Last night we shared some photos & video from the Republican Party of Kentucky’s Unity Rally. You saw footage of Trey Grayson, Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul. Other prominent Kentucky Republicans gave speeches, as well, so let’s take a look at what they had to say… U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie: U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers: Peep [...]

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Earlier today the Republican Party of Kentucky hosted a Unity Rally in Frankfort. While the real story of the day may very well be the big names that weren’t present (Cathy Bailey, Geoff Davis and David Williams, for instance), I think it’d be a good idea to start out with speech footage. Secretary of State [...]

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From Joe Arnold: “The government hasn’t fixed it and as a consequence I think there are educational disparities in Louisville. busing hasn’t necessarily worked.” Yeah. It’s getting ripe.

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I hear from sources at RPK that Rand Paul’s campaign manager, David Adams, was the guy who took calls from Sarah Palin, Jim Bunning and Trey Grayson on Tuesday evening but did not pass them on. When someone allegedly pointed this out to Rand and showed him all of David Adams’ Twitter and Facebook postings, [...]

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For reals, folks. Can’t muster anything else today. Have 100 or so hours of video to review. SLEEEEEEEEEEP. Enjoy your evening time wasters. The June issue of Sojourners is all about coal, the mountains and Christianity. Give it a read. We all have common ground. [Sojourners] Turns out Mitch McConnell had the worst week in [...]

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I made the suggestion that Mitch McConnell is still all alone in his shower, crying, trying to scrub off all the tea. And whattya know? Courier-Journal hilarity machine and cartoonist, Marc Murphy, posted his latest on Facebook the other day: Apparently we’re not the only ones with that thought.

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It’s not happening, but would would occur if Rand Paul dropped out of the U.S. Senate race? Let’s take a look at KRS 118.105 – Nominations by political parties — Vacancy in candidacy — Replacement candidates: (1) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4) of this section and in KRS 118.115, every political party [...]

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No one can deny that Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo ran a powerful race for the U.S. Senate. No one. Not even me. So let’s read his final email blast out of respect: I want to express my sincere, heartfelt thanks to each of you for all your hard work these past 17 months.  Together we [...]

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Okay, yesterday was a little crazy. Let’s just get right down to it. Rand Paul’s campaign manager, David Adams, tossed aside national concerns about Paul’s stance on supporting a business or individual’s right to discriminate on the basis of race as liberal blog fodder. In an attempt to do damage control, right-leaning Rasmussen released polling [...]

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When there’s transparency with the public, the public gets it. When watchdogs like State Auditor Crit Luallen delivers the goods for the public, it makes a difference. Tuesday’s election is proof positive. Remember Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge? Just in case you don’t: Audit Reveals Corruption in Whitley County [June 16, 2009] Audit Reveals Major [...]

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