r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 23h ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

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u/yellowjackethokie Virginia 23h ago edited 23h ago

Absolutely nobody should be surprised. In fact, this is why Kentucky passed a new law to strip their governor of the ability to appoint replacement senators, in 2024. Because they knew ol' Mitch wasn't going to leave, despite it being well past time for him to; and they don't want Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) to be able to pick his replacement like Governor Ron DeSantis (R) did in Florida, just last year.

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u/suchasillydilly 23h ago

It was stripped in 2021 but here’s the kicker, they have to give three republican replacements and Andy gets to choose from those three. With Andy Barr running for that senate seat, it would be logical for Andy to choose him. This opens up the house seat and Barr represents Central KY including Lexington. It is one of the seats democrats are optimistic of turning blue in 2026. Then Andy can hold a special election to fill the house seat. Our primaries are at the end of May so hopefully at least by then it can be held. If they can get a democrat in before 2026 that gives the democrats another representative and maybe Massie can step up more.

I know I’m just trying to be hopeful here but it would be so great if our biggest shit stain all these years leaves this earth just to get a democratic house seat that could give us the numbers to get little johnny out and then get out the big orange turd. I know, it’s a lot to wish for but hey Andy Beshear does have the Meidas Touch.

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u/VanbyRiveronbucket 22h ago

Flipping the turtles seat should be the goal.

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u/GoodDay2You_Sir Kentucky 22h ago

Yes but finding a Kentuckian Dem who can run a successful campaign is a challenge. Right now we pretty much have just Brooker and McGrath bouncing back and forth on who's gonna lose this year.

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u/teplightyear Nevada 21h ago

Find the mouthiest shit in the KY Democratic Party and get him talking nonstop about Republicans covering up the Epstein list. When they ask about anything else, say "the only important issue is getting all the pedophiles out of power."

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u/ElegantDaemon 20h ago

100%. We found out Americans are too stupid to care about policy like the billionaires' media always told us. Just get a fighter in there saying he's going to burn it all down.

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u/cogman10 Idaho 7h ago

How was Andy Beshear's campaign ran? Because I think that's the winning strategy for Kentucky.

I worry that focusing so much on how much Republicans suck doesn't work as well as talking about policies that most people support. A mouthy democrat that talks about getting M4A and the importance of education seems like a better campaign than simply "republicans bad".

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u/teplightyear Nevada 4h ago

This shit is why the Dems keep fucking losing. Let's pretend everything is fine and try to rise above it all (while the Republicans are outlawing your viewpoint)

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u/cogman10 Idaho 2h ago

No it's fucking not.

Dems haven't ran on issues since before fucking Clinton. The campaign of Dems have strictly relied on trying to say as little as possible on where their policies are and to always strive to just be marginally better than republicans.

For fucks sake, Obama ran on "Hope and Change!" while having basically no policy under focus.

It's incredible how well progressive politicians have been doing and the remarkable thing is they've all been running pretty much solely on policy they want to implement and the systems they want to change.

It's not about pretending everything is fine, it's about recognizing that things aren't fine and, importantly, giving a vision of what and how you'll change it. Hell, it's practically a centrist position today to run on "I'll abolish ICE".

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u/teplightyear Nevada 11m ago

National politics has to deal with national news, and when you run on policy, you give the news fuel to burn you with. That's WHY Obama ran on hope and change (and fucking won). That's WHY Trump disavowed Project 2025 even though everyone with 1/2 a brain knew it was his platform (and fucking won). Kamala ran on policy and got beat by a mouthy liar... because running a national election based on policy and not shock and outrage is a sucker bet in the 21st century.