July 23, 2008 - 9:54pm
DSCC maxed out in Kentucky
By Wally EdgeThe current Real Clear Politics poll average gives U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville) a 7.7 percentage point lead over Bruce Lunsford (D-Louisville) suggesting the race at least has the potential to be competitive. And U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) -- the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee -- is among those who think Democrats have a chance in Kentucky. Today he said that Lunsford is "going to beat Mitch McConnell. We think that this is a winnable race."
He's definitely putting his money where his mouth is. This fundraising quarter the DSCC contributed the maximum allowable amount to Lunsford's campaign: $39,900.
But the DSCC, with over $46 million on hand at the end of the second quarter, has nearly twice their Republican counterparts and can afford to spread it around. So are they legitimately bullish on the race or are they just playing the odds and trying to broaden the playing field?
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