There is now the very real possibility that he might not even survive his primary race in Kentucky. Yesterday at the Fancy Farm traditional political picnic, as expected, his smart, feisty Democratic challenger, Alison Lundergan Grimes, got off some good lines -- the best of which made me laugh out loud. Describing him as the Dr. No of the capitol hill gridlock, she said:
“If doctors told Sen. McConnell he had a kidney stone, he’d refuse to pass it.”That is the equal of former Texas governor Ann Richards' great line as the keynote speaker when Bill Clinton was running against George H. W. Bush:
"Poor George. He can't help it that he was born with a silver foot in his mouth."But it's just possible that Kentucky voters won't leave it up to Lundergan Grimes to get rid of unpopular Mitch. His unfavorability rating in his home state is over 50%. For an incumbant, that's devastating.
McConnell's less well known Republican challenger from the right is wealthy businessman Matt Bevin. He turned out to be equally feisty and challenging. Espousing tea party values and anti-Washington fervor, he attacked McConnell for not being oppositional enough. Here was his take-away line:
“I’m not going to run to the left of Mitch McConnell; I’m not going to run to the right of Mitch McConnell. I am going to run right over the top of Mitch McConnell."So Bevin will pull him even further to the right; then if he wins, he has to face Grimes who is coming at him from the left.
Nope. Couldn't happen to a more deserving wretch.
Ralph
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