Remember Miss Cleo from the late night psychic commercials in the 1990s? She came out of the closet. This story is so creepy and fascinating and jacked up. [Palm Beach Post]

HAHA! Jim Bunning lost his marbles with reporters AGAIN! Apparently he doesn’t realize that his own staffers were involved in tearing him down. And he admits that he can’t raise any money. Jim Bunning is done for. You’ve gotta read this mess. [Mark Hebert]

Even WLEX is picking up on it. [LEX18]

These folks in Warshington. [Politico]

And the Associated Press. [AP]

And CNN. [CNN's Political Ticker]

But Joe Gerth’s take on it is the best. Can’t wait for Joe to throw the snark on full. Tomorrow’s story from him will be great. [C-J]

Jim Bunning published the conference on his website today and it seems like he deleted a portion of it? So hilarious. Our favorite part is when Bunning said he doesn’t think President Barack Obama will get a “tea bag.” Hahahaha. God. Listen to it. And if anyone else has a full recording? Publish it and let us know. [Click for the MP3]

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A legislator who doesn’t know what Medicaid is? That’s situation a Kentucky Democrat should be on, not a Texas Republican. [Austin American-Statesman]

We’re pleased to see Daniel Mongiardo’s campaign website has a ‘paid for by’ disclaimer. Even if it’s not up to FEC standards. At least it’s a start. [Dr. Dan for Kentucky]

Now that the Governor has given Kentucky Speedway $75 million or whatever, he’s begging the legislature to suspend its rules in order to focus on a NASCAR race. Again, is this the most important issue facing Kentucky? So important, in fact, that rules should be suspended and other major issues get ignored? [Bluegrass Politics]

The Kentucky Arts Council is inviting all Kentucky artists to submit entries of original, two-dimensional work completed in the past four years to be on display in the Capitol Rotunda on Derby Day 2009. The work should focus on horsey stuff and/or spring, but if your doesn’t focus on one of the two, it won’t necessarily be excluded. Artists are permitted to offer their work for sale and no commission will be charged. [Arts Council]

Jonathan Meador writes a letter to disgraced mayor of Lexington Jim Newberry. [Barefoot & Progressive]

And don’t forget this recent Newberry asshattery. [More B&P]

Wondering what Barack Obama will talk about tonight? Looky here:

[W]e’ve put in place a comprehensive strategy designed to attack this crisis on all fronts. It’s a strategy to create jobs, to help responsible homeowners, to re-start lending, and to grow our economy over the long-term. And we are beginning to see signs of progress.

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The budget I submitted to Congress will build our economic recovery on a stronger foundation, so that we do not face another crisis like this ten or twenty years from now. We invest in the renewable sources of energy that will lead to new jobs, new businesses, and less dependence on foreign oil. We invest in our schools and our teachers so that our children have the skills they need to compete with any workers in the world. We invest in reform that will bring down the cost of health care for families, businesses, and our government. And in this budget, we have made the tough choices necessary to cut our deficit in half by the end of my first term – even under the most pessimistic estimates.

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At the end of the day, the best way to bring our deficit down in the long run is not with a budget that continues the very same policies that have led to a narrow prosperity and massive debt. It’s with a budget that leads to broad economic growth by moving from an era of borrow and spend to one where we save and invest.

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That’s what clean energy jobs and businesses will do. That’s what a highly-skilled workforce will do. That’s what an efficient health care system that controls costs and entitlements like Medicare and Medicaid will do. That’s why this budget is inseparable from this recovery – because it is what lays the foundation for a secure and lasting prosperity.

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We will recover from this recession. But it will take time, it will take patience, and it will take an understanding that when we all work together; when each of us looks beyond our own short-term interests to the wider set of obligations we have to each other – that’s when we succeed. That’s when we prosper. And that’s what is needed right now. So let us look toward the future with a renewed sense of common purpose, a renewed determination, and most importantly, a renewed confidence that a better day will come.