The lady that is going to beat the snot out of Mitch McConnell

[kentuck]

[theHandpuppet]

1. I surely hope so!

The state of Kentucky and this country need her!!

[MoonRiver]

2. Music to my ears!!

[Tanuki]

3. Help send Alison to Washington...donate HERE:

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/alg_website?refcode=general

All for Alison and Alison for all!

[NBachers]

23. I just donated from California, via your link. See? It's always good to post donation links.

Make it easy for people to donate.

[lebkuchen]

36. I just donated from Italy

I hope more posts with links to donations will be provided as it can be difficult during summer travels.

[Katashi_itto]

37. Just donated from New Orleans

[madokie]

4. I sure hope she does exactly that

bloody his nose and black those cold ass eyes of his too

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. I hope she doesn't touch that turtle...

Those things can carry salmonella.


Go, Allison!

[madokie]

11. In that case then

I agree with you.
sometimes I just don't think these things through

[Jack Rabbit]

18. So test him salmonella and then make turtle soup of him

If he's got salmonella, then return to the meme that McConnell is good for nothing, but we've always known that.

[Buns_of_Fire]

5. And, with any luck, she'll win the election, too! nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

39. lol

[Stellar]

7. I hope she wins, but...

is she what is referred to as a blue dog democrat?

[kentuck]

8. She understands what is at stake...

She had Elizabeth Warren campaigning with her the other day. Her biggest challenge is winning over the miners in Eastern Kentucky. She has been talking to everybody, traveling the state.

[Stellar]

9. got'cha!

If she's alright with President Warren...erm..Senator Warren, she's alright with me.

[A Little Weird]

12. I've never really got the "dog colors"

She's not especially liberal but she would be so much better than McConnell. Go Grimes!

[Bandit]

13. Here is how I understand the colors

"yellow dog" comes from "I would rather vote for a yella dog before I would vote for a Republican" Before the 2000 election the color blue was always associated with Republicans. Somehow, and I really can't recall how or why the colors got switched, andway a "blue dog Democrat" referred to a Democrat that sided with Republicans quite often. The term stuck but shoud be changed to red dog Democrat to represent the current meaning to everyone.

[A Little Weird]

15. Thanks!

That makes sense I guess but I still don't like those terms. I don't know what's wrong with "liberal democrat" and "conservative democrat" - much less confusion.

[northoftheborder]

32. the networks designated red for Rep and blue for Dem on the election map. and I think thats...

...the year it started.(2000)

[standingtall]

33. The term yellow dog

To me comes from labor. Back in the old days companies use to set up their own fake unions to prevent themselves from being organized by real unions. Unions that were set up and ran by the companies themselves were referred to as yellow dog unions. The term blue dog Democrat is just something a group of pro business Democrats decided to call themselves.

[rug]

10. It's very close and it's still early.

[tea and oranges]

14. While it would be a great pleasure to no longer

have to contemplate the lying liar known as Mitch, I think the people of Kentucky deserve better than another Senator in bed w/ big coal whether they put an R or a D behind their names.

[kentuck]

16. Deserve and get aretwo different things.

Big Coal has shrunk dramatically but is an important political bloc in Kentucky.

[Takket]

17. I'd like to see poll numbers in a week

After hobby lobby as simmered through the electorate for a while, she should see an increase in support from women.

[Indykatie]

20. Independent Polling of the Race is Hard to Come By

I noticed the polls that have Mcconell leading are all Republican pollsters. The few non-R polls have Grimes tied or leading. The problem is that there is a slew of R polls including in all averages which supports the media talking point that Mitch is leading. I think these R pollsters will have egg on their face in the end. Charlie Cook has deemed this race the closest Senate race in the country which i probably closer to the truth. Take a look at the summary of polls at Huffington Post or Real Clear Politics for a list of all polls conducted in the past couple of months.

[ReRe]

19. K&R

Where's Uncle Joe? Someone attach Elvis Costello's song. That's such a good pic of her! Last thing I heard is that she's running 2 points ahead of him, 48-46%! Go Alison!!!!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. I'll drink to that

but with so much snot in one person, she's got her work cur out for her.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. I hope so

[RobertEarl]

24. Is the Party with her, or agin' her?

I wonder.... how much national party support is she being given?

We need to win this one and retire McConnell.

[The Wizard]

25. She'll need at least a 5 point

lead in the polls to avoid a rigged election that can withstand plausible deniability. Anything under five points can be explained away. And Republicans have no qualms about election rigging. Ask Max Cleland.

[questionseverything]

29. in ky 1000s of votes can dissappear

Results Drastically Changed

The election numbers have radically changed in Monroe County since the May 18th election. At least as reported on the SoS website, and as confirmed by local officials.

It's not all that unusual for the unofficial numbers to move a bit following election day, as absentee and provisional ballots are counted and added in to the totals, and as precinct numbers are double-checked for accuracy in the post-election canvass. It is, however, unusual, for vote totals to get a great deal smaller rather than larger in the days following the election. And that's what seems to have happened in Monroe County --- radically so.

Somehow, more than a thousand votes disappeared entirely, as the election results in the Dem and GOP Senate primaries have almost entirely changed.

On May 19th, voter turnout was 3,393:





But by May 21st, turnout dropped by 1,234 to just 2,159, or 41.11% --- still one of the highest turnout rates in the state:


http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7875

[JDPriestly]

28. Go Alison. Happy Fourth of July.

[Blue Owl]

30. Send the Man-Turtle on a one-way trip out to sea!

[kentuck]

31. I can't say for sure but...

While Alison is traveling the state getting to know all our people, Mitch is not to be found? You think maybe he and the lady went on a junket to Paris??

[kentuck]

34. Alison was in Fort Mitchell and Lexington today.

They love her!

[AAO]

35. I just dumped my coffers into her fund. Kill the turtle right in his shell!

[Gothmog]

38. I really hope that she wins

I really dislike the Turtle man