having to do with personal relationships of hers in the past. were you, was your campaign playing any role in bringing it to the attention of the press. do you think all of that was fair game? well, yes, i think it is fair game. to answer the second question first. the first question did we play any role in bringing it to the attention of the press. the answer is absolutely not. in fact, i can tell you that we did not invest in, in opposition research of my opponent. because as naive as this might sound i set out to make this a clean campaign abouter use. i think that was a huge mistake in hindsight. well that was by far the most honest thing said on this election night so far, or gun state representative, jason conger. thank you for your time. appreciate it. thank you, chris. joining me, the communications director for progressive pac, emily any list, and a senior political writer
a little bit too long. so out of touch that he can t tell the difference between a duke jersey and a university of kentucky. well, let me set the record straight tonight for our senior senator who is out of touch with the commonwealth of kentucky. president obama is not on kentucky s 2014 election ballot. senator mcconnell, feeling the sting of unpopularity, he nears the end of five terms as senator. is indeed trying to tie grimes as closely as he can to president obama and senate majority leader harry reid. a vote for my opponent is a vote for a game who says coal makes you sick. a vote for my opponent is a vote for a guy who thinks nothing of this state if he thinks about it at all. a vote for my opponent is a vote for obamacare and the president who sold it to us on a mountain of lies. and that s why this race isn t about one party against another. it is about a government that thinks it can lie to its own citizens and get away with. in arkansas, republican congressm
yesterday for primary races in six states. some of the most closely watched primary races in the country happen tonight. at this hour, we are still getting fresh results. for example, from all over the country. but we did get one big result, moments after the polls closed tonight. in the kentucky primary for senate, mitch mcconnell, he beat his tea party challenger so soundly they called the race less than ten minutes after the final votes were cast in kentucky. mitch mcconnell will move on the the general against a well resourced democratic challenger. more on that coming up in this hour. in pennsylvania, tom wolf won for governor. he had to defeat allison schwartz. tom is a pennsylvania businessman. he worked in the administration of a popular democratic governor named ed rendell. governor rendell will be with us in a few minutes to talk about tom wolf s chances against republican governor tom corbett in pennsylvania. also in pennsylvania veteran republican congressman bill
country. but we did get one big result, moments after the polls closed tonight. in the kentucky primary for senate, mitch mcconnell, he beat his tea party challenger so soundly they called the race less than ten minutes after the final votes were cast in kentucky. mitch mcconnell will move on the the general against a well resourced democratic challenger. more on that coming up in this hour. in pennsylvania, tom wolf won for governor. he had to defeat allison schwartz. tom is a pennsylvania businessman. he worked in the administration of a popular democratic governor named ed rendell. governor rendell will be with us in a few minutes to talk about tom wolf s chances against republican governor tom corbett in pennsylvania. also in pennsylvania veteran republican congressman bill schuster has survived his primary fight against the tea party challenger. he is head of the transportation committee in the house and for lack of a transportation bill, passing his committee yet this y
of a primary fight in georgia where the establishment prevails but it still will be a rackous runoff all the way to july. and the bizarre story of thad cochran when his opponent delivers his defense in a rambling radio interview. good morning, it s wednesday, may 21st, 2014. this is the daily rundown. as we know, the issue with the veterans administration probably is going to drive a lot of things in washington today. let me get right to my first read of the morning and it s all about 2014. the empire strikes back. it s good news for the republicans who are battling to retake control of the u.s. senate. in kentucky, senator mitch mcconnell didn t just win, he won easily, beating back the challenge from matt bevin. he got more primary vote percentagewise than texas senator john con irnish, settinp a race with republican alison lundergran grimes, which will perhaps be one of the most expensive races in history. congressman jack kingston competing. per duridue came out on to