Just a little bit of a round-up to get the afternoon started…

Polling was hit and miss on 2009 elections. What’s that mean for polling in Kentucky? [HuffPo]

Some Republicans just can’t deal with reality when it comes to wars and health care. Here’s proof from the U.S. Congress. [More HuffPo]

The tea party crowd is embracing a Russian crackpot’s doomsday foaming. [Mother Jones]

Will Kentucky join 15 other states that have abolished the death penalty? [State Journal]

National media is now beginning to write the Conway-Mongiardo race off. The writing is on the wall, kids, unless the Conway campaign gets it together ASAP. [MSNBC]

Poor Marty Cockring is upset that we’ve called him on his hypocrisy. He can say he cares about coal ash spills… while promoting mountaintop removal/doing nothing about it. He can say he helps the homeless… but I don’t see him working in the shelters where I volunteer. He can say he gives a flip about education… while working with bigoted Frank Simon to kill public education. We love watching the meltdowns. He always takes the bait. Get it??? Bait. [Marty Cockring]

Peep the rest after the jump…

Will Barack Obama appoint an Animal Protection Liaison? Gilles Meloche must be looking for a job. [Human Society]

The RNC is taking lessons from al Qaeda. For real. [Political Wire]

Kentucky Republicans seem to be upset with Mitch McConnnell. Get your popcorn ready for the 2010 primary! [Marcus Carey]

How much do hoaxes like the Balloon Boy ordeal cost taxpayers? [Money Central]

Requiring the coal industry to pay more of its own freight really is a good move. Will the legislature do anything? Of course not. [H-L Editorial]

Steve Beshear threw the demon atheists under the bus. And the national media took note. [Barefoot & Progressive]

Damon Thayer’s amendment will give one hundred eleventy trillion zillion dollars to the horse industry each year. [Tom Loftus]

Remember foot tapper homo bathroom sex Senator Larry Craig? He just doesn’t care for that Gitmo stuff, guru. [Wall Street Journal]

Oh, look, it’s the mother and son team from Magoffin County we wrote about some months ago. They just got hit for tampering with the jury in a sodomy case. [H-L]