wanted to push out ashley judd. as far as allison grimes go, she was easily democrats' top recruit and it is going to be a gruesome, uphill battle for her. mcconnell unpopular and may not be likable but very well funded and a shrewd, ruthless politician and a republican in a red state getting redder and redder running where democrats cannot devote. i would not underestimate them. >> a lot of local politics at play. mcconnell's argument out there. a guy who signed on to the ban on earmarks in 2010 is out there touting his earmarks, again, out there on the campaign trail. go out there and talk about i'm this front venture and i can bring you a lot of money. it's going to be a classic race in this way. >> the other thing about mcconnell. the senate conservative fund. the pact that was started by jim demint. this is what encourages the challenges. it got behind rand paul in connecticut. so, the senate conservative fund is executive director this week said this about mitch mcconnell. the least electual senator running in

ashley judd didn't even get in the race and they were already going after her. what does alis ochlt n grimes entering the race say. >> president obama won just 30% of the vote in 2012. the other force at play, mitch mcconnell has never won more than 55% of the vote with just one exception in his past runs for kentucky senate. so mcconnell has the advantage, but it's probably going to be a close race. but the biggest development in the race, peter, mcconnell does have a race. had she, grimes, not gotten in, he would have skated to re-election. now a race on his hands, "going to spend a year and a half focusing on kentucky rather than legislative battles. >> can we talk about timing, unlikely timing for rollout. fourth of july week, president overseas, george zimmerman trial eating up a lot of time on cable television. was this odd timing for this announcement to take place? >> took a lot of observers by surprise. we had no idea she was getting in until moments before the event. we knew she was setting up 3:00 p.m. announcement. i think most people thought she was

obviously a lot of people are looking at ashley judd. i know you're a big fan of divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood. you're going to be disappointed. but the democratic party is actually very excited. they've got one of their top regrouts in the kentucky secretary of state. she announced her bid yesterday. when you look at the 2008 race, it was close by the way these elections are 52-48. what democratic party is hoping she's going to do is two things. obviously build a moderate voters and women in that state. she's not a random politician. her dad was the former politician. you can expect to see the clintons down there. mitch mcconnell was quick in releasing some opposition down there through one of the kentucky pacts. very much tying her with nancy pelosi and barack obama. so, you know, it could be one of these nasty races. also going to be one of the more high-profile ones if you see the clintons heading down there to campaign for miss grimes. >> two questions, patrick. can she raise enough money to compete against mitch mcconnell

allison grimes is daring to go where ashley judd wouldn't. her rollout, she might want to rethink her strategy. as the "washington post" reports, grimes' announcement was not promoted on her twitter account, facebook page or anyone other than her top adviser. as of this afternoon, grimes still has a campaign website. that's why her opponent, the always conciliatory and courteous mitch mcconnell has stepped up to the plate, not only introducing his opponent to voter, new ad, but giving her an auto tune at the same time. ♪ >> well, apparently mcconnell's staff was too busy thinking of things that rhyme. check it out, they didn't bother to spell check their boss' name at the end of the ad. just a little typo. if this is their idea of proofreading, i'd hate to see their research. find tonight's #click3 on our website, allinwithchris.com. we'll be right back. want younger looking eyes that say wow? with olay, here's how. new regenerist eye and lash duo. the cream smooths the look of lids... softens the look of lines. the serum instantly thickens t

we saw what mcconnell did to ashley judd and she never even got into the race? >> it is going to be nasty, it is going to be divisive. one thing allison grimes doesn't have, she isn't that lightning rod coming out of the gate. mcconnell campaign will try to do everything they can. >> biggest obstacle to mitch mcconnell? >> mitch mcconnell. he is someone who has great advocates and great detractors. they'll all come out. grimes is someone who's credible an they can rally around. >> thanks, guys. >>> former representative william gray died monday at the age of 71. the democrat was elected to congress for philadelphia in 1978. gray was the first after can american to serve as chairman of the budget committee and house majority whip. in a statement today, president obama called him a trail blazer whose leadership made our communities, our country and our world a more just place. >>> also, on this day 50 years ago, the civil rights act was signed into law by president lyndon b. johnson. landmark piece of legislation ended jim crow laws making racial discrimination ag

. >> i think, you know, they have a situation where with ashley judd, they had a lot of research on her her so much and didn't have a primary opponent at that time. right out of the gate, they're focusing on bevin but not focusing on grimes. they don't have as much dirt on grimes. they're in a situation where they have to fend off this tea party contender. then that takes away their focus from who would potentially really be his opponent, which is grimes. >> the issue for me in just looking at how this is opening is having mcconnell's team put out a hit ad, you know, an attack ad a on bevins. i don't get it, number one, because all you're doing is elevating bevin's profile statewide. two, the substance of the argument, i think, at this stage in the campaign, who cares. connecticut, businessman. if the height of the recession has financial problems, okay, that's news. i think that bevin is positioning himself through his ad for folks to really take a good look at him and that's reinforced by mcconnell. so, the saying or the thinking goes, if mcconnell is coming after this guy right out o

you talked about this what happened to ashley judd?ephanie: and that's interesting, because women are the ones -- >> i just hope mitch mcconnell is not doing that. >> stephanie: i hope there are no shelless pictures of mitch mcconnell. >> i just think i'm going to barf. >> stephanie: but she says this makes one consider the built-in risk factor of nominating high testosterone men. everybody goes what is with these guys? >> who wants to look at my smantz? nobody? >> stephanie: nobody. thanks. and she says our same point, think about some of our prominent women in washington, can you ever imagine secretary kathleen up loading a shot of her crotch on instagram. >> i would buy that for a dollar. >> stephanie: thank you jim for making our point exactly. >> what is she yelling about? >> oh, god. you just -- >> stephanie: we hit the filter button earlier in the show, and now you can't flip it off. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: but she says perhaps need some sort of sexual middle age test. because right now we're saying it happens to be all democ

ashley judd not running against him but the secretary of state of kentucky, allison grimes, has saidoing to do it. she's met with her supporters. we played her announcement for you yesterday. right away yesterday. no sooner had she announced and mitch mcconnell was up with a -- kind of a silly goofy little ad about -- >> goofy doesn't even begin to describe how silly it is. >> bill: what rhymes with imriems? >> i want to thank me, me, me. i want to thank allison grimes. ♪ >> bill: i don't get it. >> it is stupid. >> bill: pardon me. it is stupid. it doesn't sound like mitch mcconnell. you know what i mean? >> that was my biggest thing. >> bill: it doesn't fit mitch mcconnell. i get a picture of him looking at it going what the hell is going on here? trying to convince him it makes sense. >> bill: i would have like to have been in the room when his political consultants said we have the new ad for you senator. you're going to like this one. mcconnell is like what the hell. give me another bourbon. we're going to kick off this hour by going right to cairo and finding out what's happeni

kentucky remember, mitch mcconnell was first -- thought he might have to worry about a challenge from ashley juddday the secretary of state of kentucky, democrat allison grimes said she's talked to her supporters and she is in. here she is. >> i've met with my supporters. we have had a great conversation and determined and decided that we can next make the best move. the best difference in the commonwealth of kentucky. by running for the u.s. senate. [ applause ] >> bill: so mitch mcconnell with a serious contender down there. he is rated or listed i guess as the number one most venerable -- vulnerable not venerable -- vulnerable republican up this year and now democrats have a strong candidate. that's going to make it an interesting race down there. we haven't seen -- what we haven't seen is a challenger to mcconnell from the right which he was worried about too. >> he was voting to the right to try to avoid that and seems to have worked thus far. still a year and a half out. >> bill: even rand paul has come around in support. former enemies now they're frenemies. >> exactly. >> bill: jennifer e