The AP’s Version of Political Analysis
This afternoon, the AP ran a political analysis article that made me laugh. Here’s what made me laugh:
While Democrats boast top-tier challengers for Republican-held seats in Colorado, Virginia, New Hampshire, Maine, Minnesota and Oregon, they make no such claim in Kentucky.
I don’t disagree that the candidates in Virginia & New Hampshire are “top-tier candidates” but saying that Minnesota has a top-tier candidate is like saying Ron Paul has a shot at knocking off Hillary Next November. Here’s another thing that I got a chuckle from:
“Obviously, it will be a difficult race because he is the champion of fundraising,” said Gov.-elect Steve Beshear, a Democrat who won a lopsided victory this month over first-term Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher.
Buoyed by Beshear’s win, Kentucky Democrats sense an opportunity to topple McConnell, a four-term senator and the state’s Republican kingpin.
“He’s certainly more vulnerable now than he’s been in a long, long time,” said Beshear, who knows just how formidable McConnell can be, having lost a 1996 Senate race to him by more than 160,000 votes.
Ernie Fletcher lost because he was a dorrupt politician. Sen. McConnell doesn’t suffer from the same difficulties. All that’s happening there is a bunch of liberals are yapping about how vulnerable Sen. McConnell is. They’ll have to show me alot more than just yapping before I take this seriously.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
December 10th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
I think you’re out of touch with the voters in Kentucky. I’m one of them. Can you explain why nearly all Republicans lost in the last election? Was it because Fletcher was corrput?
I think most are discontent with what the Republican party has become. There’s a LOT of support for Ron Paul in this state. Rudy Giuliani was here last week. Here’s a quote from him when he visited Lexington “The Ron Paul people are all over the country.”
I’m afraid Ron Paul is going to be our best bet to hold onto the White House in 2008.