McConnell Nonsensical Target For Dems

The Senior Editor & Political Analyst of the Cook Political Report, Jennifer Duffy, seems to think that targeting the Bluegrass State for electoral votes might make sense, but that targeting Senator Mitch McConnell does not.

Duffy:

"[Democrats] have been working for months to put Kentucky in play. Now, Kentucky as a state -- that makes sense to me. McConnell as their target makes a lot less sense to me. He's got $10 million in the bank. He is as good a strategist as I have ever met -- I used to joke if i ever ran for office I would want him to be my campaign manager. He's just going to be really hard to beat, and pretty much everybody Democrats have approached to run against him has taken a good, hard look and walked away…"

Andrew Horne does not rate in the "pretty much everybody" category, interestingly. I guess he and Greg Fischer are more like "everybody else," or "the wannabes."

Something I think is going overlooked right now is McConnell's ability to pull voters to the polls, not just for himself, but for other Republican candidates in the commonwealth. Erwin Roberts, for example, could benefit greatly from high Republican turnout in Louisville in the race for Kentucky's 3rd District congressional seat. John Yarmuth (D - KY / San Francisco) is giving away money, but that doesn't take away from the fact that a majority of Louisvillians do not agree with a high percentage of his votes, several of which are quite exploitable. Given a choice and a few good reasons to go vote, people like Roberts have a legitimate shot at knocking mediocre Democrats out of office - especially in the State House and Senate.