Several Kentucky Tea Party groups seek to defeat McConnell in 2014

[proud2BlibKansan]

FRANKFORT ¡ª Many of Kentucky's Tea Party leaders are plotting a strategy to defeat U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell in the 2014 Republican primary, a spokesman for a group calling itself the United Kentucky Tea Party said Tuesday.

Tea Party groups in the state are so dissatisfied with McConnell that "we are working on a battle plan with the ultimate goal to retire him next year," said John T. Kemper III of Lexington, a spokesman for the group.

Kemper's comment came a day after the group, which describes itself as a roundtable of leaders from more than a dozen Tea Party groups in Kentucky, issued a news release warning McConnell that "we will not allow our message or movement to be co-opted for political purposes."

Kemper, a developer who lost a bid for state auditor in 2011 and a bid for Congress in 2010, would not identify any potential opponent for McConnell, the Republican Senate leader, but acknowledged that he is "probably on a short list of folks."

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Turtle Boy is too liberal for them.

Yikes.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. A byproduct of giving legitimacy to a fringe group of extremist.

They made the monster, now they have to deal with the after effects.

[KamaAina]

3. Rugmaster Rand is more their speed.

[tanyev]

4. Helloooo, Senator Judd!

[RickFromMN]

5. Republicans must do something about primary challenges from the right.

We have problems governing with the Republicans in Congress now.

Trying to govern with their primary challengers from the right will be that much worse.

Let's hope McConnell loses to a Tea Party challenger and the Senate seat goes Democratic.

[annabanana]

6. I don't think we'll have to deal with many more of them...

They are getting crazier & crazier and will be easier for a "normal" democrat to pick 'em off...

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Exactly.

Bring them on.

[1-Old-Man]

8. Mitch is one of the most visible faces in the Republican Party, so let him go hard right

If turtle man thinks he has to take his entire party hard right to keep his own seat all it can do is lead to even more seats lost by the Republicans in the next election, both sides of the Rotunda.

[A Little Weird]

9. Hopefully they will give him some grief

I don't think Kemper stands a chance against McConnell but maybe he will force him to waste some of his resources on a primary fight.

To my knowledge, no Democratic candidate has declared an intention to run yet but I will vote for anyone who opposes him. Kentucky desperately needs new senators!!

[sad-cafe]

10. what? He is not crazy enough

for them?