If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That may be the thinking of Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell who announced Thursday that Jesse Benton will manage his 2014 re-election bid. [Ronnie Ellis]

A political candidate who admitted buying votes in Breathitt County has been sentenced to four months in federal prison followed by four months of home detention. [H-L]

After being heavily criticized for their use, Kentucky’s major pension program says it hasn’t used a placement agent for three years. They’re being crafty with their choice of language. They STILL pay placement agents even if they aren’t used as placement agents. ORG much? We could go on for days. [WFPL]

For months, Republican Mittens Romney’s presidential campaign has been built on broad themes: cut taxes, repeal and replace Democratic President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, increase defense spending. [Reuters]

It’s a story as old as time: two opposing families are brought together when members of each are married. [WaPo]

Goodness gracious, Middlesboro! Police arrest a man suspected of putting cameras in bathroom stalls all over one community. [WKYT]

More uninsured Americans are avoiding filling prescriptions and are delaying doctor visits. That’s because the economy is so golden. [The Consumerist]

The Fed just hit the economy with a double-barreled blast of stimulus. [HuffPo]

After nearly an hour-long hearing, a judge did not make an immediate decision Thursday morning in former state Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer’s request to lower child-support payments for his three sons. [H-L]

Yesterday, the Global Center for Connected Campuses (GC3) announced Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) as a promotional partner and participant in the 2012 Vice Presidential Debate: Our Voice Our Future event. [Press Release]

Barren County officials are appealing a judge’s order to release an investigative report on the local jail to The Glasgow Daily Times. [WLEX18]

Since it’s obvious that all honorable and well-compensated jobs have disappeared into a puff of Internet ether, never to return, it’s important that every American turn any brush with fame, no matter now ridiculous or humiliating, into a round of talk show appearances that can in turn be leveraged into an “instant book” and a reality show, since that’s the only route to financial solvency in America today. [Wonkette]