The heated political rhetoric at Fancy Farm this weekend should give
voters a sense of how the 2014 U.S. Senate candidates stand up in a
hostile environment. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who’s been in office for 30
years, is no stranger to the heckling and sharp barbs lobbed at
politicians at the annual Fancy Farm Picnic outside Paducah in western
Kentucky. His Democratic challenger, Alison Lundergan Grimes, spoke at
the picnic in 2011 during her race for secretary of state. But will be
the first time McConnell GOP opponent Matt Bevin has appeared at the
time and some observers are interested in seeing how the Louisville
businessman reacts.
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