3,000 Flock To See Bill Clinton and Alison Grimes While McConnell Rally Draws Crickets

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52. No, it was a substantive question

You seem to be riding a particular hobbyhorse. I pointed out that Grimes, former Secretary of State (the person who oversees statewide elections), might have some insights and expertise on the makeup of the Kentucky electorate. I know that I don't, and it's apparent that you don't, either.

However, instead of admitting that you don't know what you're talking about, you prefer to make serial posts, criticizing Grimes for not running in lockstep with President Obama. I pointed out that Obama didn't poll even 40% of the vote in Kentucky a mere two years ago, a fact you avoided like a coughing ebola patient. When I asked you how many votes you think Grimes would pick up in Kentucky that she doesn't already have, you threw out a non sequitur about the governor's race.

Now you finally admit that you don't know how many Kentucky voters Grimes would pick up if she were to feature President Obama more prominently in her campaign, but you have to temper your ignorance with another criticism of Grimes' campaign that sounds like it has the same factual basis as your prior criticism, which is to say none. I submit that Grimes would pick up very few votes she doesn't already have if she were to feature President Obama, and in fact would lose more undecided and leaning voters than she could hope to pick up. I think Grimes knows the electorate in Kentucky pretty well, certainly better than me, and apparently better than you.

Do you have any basis for your criticism other than seeing Grimes lose voters in a race that has been polling very tightly? That's the agenda I alluded to earlier.