July 14, 2008 - 2:50pm
Where are the Democrats?
By Wally EdgeThough national Democrats tout U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Louisville) potential vulnerability, how many Democratic U.S. senators are actually putting their money where their mouths are by contributing to his Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford (D-Louisville)? And how many have been to Kentucky to support his campaign?
When Republicans wanted to defeat then Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) in 2004, even then-U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) campaigned for Daschle's challenger, John Thune (R-S.D.). So given how anxious Democrats are to see McConnell defeated, where are the U.S. Senators from neighboring states like Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), Jim Webb (D-Va.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) or even Barack Obama (D-Ill.)?
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Are you serious this race is not competitive! Evan Bayh is getting vetted, The West Virginia senators may die getting to Kentucky, Barack is busy running to be something more important our nations president, and McCaskill is from a purple state and must always look out for her political safety. So until Lunsford makes this race more competitive on his own no one will help him all that much because Kentucky is still a red state and McCain will have a down ticket effect in the state that will hurt Lunsford.
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