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Watch: The Stunning Thing That Just Happened Could Cause ‘Terror’ For Dems- Even NBC Admits It
Kentucky voters made a resounding statement Tuesday, sending reverberations across the political establishment.
In a state where only one other Republican has served as governor over the past 40 years, Republican Matt Bevin defied the polls and defeated Democratic opponent Jack Conway 53-44 percent in the race for governor of Kentucky.
Bevin campaigned strongly against Obama administration, making his victory a possible bellwether of the national mood as America heads toward the 2016 presidential election.
“I think the terror for the Democrats is, is that a metaphor for the national election?” said NBC commentator Tom Brokaw, appearing with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. “Because Bevin ran kind of a classic Tea Party race against the establishment down there.”
Brokaw cited political expert Charles Cook’s statement on the election.
“If it goes this way, it’s radioactive for the Democrats because it’s a rejection, again, of Obama and what the Democrats are standing for at this point,” Brokaw quoted Cook as saying.
Bevin campaigned strongly against Obamacare, saying he would shut down Kentucky’s health care exchange and reduce Medicaid. One of his campaign ads said Bevin would “protect” Kentucky from Obama’s “war on Kentucky.”
Elisabeth Pearson, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association, said the Democratic candidate “ran into the unexpected headwinds of Trump-mania, losing to an outsider candidate in the year of the outsider.”
Shortly before the election, the New York Times called Bevin “a loose cannon capable of alienating voters from both parties.”
Bevin had given his critics a succinct reply: “You watch.”
h/t: TheBlaze
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/watch-the-stunning-thing-that-just-happened-could-cause-terror-for-dems-even-nbc-admits-it/
