Current Magazine

McConnell Uses Tried and True

Posted on the 20 May 2014 by Paul Phillips @sparkingtheleft

PRIMARIES1-sub-master675Senator and GOP Minority Leader Mitch McConnell seems to be on his way to a landslide victory against challenger and Tea Party favorite Matt Bevin today in the Republican Primary here in STL’s Old Kentucky Home.

How did he do it? According to this NYT article, the establishment GOP candidates across the nation in Senatorial Primary campaigns are sticking to three things in their efforts to crush their hardline opponents:

1)  Candidate Quality

2) Fund-raising

3) Incumbency

Read Here.

//


Back to Featured Articles on Logo Paperblog