Politics | Election 2008 Anti-Washington Tide Threatens GOP Stalwart Dems aim to oust Kentucky's McConnell, claim 60 Senate seats By Gabriel Winant Posted Oct 27, 2008 11:35 AM CDT Copied Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, with Sen. Judd Gregg, R-NH, speaks about the turmoil in the financial market during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Sept. 26, 2008. (AP Photo) The rising Democratic tide is threatening to wash over a Republican pillar: Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, is fighting for his political life in the deep-red state, reports the Washington Post. McConnell barely leads, and national Democrats are working hard to tip the race. A McConnell defeat would remove a canny opponent and bring Democrats closer to the powerful 60-vote point. McConnell is using a Democratic supermajority as a foil, calling his fight against Bruce Lunsford “the key battle being waged by the liberals who want to have total domination in the House and Senate.” The Republican is also working to remind voters of his clout. “Kentucky would suffer a dramatic reversal of fortune instantly to trade me in for a rookie,” he says. Read These Next More details coming out about the last party the Reiners attended. First Australia victims lost their lives confronting the shooter. An MIT nuclear science professor was fatally shot at his home. See the states Americans are leaving, and where they're moving. Report an error