Conway: Rand Paul Is 'A Waffling Pessimist Who Wants To Be The Prince Of Cable TV'

Kentucky's Democrat Attorney General Jack Conway came out swinging against his U.S. Senate opponent Rand Paul at the Fancy Farm Picnic, where old-style stump speeches and mutton barbecue supplant 24-hour cable news at least for one day.

I hope he continues to levels that legacy known as Rand Paul.
He's one creepy "son of a bitch".

I'm glad someone is presenting a negative case to test Josh Marshall's bitch-slap theory of electoral politics. (Oh, dear, I've said it again!)

If the national media babbles on for the next week about how shocked, shocked!, they are that Conway would give such a mean, partisan speech, you'll know that it's working.

I wonder how many toupees (Ayn) Rand Paul has in his style arsenal?

Conway is a tough son of a ... and that is what's needed.

Go Jack Go! Yeeehaw!

Sorry to disappoint the commenters, but the hair is real. Both Conway and Paul sport thick heads of hair. Not sure how that affects the polls. Just their burdens to bear I guess.

Older Democratic women have been swooning for Jack for years now at public appearances. They like to call him Kennedyesque.

From 8/3 Political Wire:

"MARSHALL CLOSING ON BURR
A new Public Policy Polling survey in North Carolina finds Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) just ahead of challenger Elaine Marshall (D), 39% to 37%, with 7% for Libertarian Michael Beitler.

Key finding: "The main thing that's changed since the last poll, when Burr led by 5, is that Marshall is shoring up her support from within the party. 65% of Democrats say they'll vote for her, up from 57% a month ago. Burr continues to lead because of a 44-25 advantage with independents and because with 73% Republican support his party is more unified around him than Marshall's is around her."

It looks to me that "Fightin' Jack" Conway is going to pound that wimp into the ground for another pick-up for the DSCC.

Conway -- then locked in a tough Democratic primary for Senate -- blurted out "I'm one tough son of a bitch" in response to the screaming hecklers that make a Fancy Farm speech what it is. Maybe not the kind if language that upsets you (or the average network television censor), but it was enough to apparently upset the Catholic crowd at Fancy Farm

Just have to say, this is really, really good. I'm very impressed that TPM acted quickly to send out a good reporter and that you all spent money telling us a story that's been going on awhile but that we don't know about. This is real journalism. It's rare. I hope we get more, if the economics allow.

From the Louisville Courier Journal:
"Get on the bus. Or not.

Republicans at Fancy Farm talked about big crowds at events like the Graves County Republican Party breakfast on Saturday morning and said it shows an energized Republican Party around the state.

And while there is no doubt some truth to that — especially among Republicans who haven't traditionally been involved in the process — there was one sign that such enthusiasm might not be there for ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS (my caps) who backed Grayson over Paul.

The Fayette County GOP tried to organize a bus trip to Fancy Farm but two days before the picnic, Chairman Carol Rogers sent out an e-mail saying the trip “has been canceled due to lack of interest. Only six people signed up to go. … Maybe next year.”

boosh.

really. i can't sum it up better than that.