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TexasTowelie

(116,746 posts)
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 04:35 PM Sep 2021

'A real sense of revulsion.' Democrats bet against McConnell -- in New Hampshire.

WASHINGTON -- New Hampshire Democrats believe they’ve found an albatross to hang on the popular Republican governor who is seen as likely to run for U.S. Senate in their state.

His name is Mitch McConnell.

For months, Democrats in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state have unfurled a concerted effort to link GOP Gov. Chris Sununu to McConnell in every way they can conjure.

There’s a website -- MitchWantsSununu.com. There was a small digital advertising campaign earlier this summer, branding Sununu and McConnell as “two sides of the same coin.” There’s an open records request into exactly what Sununu was doing in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky in late August.

Sununu isn’t even a declared candidate yet.

Read more: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article254229873.html#cardLink=row2_card2

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'A real sense of revulsion.' Democrats bet against McConnell -- in New Hampshire. (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2021 OP
Who says Dems don't do well at messaging?! It doesn't matter that sununu isn't the candidate yet PortTack Sep 2021 #1
His brother was a "good doer". Mopar151 Sep 2021 #2

PortTack

(34,642 posts)
1. Who says Dems don't do well at messaging?! It doesn't matter that sununu isn't the candidate yet
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 04:49 PM
Sep 2021

He would most likely beat out our Dem there. So good!

Mopar151

(10,177 posts)
2. His brother was a "good doer".
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 09:32 PM
Sep 2021

Brought money into the State for businesses. (Traveler term for someone good at getting money) Otherwise, A BushBot.

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