As a thought - why can't Bloomberg throw a hundred million into the Kentucky race?

[dhol82]

Getting Mitch McConnell out is just as important as getting dumpy out.
I want that vile, shit faced pig out and liable for criminal prosecution as much as the other shit faced pig.

[FM123]

1. Sounds great!

[sweetloukillbot]

2. Better to spend it in South Carolina, Georgia, Maine, Colorado, Iowa...

And Turtle doesn't need to be out of office before he can face criminal charges.

[dhol82]

3. If we don't win the senate we remain fucked.

[sweetloukillbot]

23. That's my point

We need to win 4 seats (5 if we lose Alabama, which we probably will, and Trump remains). Arizona, Maine, Colorado, North Carolina are all looking pretty good. South Carolina is a tie, Iowa is also within margin I think. But unless the polls shift dramatically over the Supreme Court posturing, Turtle is safe. Bloomberg would be wasting his money in Kentucky.

[MoonlitKnight]

4. I would take a couple million in Alaska and Wyoming

Would go a long way. Shot at two Senators and six EVs.

[dhol82]

5. So why is he throwing 100 million into Florida?

[Squinch]

12. Florida is a pivotal state that, if we get it, it makes it much more likely we'll win.

Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio are all states we need to work very hard.

[MoonlitKnight]

13. Well Florida pretty much ends Trump's chances

But no Senators up for election. Also very expensive. I’m not saying pull the Florida buy - which just started. Just that you get way more bang for the buck taking a shot in states we normally ignore but have Senate races that are competitive- more than KY by a mile.

[dhol82]

15. Dumpy might go for the Cuban woman for the SC

Just as a buttress against the Bloomberg campaign.

[Mariana]

6. Because those fine Evangelical Christians in Kentucky

are going to vote for Mitch McConnell, no matter how much money is spent.

[dhol82]

8. Depressing, ain't it?

Must be lead in the water there.

[Mariana]

16. Voting for McConnell is voting for their interests. nt.

[dhol82]

18. No, it's voting for what they think McConnel has in their interest

He doesn’t give a shit about any of his constituents. He only cares about money and power.

[Mariana]

19. It doesn't matter his motivation. He does what they want him to do.

Therefore, they are voting in their interests.

[JI7]

26. Their interests are hating blacks, gays, jews etc so they ARE voting

their interests.

[ElementaryPenguin]

7. He's got $67 billion - so he can, and why the hell wouldn't he?

Couldn't you live on a paltry $66 billion if it meant getting rid of Trump and Moscow Mitch?

[dhol82]

10. I think I could make do.

[Squinch]

9. He is throwing a lot of money into a lot of races. Do we know he ISN'T putting money in

that race?

[dhol82]

11. All they advertised was Florida.

[Awsi Dooger]

14. He's smarter than that

$100 million in Kentucky might be worth 1% shift

I have no idea why so many people think statewide general elections in a federal race are like primaries, that they can have wild 10 or 40 point swings in the late going. It doesn't work that way. The ideological numbers are like immovable walls. Kentucky was never in play, given the ideology and the makeup of the electorate with so many rural working class whites.

[dhol82]

17. I will accept you analysis.

So, how do we get rid of McConnel?

[Mariana]

21. We can't get rid of him.

Maybe we can make the Republicans the minority party in the Senate.

[dhol82]

31. GOTV!

[Mariana]

33. Exactly. nt.

[Wanderlust988]

20. We have a candidate problem, not a money problem in the KY race

McGrath is loaded with cash. Her campaign is anemic and her ads are terrible. She is bringing a knife to a gun fight against Mitch.

[JI7]

25. no, the problem is the state is full of racist white people. Even the dem governor win by a very

small amount against a shitty Republican.

[Codeine]

22. You can't even spend that kind of money

in a media market like that. And even if you could it would be wasted — people in KY vote for him because that’s who they want to win. It’s not like there is a huge liberal undercurrent in these hillbilly states just waiting to be activated by the right television commercial.

[JI7]

24. Becsuse the problem there is not lack of money. It's the fact that it's a southern state

with a large white population. The minority population is small compared to most other southern states .

[tman]

27. Because he isn't that stupid.

Lets win the senate and retire mitch as senate leader. We won't win his seat.

[redstateblues]

28. I would enjoy seeing Mitch as minority leader with no power

Almost as much as seeing him lose altogether. I think the former is the most probable.

[we can do it]

29. Do you really think it would help?

Money better spent flipping the senate.

[CincyDem]

30. Because $100 million bucks won't help Amy McGrath.

McConnell owns Kentucky. Much better to put that 100 million to use in other, more competitive races that will make Mitch the Minority Leader.

[dhol82]

32. Seems like that is the answer.