The Latest Anti-Woman Insult from Mitch McConnell

Today the DSCC issued a press release regarding Mitch McConnell's disregard for women's issues:

Mitch McConnell’s shameful hypocrisy towards Kentucky women has reached a new level of ugliness. Yesterday, McConnell announced that he will launch “Women for Team Mitch” while simultaneously touting the coming endorsement of Mike Huckabee, a strong supporter of Todd Akin and longtime champion of extremist, anti-woman policies.

Mike Huckabee was one of Todd Akin’s strongest supporters in 2012, even after Akin’s “legitimate rape” comments, using his radio show to bolster Akin and encourage him to stay in the race. And why wouldn’t he? Throughout his career, Huckabee has advocated for extreme policies that would set women back decades, including the claim that “most” single moms “would rather be married and have a nice ‘Leave It To Beaver’ home,” endorsing a Baptist church statement saying that women should "graciously submit" to their husbands, and as governor directing the Medicaid office to deny payment for an abortion for a 15-year-old teenager who had been raped by her stepfather.

Click here to read the entire press release.

Tell Mitch McConnell: Don't Cut Social Security

A great new ad from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee:

Rand Paul: ‘I Don’t Think There Is Any Particular Evidence’ Of Voter Suppression

A great catch by ThinkProgress:

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a tea party senator with a long history of opposition to civil rights laws, told an audience in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday that there is no evidence of black voters being excluded from the franchise. According to local NPR host Phillip Bailey, Paul said that he does not believe “there is any particular evidence of polls barring African Americans from voting,” during a speech to the non-partisan Louisville Forum.

If Paul is not aware of the evidence indicating widespread efforts to prevent African Americans from voting, then he must not be looking very hard. During the 2012 election, black and Hispanic voters waited nearly twice as long to cast a ballot as white voters. In Florida, lines of up to six hours led an estimated 201,000 people to become frustrated and leave the polls. These lines existed largely because of a voter suppression bill signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) which reduced early voting hours in the state. After the election, top Republicans admitted that the purpose of cutting early voting was to reduce Democratic turnout. One Republican operative conceded that early voting was cut on the Sunday proceeding Election Day because “that’s a big day when the black churches organize themselves.”

A nose-holder of a race

A great editorial in today's Courier-Journal:

Kentucky’s senior senator Mitch McConnell already was in “double trouble,” as some political writers have observed, with both a strong Democratic opponent on the left and a Republican tea party challenger to the right.

Now Mr. McConnell is getting scorn from his own campaign manager, who admits “I’m sort of holding my nose” as he works to re-elect the Republican seeking a sixth U.S. Senate term in 2014.

True, Mr. McConnell is viewed as one of the most unpopular political figures in Washington. But it’s hitting a new low when even his own campaign manager, Jesse Benton, expresses distaste.

Campaign manager on working for Mitch McConnell: ‘Holding my nose’

Apparently even Mitch McConnell's campaign manager thinks Mitch stinks:

The campaign manager for Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said in a taped phone conversation earlier this year that he is “sort of holding my nose for two years” as he works for McConnell’s 2014 re-election bid.

...“Between you and me I’m sort of holding my nose for two years because what we’re doing here is going to be a big benefit for Rand in 2016,” Benton said on the recording. “That’s my long vision.”

The Daily Show reports on Kentucky state government

In case you missed it: Here's the Daily Show clip featuring Damon Thayer.