Allah:
I’m preaching to the choir here, I know, but let me gently theorize that not only did she dutifully vote for The One in 2012, she’ll duitfully vote for amnesty or cap-and-trade or whatever other hard-left project the White House proposes if Harry Reid really needs her to. That’s the shining lesson of the ObamaCare vote, four years removed. When the chips are down, all the “maverick” red-state Democrats like Pryor and Hagan and Landrieu and Begich line up to carry Obama’s water. And if they’d do it on a vote that momentous, you’d better believe they’d do it for lesser utopian projects. The world we live in, though, is steered by people who think Condoleezza Rice is Obama’s VP, not people who follow key Senate votes closely enough to know that red-state Democrats will always choose the national interests of their party over the preferences of their conservative constituents. So this question, about whether she voted for Obama, becomes useful shorthand for Kentucky’s low-information voters in deciphering her true sympathies. Even if they dislike McConnell, do they want to give a Senate vote to someone who can’t flatly say “no” when asked if she cast a ballot for O — four times?Like Guy says:
Reason why Grimes won't say "yes" is she doesn't want 'yes' soundbyte clipped into an ad. Instead, her whole answer could be an ad. #KYSen
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 9, 2014
What’s more damning, admitting that she voted for O, which everyone assumes anyway, or painfully dodging the question repeatedly? How about this for an answer: “Yes, I did vote for him, but I’ve been deeply disappointed in his performance these past two years. He’s taken the country too far in a liberal direction, which is why we need more conservative Democrats in the Senate. We can influence the president in a way that Republicans can’t.” That’d be a bald-faced lie but serviceable spin. Instead she resorts to this. Amateurs.
Yeah, lets run on the GOP’s record of destroying the middle class by their inaction.
@This+one:
How about we compare middle income average income now, and what it was in 2008?
And what is happening to the over 300 pieces of legislation that passed, on a bi-partisan vote, out of the House of Representatives that is sitting on Harry Reid’s desk?
Of course she voted for Obama. Does anyone actually imagine she would have voted for McCain or Romney? The only reason she won’t answer is to deny the opposition their soundbite.
How do you suppose McConnell would respond if someone asked him if he realized that Kynect—the Kentucky Health Insurance Exchange, which has provided health insurance coverage for 413,000 Kentuckians—is actually funded by Obamacare? Do you think you’d get a straightforward answer on that one?
Of course she voted for Obama, but she doesn’t want to admit it, because it will be used against her. Now, that is a convincing argument.
This will make for a very satisfying ad all by itself.
@This+one: It’s called saving the Middle Class from 0-blama’s failures!! BTW do you have a clue how man bills where sent to the Senate that Slimy Harry refused to bring up?? Thought so!!
@Greg: Greggie, she has provided more negative press from here ridiculous non answer!! It’s like the failure of Obama and Obamacare biting Dems in the A##. It gave the Republicans the House in historic fashion in 2010 and it will give them the Senate in 2014!! obamacare is the gift that keeps on giving to Republicans and destroying America!!
@Skookum: Greggie has NO real answers and never will because he fails to admit 0-blama has failed America!!
Mc Connell The Speaker could actually lose- In spite of Repub. enthusiasm overall race looks close I say 50-50 with Joe holding tie -break. Repubs easily hold House +2.
Does anyone think current Repub. favorite Cruz 12% can beat HRC? Think Kasich 2% of Ohio has best shot-slim.
@Common+Sense, #7:
Uh huh. His economic policies have failed (in spite of the fact that the employment rate has just dropped to the lowest point it’s been at since 2008) and Obamacare has been a total disaster (in spite of the fact that millions of Americans now have health insurance who didn’t before, and nothing particularly disastrous has happened as a result).
So how do you think ol’ Mitch would respond to the question mentioned in post #3?
It’ll be interesting to see what happens if the republicans gain control of the Senate. People would expect them to actually do something useful for a change. I don’t think they’d be able to agree among themselves on much of anything. That’s been hidden by the fact that they haven’t had to. All they’re unified on is their criticism of Obama. Maybe they would show the average American what a disaster really looks like, by rolling back all of the positive Affordable Care Act changes, all of the beneficial credit and consumer protection legislation, the Equal Pay Act, and the rest of the stuff they’ve spent the past 5 1/2 years ranting about. For good measure, they could demonstrate why the lowest unemployment rate since mid-2008 isn’t actually relevant. Oh yeah… And show us how they plan to fix the immigration problem.
If they’re lucky they won’t gain control of the Senate. That would give them 2 more years before the next presidential election to focus on complaining and blaming, without having to actually back up their claims that they could do everything better.