KY-3 -- Anyone got their Northup Exposure yet?

[stevietheman]

http://www.northupexposure.com/

[yellowdoggess]

1. does Yarmuth really have a chance?

Closest polls in many years. I'd love to see her dethroned. Heard someone say too bad Conway isn't running this time, that he really would have a chance. I see many many Yarmuth signs. Just thinking it's too good to be true.

ps...check out the Herald Leader series on McConnell at www.kentucky.com

[stevietheman]

2. Latest poll has Yarmuth 48 to Northup 47

And two other recent polls showed them either exactly even, or Northup ahead by a point.

If undecideds break the way they normally do, this could be a win for Yarmuth.

[LouKYDem]

3. the problem that I'm seeing with Yarmuth is lack of support

I hate to keep bringing up the negatives, but Yarmuth could really benefit if he had actual SUPPORT for this election. It seems like he has, all throughout the race (I'm thinking it is because so many party activists were behind Andrew Horne) been treated like somebody that is just "better than Northup, but not that great." This is so unfortunate... I feel like the Democratic party was supporting Tony Miller (who I really didn't want to vote for, but was pretty much forced to) more than they are supporting Yarmuth. I know some people didn't want Yarmuth because they knew Northup would dig in to all of those columns that he has written over the past decade and a half and use those to rip him apart... we are two weeks from the election and she really hasn't even done that SO FAR except for in one commercial, which seemed to have no effect at all. And her latest commercial is about Sonny's Barbeque franchises paying federal minimum wage, which is a total lie to say that is his fault... but if he was naturally such a bad person, there is no way Northup would have to create a lie for her commercial!

Yarmuth could very well win, but if he doesn't, the only people to blame are the Democrats that seem to be shoving him aside because he is "too liberal" (wait a minute, what party is this again? And why is it that Northup, who is definitely too right-wing, keeps winning in a district that has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1992?). I've had two organizations that are for Democratic candidates come to my door telling me who to vote for, and they mention all kinds of races, like mayor, state representatives, etc.... but neither one has said a word about Yarmuth. If he loses, we're probably going to be in for a long string of these Tony Miller-like candidates after this election. But if the Democratic party can get their act together in the next, well two weeks, it is possible that Yarmuth can win, because the opinion polls show that he has a pretty good chance of winning anyway.

[stevietheman]

4. Well, here's a twist that might lift your spirits...

the Yarmuth campaign just sent out an email a couple hours ago announcing that Yarmuth himself will introduce Clinton at the fundraising benefit when he comes to town. Before this announcement, it appeared that Yarmuth would not be in the speaker lineup at all. Apparently, a lot of voices signaling their dismay was heard, and the lineup was altered.

[GreenArrow]

5. Yarmuth will win

It's all in the names. Consider:

Northup

Yarmuth

Northup has got to go; 10 years of this prissy, phoney, and vicious witch is enough.

[LouKYDem]

6. Northup's latest commercial

anybody seen it? She is now having to defend herself as being a "moderate" that isn't a puppet to Bush. That is a total lie of course, but it shows that she acknowledges being tied to Bush is going to hurt her.

[johnlal]

7. Northup and minimum wage

Republicans were once supposed to be the party of business. Lately, they have shown that they don't know a thing about running a business. (I began noticing this when the right-wingers wanted all businesses to start wishing people a Merry CHRISTMAS rather than the more diplomatic Happy HOLIDAYS. As a business man, I know that you DON'T wish a merry Christmas to a Jewish client.)

But anyway, this recent commercial underscores that Republicans don't know diddley about business. She faults Yarmuth for paying minimum wage to his employees.(I know.. The ad is factually wrong as well as stupid). Does she really think that Yarmuth and his family should start unilaterally paying higher wages to his employees while their competitors are allowed to pay lower wages? They would soon go out of business at that rate, and those jobs would be lost.

I understand that Yarmuth wants to raise wages, but he wants all wages to rise, not just those of Congress and President Bush.