Comments on: Bunning Saga Gets Weirder and Weirder

By: barry915barry

barry915barry — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:33:23 +0000

By: barry915barry

barry915barry — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:21:40 +0000

Paraphrasing…….

“Axelrod is a liar-who cares.”
“Specter is not so bad.”
“Burris is not so bad.”
“No one in Illinois GOP is clean enough” (Mark Kirk-IL 10)?
“Defending the rinos.”
“Sebelius is not so bad”

And just generally ripping on the GOP multiple times.

ENOUGH ALREADY!

Not supporting an ineffective Senator does not constitute throwing him under the bus. Senator Bunnings close elections are simply fact. His lack of fundraising prowess (in senatorial terms) is well known. He has made several larger than normal gaffes (such as the recent Ginsburg death-watch comments, or saying your opponent looks like Saddam Hussein’s son). In a SurveyUSA Poll this past December his negatives were higher than his approval rating (44%-43%).

If we can make a run at him from the Right, I think that is a good thing. Kentucky is a RedState and not changing color anytime soon (16.2% margin in 2008 presidential). We can hold the seat and move to the Right, WITHOUT damaging the party.

The train is rolling GreyCloak! Feel free to climb aboard!!

By: GreyCloak

GreyCloak — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:05:21 +0000

If Mitch McConnell's fellow Senator from Kentucky isn't good enough, throw him under the bus. Senatorial squabbles are obviously more important than actually winning seats. I'm glad that my Senator Cornyn has weighed in. JP Morgan gave Cornyn almost $63,000 last election ... Lawyers and law firms gave him a tad over $1.34 million, last election. Mitch's top contributors have been Kindred Healthcare and the charged-with-tax-evasion firm of UBS, but his #1 and #3 industries are "Securities & Investment" ($1.1 million) and "Lawyers/Law Firms" ($0.9 million). Jim Bunning has taken less than half as much from the same industries. I guess McConnell and Cornyn have a point ... you gots to get more bribes ... and if you can't, let somebody else run for your seat ..... as the article notes, a Democrat will likely win, anyway.

By: LawSchoolRed

LawSchoolRed — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:21:41 +0000

short of a slurpee. It is time to send him out to pasture. We don’t need Ted Kennedy’s and Tim Johnson’s. I don’t know the situation of what our bench looks like in KY but we can do better. He is going to lose. 100% guaranteed. In that regard it makes sense that Cornyn isnt giving him NRSC money since its as good as TARP 1. We might as well use the time, energy and money to start positioning someone to run in 2010 other than Bunning and we need to do it soon.