is a good one. he s been a pretty solid conservative. he may have done more spending over the long course of his career than some tea party conservatives would like but this is not somebody between who fits the profile of somebody like an arlen specter or kind of candidates that gave rise to the party in the first place in 2010. there you had republicans, tea party candidates challenging establishmen republicans but really very moderate republicans who often voted with democrats whether you talk about arlen specter or you talk about cassill in delaware or others. this is a totally different group. mitch mcconnell is a conservative union rate cigarette high. kingston is high. this is a very different group. larry u-get the last word tonight. there s learning curve here for republicans whether they are tea party or mainstream. they realized that both the establishment and the tea party threw away some senate candidacies in 2010 and 2012. they are looking for winners, people who can p
brainer. but michele nunn is running very strong in a lot of polls she s ahead of everyone, except for maybe david per dur but they flip back and forth. republicans down here in georgia have been saying we got to make sure we get the right person to go up against michele nunn in november, hence the reason why there was a lot of hand wringing when paul broun appeared to be the early front runner. at the moment, sean, it looks like people who could cross over a number of different voting groups are out in the lead. jack kingston district is 28% african-american and he wins by a considerable margin every couple of years. so at this point looking like perdue and kingston will be duking it out. the question is how vitriolic will this race get. david perdue getting a lesson in election jargon. when asked if he favored revenue
doing so. it s not easy in a state like kentucky. particularly when you re the minority republican leader. georgia senate primary is not yet over. looks like no one cleared the 50% hurdle so the top two candidates which look like they may be david perdue and jack kingston they will have to go to a runoff in july. looking ahead to running up against the democrat. that s michele nunn and considered a very formidable democrat. democrats down in georgia hoped the republicans would nominate a tea partier that couldn t rhine. but the two are considered very mainstream. no need to look at the returns in arkansas. the two nominees have been known. mark pryor and tom cotton unopposed in their primaries and they have been trading blows. it s official. on to pennsylvania where the democrats primary for governor was a multicandidate brawl. business man tom wolf was accused of buying the election.
expecting one or both of them to be another todd aiken. they didn t get it. instead they will get a more mainstream conservative in this red state where president obama is well below 50% popularity. there you go. and every democratic candidate, juan williams, they have an issue of the polls. look at the political poll that came out this week. the country is not buying in to the democratic agenda. they don t think things are getting better. they don t like obamacare. they don t think the debate on obamacare is over. i don t think that s what the polls show. 60% said that. republicans are strongly positioned here to do very well in the mid-terms in large part because of who turns out and right now if you look at those polls that you re citing i look at them differently but what s clear is that, in fact, it s tea party energy that has people who are the people who are most likely to turn out and vote in this election unless democrats can counter that you can expect
will he unite behind mcconnell? reporter: of course he will. mcconnell was very generous in his victory speech and asked his audience of support towers give a round of applause for mr. bevin and urged all republicans to you knit. across the country what we re seeing there s a lot of talk about this tea party versus establishment battle is a take over by the tea party or not. republicans are finding candidates who are lectable. some are tea party types. some are mainstream conservatives. some are hybrids. republicans look very strong as they head to the general election. carl, it s your season. good to see you. joining us new life from david perdue s election night headquarters, my old stomping grounds in atlanta, georgia, john roberts. what s going on there. reporter: they still talk about you down here, sean, no question about that. beginning to look like a good night for david perdue. the polls had him ahead by nine