Mitch McConnell is like the Beatles. When he shows up, it’s literally like Paul McCartney’s come to town. Look!
Senator Mitch McConnell speaking at town hall meeting in Owensboro right now pic.twitter.com/iqlyj7k2Xl
— Jessica Schmidt (@Jessica14News) August 11, 2014
With crowds like that turning out for him everywhere he goes, it’s easy to see why Mitch McConnell’s staff and hangers on are overconfident about this race — it’s not because they’re overpaid, it’s because this race is over!
If that seems like empty Karl Rove-style bluster, for comparison just check out this photo of an Alison Grimes event in Owensboro just a week ago:
Huge overflow crowd ahead of our office opening in #Owensboro! #kysen #FancyFarm pic.twitter.com/mKbmnaBFMO
— Alison L. Grimes (@AlisonForKY) July 30, 2014
Same town, totally different results. Literally no one shows up for Alison but look back up at that photo of Mitch — it’s like the whole town is there.
Public Policy Polling will have new poll numbers for the race out tomorrow, but after looking at those two photos, it’s clear who in this race has the Mitchmentom.
By a 42/28 margin Kentucky Republicans think the Democratic Party is waging a war on white people. Mo Brooks may speak for the base
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) August 11, 2014
In one result PPP already released, they asked Kentucky voters who their favorite current Kentucky Senator is, and Rand Paul beat Mitch McConnell by 18 points — that, friends, is just more Mitchmentum.
And it explains this hilarious argument from McConnell, courtesy of the splendid Mr. Ellis:
Now the amusing observation: McConnell belittles the qualifications of Grimes by comparing her experience to the first-term Illinois senator who ran for president. The same day he says first-term Sen. Rand Paul is the “most credible presidential candidate since Henry Clay.”
Of course, all three had more government experience than Abraham Lincoln did when he was elected president.
Mitch McConnell says Rand Paul is the “most credible presidential candidate since Henry Clay.”
Eat it, Ronald Reagan!
Some might say that Mitch McConnell is clearly pandering to a Republican base that can’t stand him and/or is too stupid to figure out he’s pandering to them. Others might say Mitch McConnell is just flat out lying. Still others believe Mitch McConnell’s argument is a steaming pile of B.S.
Ship shape operation over there with Mitchmentum pulsing through its every organ.
