We hear that David Williams isn’t just interested in the U.S. Senate race, as The Hill reports, but that he’s IN the race against Jim Bunning. Two major Republican operatives have called in the past hour to bring it up. And we hear Ellen Williams may captain his ship. WTF. The rest of this legislative [...]

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Is Charlie Moore the new chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party? That’s according to the Kentucky Gazette: Sources tell The Kentucky Gazette that Owensboro attorney Charlie E. Moore has emerged as the frontrunner to become the party’s new chairman. Moore, 60, husband of Union County attorney Brucie Moore, is a long-time party activist and contributor. [...]

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What the heck is going on? We agree with the Courier-Journal’s editorial board. And it’s not just because they’re saying positive things about our pal Joni. Give this morning’s editorial a read: House Bill 383, sponsored by Shively Democratic Rep. Joni Jenkins, deserves passage. It would impose a statewide standard of requiring ice pools at [...]

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Don’t forget to watch Comment on Kentucky on KET at 8:00 P.M. Tonight. Mark Hebert will guest host. Scheduled guests: Stephenie Steitzer, Courier-Journal, who will hopefully provide a river rock update Roger Alford, AP Dan Klepal, who’ll no doubt have lots of fancy things to say about Mayor McCheese Watch it. Tonight. Maybe it won’t [...]

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Everyone remembers Senate Bill 245 from 2004, the anti-gay marriage amendment that came about as a result of Daniel Mongiardo’s extreme case of Gay Panic [TM]. SB245, as Mongiardo’s campaign lackey Lee Murphy said to me in a Facebook message last week: As you recall …in 2004 the Bunning crowd accused Daniel of being gay [...]

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ABC’s follow-up to Children of the Mountains on 20/20 airs tonight at 10:00 P.M. Eastern. Governor Steve Beshear will make an appearance on the program. Set your TiVos! UPDATE: If you missed the show, watch it on 20/20′s website.

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John Cheves is hilarious: Suddenly we’re hearing a lot more from Democratic Lt. Gov. Dan Mongiardo. Since Mongiardo declared Jan. 26 that he’ll run for the U.S. Senate next year, challenging Republican incumbent Jim Bunning, Mongiardo has doubled his output of media advisories and press releases in Frankfort. -SNIP- In the 25 days following his [...]

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Public awareness of the tragedy that is Mountaintop Removal and its effects on eastern Kentucky have been looming large this week. First, there was Ashley Judd speaking to 500 or more activists at I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort. There was the Diane Sawyer documentary that aired on ABC Friday, one of the highest-rated episodes [...]

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Governor Steve Beshear is now producing a weekly video address for the internets generation. Here’s this week’s video about the budget:

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What, no one has thoughts about Governor Steve Beshear’s misleading and potential fraud of an “energy plan” ?? NO ONE? [Questions About the Governor's Energy Plan] It’s tough not to be disappointed that legislators are blocking tax decreases– for whatever reason– in this economy. [C-J] Mark Hebert is feeling sorry for Mayor McCheese Jerry Abramson. [...]

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