Unlikely allies target McConnell's personality, campaign style

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Unlikely allies target McConnell's personality, campaign style
By Alexandra Jaffe - 07/28/13 06:00 AM ET


Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes and Republican Matt Bevin may become unlikely allies in trying to tear down Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the marquee Senate race of the upcoming cycle.

Both are signaling plans to frame McConnell with similar themes, targeting his personality and "scorched earth" campaign style as much as his policy positions.

The strategy reflects what his opponents believe to be his greatest vulnerability — McConnell's deep unpopularity among Kentucky voters of both parties.

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The attacks on McConnell's character came even before the race got off to its official start, with various Kentucky Democrats taking shots at the Senate minority leader over the past six months.

Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo (D) called McConnell "Dr. Doom" at one point, and prominent Kentucky Democratic donor Nathan Smith told The Hill early in the race that Democrats have “got to decide who’s gonna take on Darth Vader."

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) put it perhaps the most bluntly when he said, at a Kentucky Democratic Party fundraising dinner, "Mitch McConnell sucks."

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