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matt bevin is my dad. my dad was an officer in the army.y dad lead by example. >> he plays with us. he prays with us. >> he loves our mom. >> matt bevin my dad. he will make a great u.s. senator. i should know. i have known him my whole life. >> my dad is awesome. >> i'm matt bevin and i approve this message and these messagers too. >> don't know if you have a favorite. the kid with the balloon is amazing. if you have to use your family ina compelling way. walk us through the politics. if you are a challenger, you have to run ad that mcconnell is lying about you. might suggest you are on the defensive? >> yeah, that's pretty clearly a defensive ad. the only thing that would show desperation if they had small animals in the ad, rabbits and kittens. that's a sign of desperation. and, i think the polls show that he is not, he is not performing well. and for a race that had high expectation on the far right it is really going to turn into a fizzle i think. >> that fizzle you think is good for where the gop is headed? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. i

matt bevin and mitch mcconnell talk about wanting to repeal it all the time.ou asked her about the law, changes the subject. it's not on her website anywhere. it's not a big issue. barack obama is so on top of the approval ratings that anything associated with him is just negative to the point where the governor and his allies are calling it beshear care instead of obamacare. >> this is what matt bevin said yesterday. take a listen. >> impressing each other, impressing people in the media, painting this false illusion of what is happening to those of us out here in the real world that are paying for all of it. >> what did you say? >> my sound is out. i can't hear. >> no audio. >> i can't hear. i can't hear. >> sorry, i have no audio. >> sorry about that. we are having trouble with the feed. watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care, i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile, not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's s

a heavy matt bevin contingent was there. i will be honest.odding off a little bit when the woman sitting next to me, 68-year-old woman said i understand you are endorsing senator mcconnell, may i ask why. senator paul said this is an official event. put out by his senate office and not his pac. he said i don't want to talk politic thousands it is an official event. i sort of rolled my eyes, as any reporter might. 30 second later he was asked, what do you thing the odd are of republicans retaking the senate? usually an issue he would be happy to talk about. he gave the same answer. official event. happy to talk to you afterward. after the event i spoke with the woman, wearing a matt bevin t-shirt, very friendly. she explained she had a politically pragmatic view. she understands that senator paul need to endorse senator mcconnell to position himself to run for president. i asked her is that something you would look to see? she said absolutely. she asked senator paul about the endorsement. endorsements are tricky. he dad and he are close, they

higher burn rate and spent more than $12 million already ahead of a competitive primary against matt bevin. allison grimes currently leads mitch mcconnell by half a percentage point. in a clear politics average of kentucky polls. also good news for democrats in arkansas. where incumbent democratic senator mark prior now holds a lead over his republican rival, congressman tom cotton. in two polls in a row, senator pryor has a three point lead over congressman cotton. 46% to 43% in the talk business hendricks college poll. and 48-45% in a poll released by the democratic senatorial campaign committee. both polls are within the margin of error. a sign that congressman cotton may be just a little bit nervous -- he did what most defensive candidates do. he called for a debate. >> what are you saying, senator pryor, you, me, alone. five times. all around arkansas. no moderator. speaking directly to each other. and to the voters. >> and in louisiana, incumbent democratic senator mary landreau is proving you cannot count her out just yet in the race against republican front-runner, bill cassidy. in

there's going to be who knows how many people vote for matt bevin.ut some of those people will not bring themselves to go to the polls and vote for the guy with an r by his name like they have done the last four or five times. >> well, that's what everybody is wondering and watching. kentucky, it is a race unto itself, i think insulated from the natural environment, although the mcconnell folks hope that's not the case. al cross, good to see you. >> good to be here. >> i'm glad you're visiting washington. nobody knows the state of kentucky like you. >>> hope you enjoyed that. did that interview a couple weeks ago. speaking of kentucky, even though mitch mcconnell is a louisville guy, the wildcats are driving their way in today's data bank. 7 versus 8. and ucuconn and kentucky in the championship tonight. the highest ever combined seed of two teams in the title game. u-conn and kentucky knocked off eight of the top twelve teams. it's u-conn's undefeated women's team playing notre dame for the title tomorrow night on the women's side, could uconn do it

matt bevin, this guy is trying to primary mitch mcconnell out of his senate seat kentucky.f these prayers. >> matt bevin i have not met but i talked to him a couple of times and i have a feeling that man is called of god. >> i got to try more of that, don't you think? just as beck was getting cocky about bevi's prospects, the candidate rough some feathers. spoke at a cock fighting party. he cited it as part of our heritage. >> the founding fathers were all many of them active involved in this and always have been. these things are part of a tradition and heritage that go back for hundreds of years. >> i'll look for that on the history channel. only glenn beck would pray for a guy like that. and if glen beck thinks bevin is anything more than party foul, he can keep on pretending. at your ford dealer think? they think about tires. and what they've been through lately. polar vortexes, road construction, and gaping potholes. so with all that behind you, you might want to make sure you're safe and in control. ford technicians are ready to find the right tires for your vehicle.

you see the damage he's done to matt bevin, who is trailing significantly in the polls. m apart, labelled him bailout bevin, whenever there's an incident like this cock fighting incident, he jumps in. but allison grimes has been mostly unscathed so far. they think they have a good chance to take out mitch mcconnell. >> thank you, benjie. why tomorrow could be a pivotal day in the trial of oscar pistorius. we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. they're the days to take care of business.. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom communications solutions and responsive, dedicated support, we constantly evolve to meet your needs. every day of the week. centurylink® your link to what's next. >>> the malaysia air mystery deepens. first it was one ping, now it's three

and that would be matt bevin who is fighting to take mitch mcconnell's seat in kentucky.ote, bevin's campaign described the event at the corbin arena in corbin, kentucky, as a states rights rally and said that bevin didn't know that it had ties to cockfighting. but the sole purpose was to gain support for legal legislation to legalize cockfighting in the state of kentucky. yesterday bevin went on a local radio show and gave his truly bizarre defense. >> i've never been to a cockfight. i don't condone cockfighting. but here's the thing. i'm not going to disparage people for exercising their first amendment rights. but it's interesting. when you look at cockfighting and dogfighting as well, this isn't something new. it wasn't invented in kentucky, for example. i mean, the founding fathers were all many of them very actively involved in this and always have been. >> first amendment, freedom of assembly? which one is he talking about, anyway. the fact is bevin wasn't alone in the clown car this week. he had lots of company. dana milbank for "the washington post" and michelle

there's a tea party cabinet, matt bevin, he's spending his own money.s not getting the tea party support that he was promised. and he's probably going to get hammered on may 20 in that primary. >> what percentage is actually going to the candidates of the money they collect, these tea party groups? >> it depends on the group. three of the best known groups of the tea party patriots, tea party express and the madison project, which very prominently endorse coops have spent 5% or less of their funds directly helping candidates. and i spoke to donors who are bewildered. they think they're helping these tea party candidates. >> would they be shocked? if they read the paper they're going to realize now, if it goes viral, your piece, they're going to realize their money goes to administrative expenses, and sometimes to the top leader themselves. is this going to appall them? or are they just going to say well, this is what i thought was happening. i know the money can't all go to the candidates. have you gotten any reaction so far? >> a lot of folks felt very

. >> and it is mitch mcconnell and matt bevin, and he is spending like he wants to win in a resoundingright, and rand paul is not publicly endorsing him. >> and unless the dynamics change, he is going to win, and i avoid talking about the margins, but it is applicable here, 70/30 or 55/45 and the answer is somewhere in between, but then the task is that we will look at in the polls, how quickly can mcconnell consolidate the republican base over the couple of months afterward, will that jgeneral election ballot shift, and start to gain an advantage over grimes, because the republican base is coming home when they were upset with him in the primary. >> and schirra, how much is this race here? too much emphasis in d.c. and one of the things that mitch mcconnell will get past in may, and we will forget about it when he is attacking machine against grimes shows up in the fall? >> well, it is tempting to cover this race, because he is after all ta minority leader and kentucky has elected democrats statewide in the past, so some kernels of the signs that it could be a competitive race, but re

. >> matt bevin i have not met but i believe that man was called to god. >> was god calling or was thatis jimy williams and dana mill bank. for year, it sounded like they're the mouthpiece of the tea party. now it turns out they're making money while they're doing that. >> you have a wetter sense of whether god is talking to these guy, but certainly money is talking to these guys. it's gotten to the point if you wonder like race cars if these guys should have decals on their foreheads as they give their radio show. we've reached the point long ago where it was all pay to play in politics. we've seen glups are able to get the things they want out of politicians and we see that organizes such as the koch brothers are able to get what they want out of politics. and it's all about money. now we see it has yet another luck to this to receive the same funds to influence the same policies. >> as i said in the introduction, conservative groups that spent nearly $22 million in right wing radio sponsorships since 2008. now, what a coincidence. that's about the same time president obama was electe

in kentucky, mitch mcdonneconne seems to have the edge over matt bevin.n georgia, the two establishment folks, david purdue and jack kingston seem to be out in front of paul brown as well as phil gingry. so much can change but this establishment/tea party race, you've got to say the establishment has a bit of an edge. >> so the empire is striking back. why? where does it come from? >> a lot of people often say they're just fighting back. in a lot of respects, the big overarching story of this entire establishment versus tea party is the tea party has won the ideological debate. if you are an establishment republican on issue after issue after issue, you're as conservative as you can be. in a lot of respects the tea party has been co-opted inside the republican party. but you're seeing the chamber of commerce, groups like karl rove's american crossroads go really heavily in these contests and are helping on the money front. >> making their presence known. one race which is fascinating is ralph hall, the oldest sitting member in the house, will -- wants to

matt bevin. he's got a lot of problems politically.roblems is he doesn't have enough money. he's spending some of his own money but he's not getting the tea party support that he was promised, including by the organizations that matea wrote about and he's probably going to get hammered in that primary. >> what percentage is going to the candidates of the money they collect, roughly? >> three of the best-known groups of the tea party patriots, tea party express and the madison project which very prominently endorsed candidates has spent 5% or less of their funds actually directly helping those candidates. i spoke to a lot of donors who were bewildered by this. they're giving money, writing out small donations, thinking they're helping these candidates. >> will they be shocked? if they read the paper, it will go viral, your piece, they'll realize it went to administrative expenses, consult aenss and sometimes the top leaders themselves. is this going to appall them or will they say i thought this is what's happening. what do you think th

host: matt bevin takes aim at mitch mcconnell. according to the polls it is a close race. guest: mitch mcconnell was somebody that conservative activists, tea party guest: he is known as a strong campaigner. bevin has a few weeks to make up some ground. it he is running against a very well-known republican. he has not caught on. a lot of senate republicans are facing tea party challenges. most of them have not caught on either. as a move toward november keep in mind that all of these senate republicans who are facing primaries will survive. when we saw senator lugar in the cycle before and senator bennett lose before, the field is wider than it is deep right now. host: the 10 candidates you might not know but should include two former senators. the complete list is available online. here is the latest from the mcconnell campaign in kentucky. >> you see the ads attacking my husband. special interests are attacking my ethnicity. that is how low some people would stoop. mitch works his heart out to protect kentucky from washington's bad ideas. mitch loves kentucky. we love ken

a lot of people thought matt bevin in kentucky would be a big candidate against mitch mcconnell, he is down in some polls 20 to 40%. >> why is this? even in south carolina lindsey graham's tea party challenger kind of fizzled? what happened? the tea party activists are out there and engaged. is it better a republican conservative than a complete tea party candidate? are they seeing this. >> the reason for, tea party is integral part of the republican party. tea party is not a party. they're a. mo. if you look back to 2010 they were the reason the republicans hold the most seats since 1946. it is not accurate that the tea party is losing influence. they have a strong voice. part of that they have a stronger voice within the party and don't necessarily need those strong, vibrant tea party candidates initially as they did in 2010 because they're already in there with republicans. you have more conservative leaning candidates this time around. >> you're saying their influence has grown and felt more this way by not having these challenges? >> i think so. a lot to a big degree. look at hous

matt bevin is spending a lot of money and getting support from a lot of tea party activists.st: if someone in the primary can knock off the leader of the senate -- the senate minority leader, that would be cried -- quite a remarkable thing. i haven't been watching the details. i don't really know the issues at play right there. host: wayne joining us from harrisburg pennsylvania. caller: the republicans -- people in the republican party now, most of the republicans just like democrats, is poor. and i want to know why, if you can answer this question, the affordable health care act helps poor people. it helps poor people more than the rich or the middle class. why don't the poor republicans want to take the affordable health care? can you answer that question? host: thanks for the call. host: when you look -- guest: when you look at what the affordable care act does for people in poverty, it lifts the level of income for people. medicaid is a federal government health care program. it is a means tested government program that had a remarkable expansion in the last several year