From a press release: Conway spokesperson Allison Haley said, “Kentuckians deserve to know where Daniel Mongiardo stands on the issues. On health care reform, the difference between the candidates couldn’t be more clear. Jack Conway supports health care reform, while Daniel Mongiardo doesn’t. As 8,000 Americans lose their health insurance every day, Mongiardo stands with [...]

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Check out this nervous bit from Ben Chandler’s latest campaign email blast: First, let me thank you for your support as I continue to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.  It is an honor to represent the 6th Congressional District in Washington because I am convinced Congress provides a unique opportunity to get things [...]

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Ryan Alessi is leaving the Herald-Leader for Insight Communications. Yeah. Wow. From Jack Brammer: Ryan Alessi, a Lexington Herald-Leader reporter who has covered Kentucky politics and higher education since 2003, is leaving the newspaper April 16 to take a job with Insight Communications. Alessi, a native of Baltimore and a graduate of Ohio University, will [...]

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Remember when I wondered here on the googlebox about why Katie Stine was so pissed at Dennis Keene that she refused to let his DUI bill (HB 58) out of committee? The latest details of the rumor are that Keene allegedly cracked a joke about Stine gaining a few pounds. And that’s why she’s so [...]

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Oh noes! Look at this scary videuh from Lt. Dan: You’ll note he never said he stood against health care reform. And unlike Lt. Dan, he didn’t run away from answering questions. Here’s a pro tip: You can’t flip-flop unless you actually take a position on something. And where’s the paid-for-by disclaimer? I thought we [...]

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Food Stamp participation in Kentucky was down a tad in February. Roughly 1,800 people dropped from the rolls. That means 769,000 Kentuckians are still receiving food assistance. 22% higher than the 623,019 in December 2007.

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They did it again: Twice in a row.

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Last night WHAS11 ran a story about health care reform. Joe Arnold discussed both Jack Conway and Lt. Dan and here’s what he had to say: And that is a bit of a change by Jack Conway because earlier he had insisted that that he would need to have the bulk purchasing of pharmaceuticals by [...]

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Ben Chandler says he’s not worried about a liberal backlash. But what about a moderate, middle-of-the-road backlash? Chandler may vote with the Democrats 80% of the time, but which 80%? That’s kind of important. [John Cheves] If you smell a bunch of burning toast, don’t worry. You’re not stroking out, meemaw. That’s just the teabaggers [...]

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On a scale of 1 to Chris Brown, how pissed do you think Steve Beshear is that he listened to Larry Hayes by putting Jerry Abramson on the ticket for 2011? In light of the potentially career-ending Metro Louisville Government Audit coming out in just a bit, I mean. Maybe papaw will need a new [...]

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