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Democrats now see a beatable McConnell
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jul 31, 2007 12:43pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Last week's flak over the embattled immigration bill, coupled with increasing frustration among voters with the war in Iraq, has Democrats thinking they have a shot to knock off the Republican leader in the U.S. Senate: Kentucky's Mitch McConnell.
What Democrats haven't yet figured out is whom they should tap to challenge McConnell, a notoriously fierce and well-funded candidate. And early signals hint that the Democrats might wait until this winter to get rolling, giving McConnell as much as a $7 million to $10 million head start.
McConnell is taking no chances.
He said in a recent fund-raising letter to Kentucky Republicans who had not yet given his campaign the maximum contribution of $2,300 that he expects next year to be the most difficult election of his 23-year career in Washington.
However, right now McConnell faces only the promise of challenge -- a ghost, of sorts.
"I think you'll see the campaign for Senate ramp up after November," said state Democratic Party Chairman Jonathan Miller. By that point the governor's race will be decided, he said, and the party is hoping Democrat Steve Beshear can win and give McConnell's challenger a boost.
"There is no way McConnell can be beaten without holding the governor's office," Miller said.
The Democrats say McConnell is at his most vulnerable point partly because of his long defense of President Bush, who has reached new lows in unpopularity, and because the nature of being minority leader makes him a high-profile political target.
At least two groups -- the anti-administration Americans United for Change and NumbersUSA, an organization that favors restricting immigration -- have criticized McConnell in recent months through ads and press releases.
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