So, KY has a tight race, a debate, and a candidate with a (contrived) controversy

[demwing]

Why not poll the state? There's so much room for updates with the national polls, and both candidates can afford internal polling. There no reason that multiple polls haven't been run over the last two weeks.

So why not?

[Beaverhausen]

1. what is the controversy?

do you mean the fact that Grimes won't say who she voted for in the last election?

[demwing]

2. that's why i labeled it (contrived).

it's a beltway controversy,

[Samantha]

5. I would not call it a controversy -- I would label it a media con

It just one more made-up misrepresentation by the msm to misinform. We need to start calling them out more for these type maneuvers.

Everyone has the right to privacy when it comes to the question of how he or she voted. Running for public office does not obliterate that right. Grimes properly cited the sanctity of the right to privacy in the voting booth. In her role as Kentucky's Secretary of State (the person actually in charge of State elections), she would have been slammed by the press as a political novice had she actually answered the question saying she had voted for President Obama. The reporter who asked that question set a trap for Grimes; Grimes deftly refused to step in it.... Additionally, President Obama is very unpopular in Kentucky, and if Grimes had said she voted for him, that would have been the equivalent of shooting herself in the rear.

The REAL issue that should have been highlighted is the fact that while Kentucky Connect has been a huge success story in that state, most of its citizens do not realize it is a plank of the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare but JUST NOT DOWN THERE, which they believe should be canceled. Mitch McConnell danced around that issue by saying he thinks the Act should be canceled but the website can remain! Why didn't Chuck Todd focus on THAT?

And Chuck Todd's and Chris Matthews' adverse reporting on Grimes' response (and their pretended outrage) reminded me of MSNBC's biased remarks against Gore in 2000.

Sam

[1StrongBlackMan]

7. I was thinking this "controversy" ...

could have been a helpful moment for Grimes ... especially in KY, a place where President Obama is less than popular (and I think we know why). Grimes could have used this to message to Kentuckians that they are free to vote for whomever they choose, BECAUSE the ballots are secret.

[bigdarryl]

3. Here is the NEW latest polling from Bluegrass

Grimes support has dropped and her negatives are up.Not surprising since she went full RIGHTWING!! These democrats never learn campaigning as a fake republican gets you no where. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/20/1337999/-KY-Sen-New-Bluegrass-Poll-Has-Grimes-D-Trailing-McConnell-R-By-1-Point

[demwing]

4. And she's up among male voters

and is now tied in that demo. As far as her negatives, she still has better approval numbers than McConnell.

But you won't mention that...

[Major Hogwash]

6. They have!!

New Bluegrass poll has McConnell, Grimes even
Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal 10:26 p.m. EDT October 20, 2014

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes are in a virtual dead heat just 15 days before voters will go to the polls, according to the latest Bluegrass Poll.

The poll found that McConnell leads by the narrowest of margins, pulling ahead 44-43 among likely voters. That result is well within the poll's margin of error. Libertarian David Patterson gets just 5 percent.

The poll shows that McConnell is in the fight of his political life despite being the most powerful Republican in the Senate and likely to take over as the Senate majority leader if he wins re-election and the GOP can win control of the Senate.

The poll was conducted by SurveyUSA for The Courier-Journal, WHAS-TV, The Lexington Herald-Leader and WKYT-TV, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. The pollster interviewed 655 likely voters on landlines and using a written questionnaire sent to their mobile devices.

Link --
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2014/10/20/october-bluegrass-poll-grimes-mcconnell/17619587/

Stick a fork in him, McTurtle is done!!

He had an 8 point lead over Grimes just 1½ months ago.
There is no way in hell Mr Filibuster is going to win this race!!

He has outlived his usefulness.
He is an anachronism.
He should have been in the Senate back in the 60s . . the 1860s!
That's where he belongs!