Here’s a poll result that runs counter to the media’s GOP-ascendant narrative, so you probably won’t hear about it on television. In the latest Bluegrass Poll from Kentucky, Democrat Jack Conway has pulled up within two points of Christian libertarian tea-party Republican Rand Paul:
The poll shows that Conway, the state’s attorney general, is now appealing to voters who say they are neutral on the tea party — Paul’s base of support.
And Conway is building a significant lead among women, who earlier were almost evenly split between the two candidates.
According to the poll, Paul leads Conway 49 percent to 47 percent, with 4 percent undecided. That lead is well within the poll’s 4 percentage point margin of error…
The previous Bluegrass poll, released the first week of September, showed Paul leading Conway 55 percent to 40 percent.
Another fact that gets lost in the coverage of the Conway-Paul race is that they are running to succeed Sen. Jim Bunning, whose right-wing views are so extreme that he might as well be a tea bagger. In that sense, if Conway wins the seat, it will be a double pick-up for the Dems.
Although I live in GA, I have donated to Conway and will send him another donation before the end of the month. What spurred me to begin donating to Conway was the fact that Bunning blocked a vote to extend unemployment to millions just for the heck of it. Another factor is Rand Paul’s extremist views on protecting workers, his wish to eliminate Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and his adamant refusal to expose himself to the press. I saw a video clip in which he went to a local Pox affiliate for an interview with the national network. After the interview, the local news crew wanted to interview him while he was in their studio. He refused and walked out with his entourage. I hate when some of these candidates refuse to appear on any network except Pox because it’s an attempt to avoid having voters learn the truth about them before the November elections. A democracy works best when voters have accurate information, and I find the fact that these candidates want to slide into Congress without being properly vetted by the public to be a very deceitful practice.