Alison Lundergan Grimes is giving a concession speech

[KeepItReal]

Game Over.

Maybe next time, she'll campaign with the sitting President of the United States.

[msongs]

1. seems a little early for that nt

[still_one]

2. she had no choice. That she did as well as she did is quite an accomplishment consider the redness

of KY

[themaguffin]

20. she gained nothing by hiding from positive legislation

She could have hammered the turtle every day with the KY exchange and noted that he voted against, was still against and would take it away if he could.

Among other things. She deserved to lose and her advisors should never work again. Period.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. What a lame speech

"We raised a record amount of money".

Wow. Awesome takeaway

[Ykcutnek]

4. If there's a popular POTUS next time, maybe she will. nt

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. The rest of the nation voted for him

Maybe Kentucky is the problem?

[LukeFL]

9. +4

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

5. She lost because McConnell ran against the sitting President of the United States.

Campaigning with him would have made McConnell's win even bigger.

[Ykcutnek]

11. Yep, getting sick of people saying embracing an unpopular lame duck

is a winning strategy.

Red state, nasty incumbent... no chance.

[B Calm]

16. Alienating your democratic base is not a winning strategy either!

She totally blew it!

[KeepItReal]

25. Red state with a Democrat in the Governor's Office?

Riiiiight.

[KeepItReal]

12. 600K+ in Kentucky voted for Obama in 2012

http://elections.nbcnews.com/ns/politics/2012/kentucky/#.VFl8JvSXggs

THAT'S MORE THAN THE WHOLE TURN-OUT FOR THIS MID-TERM.

Kentucky says only 500K even bothered to vote in the race today - so far.

[LeftInTX]

18. She was in a red state campaigning against the senate minority leader

[KeepItReal]

24. So how did Kentucky get a Democratic Governor?

Dems can win statewide there.

[CincyDem]

6. There will be a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking on this one...

...the sense locally was that the decision to not reveal her 2012 presidential vote tarnished her credibility. She was running as a "straight shooter" and winning that battle. When asked a question that should have had an obvious answer, she played politics with it. A lot of friends in the Northern Kentucky got nervous from that.

The general sense became "Yeah - Mitch is an asshat...but he's our asshat."

[KeepItReal]

17. If she said 'Yes", next question would have been "Then where's the President?"

Someone must have advised her not to answer about how she voted.

The next natural question (if she said she voted for President Obama) would have been is she gonna campaign with the President.

How does she wiggle out of that one without looking even worse?

You voted for the President, but you don't want to campaign with him?

(Note, Republicans don't get those kinds of questions, of course)

[blueknight]

23. not a hard question at all!

all she had to do was reply '" The president will be with me in louisville and lexington" and get him there! A large african american population in those two cities which she HAD TO WIN BIG, in oreder to even this thing out. Instead they thought " why should we vote for you, when you wouldnt say you voted for our president?" I live in KY and know tons of people in louisville

[KeepItReal]

26. That's exactly what my African-American ass would think.

I'm from Louisiana and Sen. Landrieu sickens me with her anti-Obama crap.

You wanna discourage folks from voting? Distance yourself from the person people piled their hopes and dreams into in 2008 and 2012.

[postulater]

8. What is a commonwealth? Isn't Kentucky a state?

[NutmegYankee]

14. It's one of 4 commonwealths.

In practice, there really isn't a difference from states other than name.


http://www.diffen.com/difference/Commonwealth_vs_State

[postulater]

15. Thanks, I guess I remembered that

from school. But that was nearly 45 years ago.

[DonCoquixote]

10. Hey Bill Clinton

arent you glad you shoved Ashey Judd out for this golden goose?

[Rex]

13. Wow, she caved in fast. But I guess all it takes is the M$M calling an election at 12%

of votes counted. She should have waited.

[kentuck]

19. No, enough votes were counted in Louisville and Lexington...

there were not enough for her to win. She may cut it a couple of points but no more.

Unfortunately.

[Rex]

21. Oh someone said in another thread there was still blue areas coming in and she was close

I am sorry you have to put up with that terrible asshole for another 6 years! If it makes you feel a little better, I am in Texas so can relate.

[Initech]

22. NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Fuck you republicans. Fuck you Koch Bros.

[justiceischeap]

27. I guess the one thing in this race we can try and take comfort in

is McConnell had to use millions of his own money at the end.