Democratic sentiment in Senate race seen as 'anti-McConnell'

In a must-read article from the Lexington Herald-Leader, Ryan Alessi analyzes sentiments about the state's U.S. Senate race between incumbent U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville) and businessman Bruce Lunsford (D-Louisville). The story says Democratic feeling about the race is more anti-McConnell than pro-Lunsford.

Alessi notes McConnell has already begun attack ads in the model of his previous campaigns.

One Democratic official described the race as "soulless."

But that type of an approach is how McConnell has won his last four Senate races. He is known for seizing on his opponents' weaknesses, then clinically dissecting his challenger with relentless ads and talking points that he sticks to with the discipline of a monk.

Lunsford, meanwhile, is a largely unknown commodity even after spending $15 million in two previous unsuccessful races for governor. Many voters, even Democrats, say they know little about what he stands for – but they know he's not McConnell.