Ashley Judd Vs Mitch Mcconnell - Would john yarmuth do better?

demands what do you make of a possibility between ashley judd image mcconnell for the u_s_ senate in kentucky i think is interesting that it's uh... it's certainly wounded i think given mitch mcconnell's unpopularity in sort of the responsibilities seem to bear for some of the roller failures of the republican leadership he may be something was also really keep in mind i think it was back in it was it was back in two thousand and when president obama first ran there was a tight race there in kentucky they're not the democrats are knocking have those coattails com twenty four teammate it's gonna be a midterm election on like sort of a presidential elections when democrats can maybe in shop in kentucky answer of the planet blue collar economic populism of the candidate like uh... like jack conway back in uh... back in twenty ten even but uh... i think uh... here's my concern mike my concern is just that ashley judd it may not be the best candidate for this spot from the perspective of democratic party she kentucky doesn't connect democratic party when you do succeed appears to be they succeed with the coalition of urban liberals yes african-americans yes but also sort of blue collar perhaps coal-mining community types people that are interested in a government that's one look out for them protect them from the big banks from corporations perhaps protective so sharon medicare and i don't know that the *** the serve spitting image of that is an out of town or no matter how proud he makes the resin security i could be wrong but sort of the the things that made her vulnerable metro that would really make a roller balding of in any event perhaps even the democratic primary when i'm wondering is is where is your in your mother in this way i think that you sold out on the show number of times he's an impressive spokesman aren't out of the national stage but who really tends to sort of kentucky's local concerns was made of so major player in congress i'm with you i think the democrats might be wise to get some it has been around politics who understands politics anniversary grassroots level actor john yarmouth to run against mitch mcconnell life i begin again that would probably a better race for the democrats but it certainly in terms of raising money possibly in attracting a lot of i mean it's it's a gamble going out to john ensign gamble that could pay off or it could hurt in a big way one of the reasons that i think republicans are so concerned about your job as there was recently a a public policy polling uh... group survey that give the about a hypothetical match-up between uh... anna connally ashley judd and in that match up uh... mitch mcconnell led by only four points and it also show that mitch mcconnell is the most unpopular center in the united states he's got a fifty-five percent disapproval rating compared to just thirty seven percent net approval rating in other words he's he's underwater by eighteen points uh... you're talking about the races which mcconnell had in two thousand innate he had defeated democrat bruce lunsford by six points and that was at the time when john mccain carried kentucky by sixteen points evento by the way mit romney carried by twenty three point so there's a certain dragnet mitch mcconnell has uh... and a couple of the other things about the actually juggling and she's a graduate of the university of kentucky although she got a m a masters degree from the kennedy school harvard uh... if she's been very active in several causes including aids prevention women's equality anti-poverty initiatives uh... she free flowing attends university of kentucky basketball games in anybody's really worth college basketball knows that if you show up at rupp arena that is worth at least twenty-five points right there in terms are appalling uh... her ex-husband was a three-time winner of the new noblesville a five hundred a real friend katie uh... although they just announce their divorce so she may have some issue in terms of by her family but uh... and then vital thing about the poll that her favorability rating according this poll was uh... forty two percent bomber unfavorable rating was thirty six percent and then twenty two percent of voters are not sure which is why you get the republican then thinking very nervous about ashley judd as she gets out of steam sure is a lot of money and also may feel mike ok we needed to find her before she is an opportunity to define herself we need to go after the twenty two percent a don't really know she has and oh by the way let's make this early on let's make this a referendum not on which mcconnell what let's make it about ashley judd and whether kentucky should welcome hollywood liberal celebrity in as the and extent of her from kentucky so fascinating fastening stuff and amp you know i in the day i i i i got your point i think i think john yarmouth would actually be better for our politics as he was running on the democratic side it is against mitch mcconnell but there is something kind of coordinates or just in terms of a rock star power this would be are heavyweight match-up between mitch mcconnell and ashley judd with them both representing very different aspects of who we are as americans it'd any lookout at this stage is very early to tell i don't know that johnnie on it has been hole because i don't think that he's interested in it in the race at all but certainly he also represents louisville which is is the sort of the most cosmopolitan the rope or the state he he he may very well and run into the same issues without the kind of name recognition africa has and it is sort of interesting i think that we tend to to sort of pigeonhole women in particularly within celebrities without political experience as kind of well it's all of us are parents all of the same shows a masters in in in public policy from harvard that that that's that says something she's obviously extremely intelligent accomplishment you know a celebrity gets involved in politics at this level rather than at the level of let's say a pet cause it and again i don't want to denigrate the pay causes them to step in here but i think at think that that this is where the second load and and and you know i i i knew for ten a m skeptical side but really it is just a matter of of what what sort of um... demographics are targeting what crossed edits arguing for all i know uh... ashley judd may be very popular among sort of the blue collar set in kentucky obviously call is a big issue out there and and mayor bloomberg a number of sort of his allies in the natural gas industry have teamed up with sourav bowl coalition the sierra club mayor bloomberg and natural gas lobby are trying to shut down the coal industry in west virginia and kentucky by by sort of a affectively uh... muscling them out of business anime you know in in the lawns are obviously that that's very good for us in terms of bunning climate change in the short term there a lot of sort of place would you give people a spent their lives working in in these jobs that pay decent wages and benefits that stand to see really drastic economic problems and you know if if this sort of plan succeeds and that that uh... that's an issue that i will be looking for in in this kentucky race because it's gonna take a smart strong economically sensitive democrat to not to not sort of just make this initiative just about the environment but to make this an issue about people and create a real transition plan it's if we are really moving away from kal agree and i think it is very complex issues that need you know complexes solutions and if you have suffered ashley judd is willing to a jump in and understand the details of the nuances in the complexities of everything that's great and there's some indications that she's willing to do that i a century a great meeting with folks over emily's list to talk about their her political perspective and what she's willing to do which is going to learn and and i think if she's willing to sort of take the stuff seriously and not to see this as using a star power celebrity power but actually get in there try to understand these issues and then make a persuasive case more power to her ashley judd