008,Hillary beat Barack 65.5%-30% in KY. He never was popular with KY Dems.
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No wonder McConnellās apparently successful tact of mentioning āObamaā at every opportunity worked. No matter how much KY hates The Turtle, they hate the Black man in White House. And they will vote against their own best interest everytime because of it.
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Nope, and he never will be as long as he insists on remaining black.
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The āwho did you vote for?ā question was a gift to McConnell from the Courier-Journal. What people who donāt live in Kentucky donāt understand is that the citizenry of this state,thanks to the 24/7 right-wing media campaign have been conditioned to produce a Pavlovian response to the name Obama. That crazy right-wing brother-in-law who sends those chain E-mails? Chances are he lives in Kentucky. For her to say she voted for Obama is game over. Pure and simple, no explanation was going to help and she knew that. Let me explain it another way. Bill Clinton won Kentucky in both elections, yet Obama lost by nearly 25 points. Thereās a very simple explanation for the discrepancy, but Iām told Iām not supposed to play that card. You get tied to Obama in Kentucky and you canāt win. Simple as that.
True, but quite a lot of those āKY Demsā are the type of Democrats who have voted Republican in the general every election since 1980, regardless of what they do in the primary.
Grimes seems to have room to grow. Only 75% support of African American? 43-43 spllit with women?
Hope still springs to ditch mitch!
But this isnāt a general election. Itās a midterm.