not only is he unliked, but a poll shows him trailing a democratic challenger in a state in which mitt romney won comfortably. but it gets worse. because before mcconnell could even get to facing lundergan grimes in the general election, he has to fend off a primary challenger on his right. matt bevin, a small businessowner you ve probably never heard of, but that doesn t matter because that didn t stop a marketing consultant named christine o donnell from going after and upsetting representative mike castle in delaware s republican senate primary in 2010 nor did it stop a lawyer, joe miller, going after and upsetting senator lisa murkowski in alaska s republican primary that same year. conservative groups are already attacking mcconnell for not siding with them in their efforts to defund the affordable care act, despite what they call his carefully scripted anti-obama care speeches. take senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. on the issue of obama care, he
now he s living in the tea party era where there s become anathema. how seriously are they taking this primary challenge? they re taking it seriously. if christine o donnell can do it in delaware, why not matt bevin in kentucky? matt bevin has a lot of money. he wasn t the tea party favorite, i don t think. some tea party groups are not endorsing him and so on. he has this one group that s backed him with his ad.
after and upsetting representative mike castle in delaware s republican senate primary in 2010 nor did it stop a lawyer, joe miller, going after and upsetting senator lisa murkowski in alaska s republican primary that same year. conservative groups are already attacking mcconnell for not siding with them in their efforts to defund the affordable care act, despite what they call his carefully scripted anti-obama care speeches. take senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. on the issue of obama care, he says this law is a disaster and i want you to know we re not backing down from this fight. but when he has the chance to defund obama care, some say he is chickening out. senator mcconnell, conservatives don t need a chicken when it comes to obama care. leaders lead. but if you fund it, you own it.
grimes in the general election, he has to fend off a primary challenger on his right. matt bevin, a small businessowner you ve probably never heard of, but that doesn t matter because that didn t stop a marketing consultant named christine o donnell from going after and upsetting representative mike castle in delaware s republican senate primary in 2010 nor did it stop a lawyer, joe miller, going after and upsetting senator lisa murkowski in alaska s republican primary that same year. conservative groups are already attacking mcconnell for not siding with them in their efforts to defund the affordable care act, despite what they call his carefully scripted anti-obama care speeches. take senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. on the issue of obama care, he says this law is a disaster and i want you to know we re not backing down from this fight. but when he has the chance to defund obama care, some say he is chickening out. senator mcconnell, conservatives don t need a chicken
the third fact which is he s an insider and everybody knows it. that s what s so fascinating. he s caught the huffington post did this amazing 10,000-word piece about mitch mcconnell s history in the state. you see a guy, on the ground in kentucky, was good at bringing home the bacon. he was kind of a classic southern insider, i ll get you the pet projects you need, i ll bring back the federal dollars. now he s living in the tea party era where there s become anathema. how seriously are they taking this primary challenge? they re taking it seriously. if christine o donnell can do it in delaware, why not matt bevin in kentucky? matt bevin has a lot of money. he wasn t the tea party favorite, i don t think. some tea party groups are not endorsing him and so on. he has this one group that s backed him with his ad. and you ve got the obama care issue percolating. last night, chris, i was at a joint event with what i think of as the three amigos of the tea party in the senate. ted c