DSCC Hits McConnell for Support of Fletcher

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has already gone up on the air against Mitch McConnell in his home state of Kentucky, putting the Senate Minority Leader on the defense ahead of his reelection bid in 2008. (Note, for instance, that McConnell is already going up on the air a year out from election day.) Now the DSCC is testing a new message that it may soon put up on the air in Kentucky.

If the DSCC does put this ad up soon, it wouldn't be the only spot on air hitting McConnell. As Todd noted yesterday, Americans United For Change is currently up with a powerful ad holding McConnell to account for his opposition to the expansion of the highly popular SCHIP program.

Given that McConnell is clearly vulnerable, with polling showing him unable to crack 50 percent against a number of potential Democratic challengers, it's good to see groups including the DSCC continuing to beat him up.  And, just saying, but it might be nice to see someone like state Auditor Crit Luallen, who has a very similar profile as the former Auditor and current junior Senator from the neighboring state of Missouri, Claire McCaskill, get into this race, as the folks at DraftCrit.com hope she will...



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     Is comparison to Claire McCaskill meant to be praise? With her record of supporting the FISA bill in August and the resolution condemning MoveOn, do we really want another wishy-washy Blue Dog like her? I know nothing about Crit Luallen, but I'd be interested to hear how she feels about these and other issues.


by Ron Thompson on Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 02:40:10 PM EST

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Yes, I will gladly trade Mitch McConnell for a wishy-washy moderate Democrat.  Was this meant to be a trick question?

It's true, Claire McCaskill doesn't vote the Democratic line every time I want her to.  How often did Jim Talent vote the Democratic line?


"Another problem we have...is that in election years we behave somewhat as primitive peoples do at the time of the full moon." --Harry Truman
by Steve M on Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 02:44:04 PM EST
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Thnk you fro proving that you don't have to be a right-wing Republican in order to be a dogmatic blockhead willing to cut off his own political nose to spite his face.


by spirowasright on Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 03:46:04 PM EST
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     Say, you're quite a charmer! Come here often?
     We need to elect more progressive Democrats. Electing more Blue Dogs, now that we have a majority, only creates further obstacles to getting things done. Or did you miss the whole Lieberman thing last year?
by Ron Thompson on Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 06:44:27 PM EST

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I think Mitch McConnell is more of an obstacle to getting things done than a moderate Democrat would be, but it's a free country and you have the right to disagree.


"Another problem we have...is that in election years we behave somewhat as primitive peoples do at the time of the full moon." --Harry Truman
by Steve M on Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 09:07:20 PM EST
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Hell, my senator doesn't always vote the way I want him to, but at least he stands up for civil rights.


Senator Al Franken. Have I died and gone to heaven? Not yet. We're still in Purgatory.
by NM Ward Chair on Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 11:14:35 PM EST


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