Alison Lundergran Grimes kicks off U.S. Senate campaign with barbs for Mitch McConnell

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More than 1,000 people gathered on the large lawn of Carrick House in downtown Lexington Tuesday to help Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes officially kick off her bid to be Kentucky's next U.S. senator.

The event, which lasted more than an hour, featured a Who's Who of Kentucky Democrats, ranging from Gov. Steve Beshear to three former Democratic governors — Paul Patton, Martha Layne Collins and Julian Carroll — and a large video screen that showed messages from former President Bill Clinton and U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth of Louisville.

It also was a family affair that included Grimes' husband, Andrew; her parents, former state Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Lundergan and Charlotte Lundergan; her four sisters; and her grandmother, Elsie Case, who has been instrumental in Grimes' campaign ads, particularly a recent online video in which she asks, "What rhymes with Mitch?"
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Grimes, who was elected Kentucky's secretary of state in 2011, went hard after McConnell in her speech at the kickoff. "There is a disease of dysfunction in Washington, and after almost 30 years, Sen. McConnell is at the center of it," she said.
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The Grimes campaign kickoff Tuesday showed a candidate who is itching to take on McConnell.
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It's a certainty that the Grimes campaign will get more help from former President Clinton, who is a friend of her father. In his video message, Clinton said Kentucky's 2014 U.S. Senate race is "very important" and that Grimes can win it. He also predicted that the campaign will be long and difficult.
A letter read from former U.S. Sen. Ford contained Ford's answer to "What rhymes with Alison Lundergan Grimes?" "It's changing times," he said.
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Gonna be a rumble in a back alley and Grimes is more than ready.
This will be a humdinger to watch. The amount of money coming into this race will be staggering. With Clinton's help and a unified KY Dem Party, Grimes will match Mitch dollar for dollar.

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1. What a wonderful candidate!

This quote says it all:

There is a disease of dysfunction in Washington, and after almost 30 years, Sen. McConnell is at the center of it.

If she continues with this rhetoric, she may very well win.

Turtle man may have met his match.

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2. "Barbs" is not the best descriptor. Maybe say she Exposed McConnells Profound Pattern of Dysfunction

"barbs' makes it sound like she made a couple of snarky remarks. She did much more than that. She called McC and his Republican Cabal O' Cronies out on their complete and utter negativity, as well as their lie-infested Fear & FAIL Platform of Doom.