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KoKo

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18. Maybe it's just that

Sat Nov 8, 2014, 04:40 PM

Nov 2014

Obama can work better with Mitch McConnell. He seemed to say so in his After the Election Presser. Could be she got bad advice not to associate herself with Obama from a campaign manager who had some direction from Party upstream that McConnell would be easier for Obama to work with than who would replace him. "Dirty Tricks?"

If she was polling well until she refused to answer if she voted for Obama and then she tanked. I'd wonder if she was told to do that. It seemed to be such a big mistep...it didn't make sense from what I'd read of her.

The news about McConnell's father-in-Law that broke before the election would hopefully have given her a boost. But, it must have broken too late or they didn't report it in Kentucky. I'm hoping that story has legs and McConnell gets an Ethics Complaint he has to deal with. But, then that's probably just wishful thinking.

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Alison Lundergan Grimes stays out of sight as speculation swirls [View all] kentuck Nov 2014 OP

You can keep her if you want her. I'd like to see actual progressives who can admit who they world wide wally Nov 2014 #1

I didn't want her but the power players and the Clintons did so I worked for her to remove the turtl TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #3

I wonder how much of her dark PAC money came from Yertl's in-laws and friends. Electric Monk Nov 2014 #59

+1 valerief Nov 2014 #55

She should switch parties MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #2

Obviously the pup tent is not big enough for her to fit in? kentuck Nov 2014 #4

There's a natural place for people who MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #14

It depends on how far to the right you want the party to go.. SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #17

I understand where you're coming from... kentuck Nov 2014 #22

Immigration. AtomicKitten Nov 2014 #29

Yes, that was a mistake. kentuck Nov 2014 #30

yep AtomicKitten Nov 2014 #31

I think she was blind-sided by that ad? kentuck Nov 2014 #33

Dude, I'm not sure why you are so enamored with Grimes. She is just a typical Clinton machine hack TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #61

Not a smart woman. LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #39

Keep digging. GeorgeGist Nov 2014 #60

So President Obama is real Democrat for Manny? aikoaiko Nov 2014 #6

Yes, she got her butt kicked... kentuck Nov 2014 #8

And I think so too aikoaiko Nov 2014 #35

Probably closer than Grimes. nt MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #13

Right. Even if she said I am Obama 100% you'd still be saying she should have run as a Democrat. aikoaiko Nov 2014 #34

No. treestar Nov 2014 #20

The only real Democrat? aikoaiko Nov 2014 #37

I'm pretty sure he's being sarcastic. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #53

Thank you. It's hard to tell around here sometimes aikoaiko Nov 2014 #56

Do you have the questionaire ready? Do we have to get 100% of the answers "correct"? aquart Nov 2014 #46

She is a Democrat in good standing, and I was proud to work for her msanthrope Nov 2014 #16

Absolutely, and she did quite well with the odds against her still_one Nov 2014 #54

I guess you must be from Kentucky, right? Oh no you are from Mass. Who did they put in as governor still_one Nov 2014 #51

Honesty and some party loyalty might help her next time around. TwilightGardener Nov 2014 #5

We do not know for sure if the DSCC asked her to not embrace Obama? kentuck Nov 2014 #7

Ya know she has to pass a purity test here on DU? GGJohn Nov 2014 #10

She did, she's very loyal to the party demwing Nov 2014 #9

Sorry, the whole not-admitting-vote for Obama thing was ridiculous TwilightGardener Nov 2014 #11

That may have hurt her? kentuck Nov 2014 #12

She is an appealing person, with talent, but she needed better advice of how TwilightGardener Nov 2014 #15

+1 ...it made her look like a coward... joeybee12 Nov 2014 #42

Maybe it's just that KoKo Nov 2014 #18

KoKo.. The President's name was mud after the character assassination he took in Kentucky. kentuck Nov 2014 #26

Same thing with NC... KoKo Nov 2014 #44

No she would have won this had she only been treestar Nov 2014 #21

Breaking: She is now claiming she has never heard of Kentucky Old Nick Nov 2014 #19

Kentucky Dems have a VERY deep bench BluegrassDem Nov 2014 #23

I like Jack Conway and Steve Beshear. kentuck Nov 2014 #24

gun totin', Obama bashing and stunned. Sounds like our Sarah Palin. LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #25

I don't think that is a fair comparison. kentuck Nov 2014 #27

If she can't stand for anything, she stands for nothing. LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #28

She did say that she would not "rip" health coverage out of the hands of 500,000 Kentuckians... kentuck Nov 2014 #32

She's very young and it took guts to go after McConnell the way she did BeyondGeography Nov 2014 #36

That's the way I look at it also... kentuck Nov 2014 #38

She probably listened to the wrong people steve2470 Nov 2014 #45

I agree. She made campaign mistakes, but she is very young. She took on one of the most powerful stevenleser Nov 2014 #62

She's a fool bluestateguy Nov 2014 #40

How do the black voters of Kentucky feel about her? tularetom Nov 2014 #41

She received 95% of the black women vote but... kentuck Nov 2014 #43

Not one mention of the Indigenous peoples of North america n/t TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 #47

I believe Native Americans to be important EVERYWHERE in this country. That said hlthe2b Nov 2014 #48

I mean in the whole campaign this year. TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 #57

Huh? In what context? arcane1 Nov 2014 #49

I mean in the whole campaign this year. n/t TshaiRedhair Nov 2014 #58

If GOP voters have a choice between real Republicans and Repub Lite, Dems lose. Vinca Nov 2014 #50

The governor's race is next year. RandySF Nov 2014 #52