The Fed admits recovery is “slowing” but refuses to do anything at all to make a change. [HuffPo] Dear Beth Musgrave: It’s Democratic Judge-Executive, not “Democrat judge executive” – k? That said – Wayne T. Rutherford is hilarious and says Bob Farmer is not welcome in Pike County! HAHAHA! [Bluegrass Politics] Steve Beshear and Jonathan [...]

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For the 50th day in a row (!!!) Republican Party of Kentucky Chairman Steve Robertson questioned Jack Conway. But today he forgot to provide a solidly juicy quote for public consumption. [Press Release] Geoff Davis is literally obsessed with The REINS Act. So go visit his fancy new website about Regulations from the Executive In [...]

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According to the latest Daily Kos polling data, Democrats are dropping in numbers and Independents are definitely on the rise: CLICK FOR ALL THE DATA This means a large chuck of Independents are potentially up for grabs by the Democrats in 2012. The Dems should be alarmed that so many people are beginning to identify [...]

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The race for Secretary of State on the Democratic side was a little crazy this past Primary and that’s reason enough to be interested in how our candidates are raising and spending cash. So let’s take a look. ALISON LUNDERGAN GRIMES $53,625 raised $3,875 in unitemized contributions $319,459.10 spent (JESUS) $45,911.51 on-hand at the close [...]

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Bob Farmer, who didn’t actually apologize (as we pointed out this morning), truly must be dumber than Richie Farmer and a sack full of meth-addled teabaggers. His campaign is going insane over the publicity received for his ridiculous “comedy” video (don’t worry, Bob, there are more videos to come!) and is busy leaving comments all [...]

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Ready to take a look at the highlights from your gubernatorial candidates’ 30-day post-primary reports to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance? WILLIAMS-FARMER $92,787 raised $2,085 in unitemized contributions $209,935.02 spent $89,363.25 on-hand at the close of reporting period $7,250 came from political organizations and PACs Notable Contributions Jeff Ruby $500 Kenny Byrd $250 Joe [...]

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What the living shiz is the Kentucky Republican Democratic Party smoking? On Friday, the Kentucky Democratic Party insisted they were receiving documents that would clarify purchases made by Abramson, who is running with Governor Steve Beshaer this fall. The party previously defended the bulk of the purchases as helping economic development and community improvement and [...]

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Really, people? You need to calm down. Even Daniel Logsdon says Bob Farmer’s “jokes” weren’t funny. And you’ll note that Farmer did NOT apologize for making the remarks – he apologized “if it offends anyone.” [H-L] The NRCC has twice as much cash in its pocket than the DCCC. Which means Candy Barr is pretty [...]

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Republican Party of Kentucky Chairman Steve Robertson questioned Jack Conway for the 49th day in a row: “Today was a terrible day for the Democrat ticket,” said Robertson. “The Democrat candidate for Agriculture Commissioner exposed his extremely poor judgment, so he now keeps good company with Jack Conway, who we all know suffers from the [...]

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Not entirely shutters, of course, but that’s what’s really taking place. Despite Scott Wartman replacing her. Amanda Van Benschoten today announced that she’ll no longer be covering Kentucky politics and state government in Frankfort for The Kentucky Enquirer. Her new role at the paper (and for The Cincinnati Enquirer) will be covering the Cincinnati and [...]

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