The worst-kept secret in Frankfort, which I alluded to this morning. Adam Edelen is leaving as Governor Steve Beshear’s chief of staff and Mike Haydon, a guy they’ve tried to get rid of like 800 times, will replace him.
From the release:
Governor Steve Beshear today announced that Chief of Staff Adam Edelen would resign from [...]

[Read more →]

Let’s speculate on who will run for Kentucky’s top elected offices in 2011.
Governor/Lt. Governor

Democrats: Steve Beshear & Jerry Abramson
Greg Stumbo, despite what he says?
Republicans: Richie Farmer/Anybody
Trey Grayson if he loses?

Auditor of Public Accounts

Democrats: Adam Edelen
Republicans: Linda Greenwell? Who?

Attorney General

Democrats: Jack Conway if he loses?
Jonathan Miller
Republicans: Who? [...]

[Read more →]

Public Policy Polling should come to Kentucky for its finally poll of 2009. [Click Here to Vote]
Now Steve Nunn’s attorney says he’s not competent and should be moved to a psychiatric hospital. [Stephenie Steitzer]
The new hospital at UK is pretty spiff. [Ryan Alessi]
Ron Mills has appealed his firing from the Energy & [...]

[Read more →]

Ben Chandler voted against Wall Street Regulation. And now it’s time for Central Kentucky to throw him out of Washington. [Barefoot & Progressive]
Just another reminder that Ben Chandler voted against the American people and for mega billionaire bankers. [The Hill]
What the heck is going on in Mount Vernon? Goodness gracious! [...]

[Read more →]

What’s up in Governor Steve Beshear’s office these days?
The departure of everyone from Jay Blanton to Will Carle signals massive changes are afoot.
So why the mass exodus?
Let’s speculate: Adam Edelen will run for office (he wants Crit’s job). Jerry Abramson’s mayoral staff are taking over the Governor’s office. Jonathan Miller wants Jack [...]

[Read more →]

Governor Steve Beshear just named Daniel Logsdon as his Deputy Chief of Staff.
From the release:
Logsdon, 39, replaces Vince Gabbert, who recently announced that he would begin a top-level administrative job with Keeneland Racetrack next month.
Logsdon, who is currently vice president of state government affairs for Windstream Communications Inc., will begin his new duties Sept. 25. [...]

[Read more →]

Fancy Farm was a hot mess (less humid) this year. Dirty abortionist America-hater Joe Sonka was there:
Adam Edelen was the first politico I talked to. I expressed my regret that Governor Beshear could not make it here this year, then asked “when is Gov. Beshear going to go out on the road and start [...]

[Read more →]

The Kentucky Democratic Party hired right-wing gay-hater, woman-hater and all-around loose canon Ray Stewart (remember the ad he produced that included hidden camera footage of a woman about to get her sexytime on?) to produce Robin Webb’s silly radio spot. Stewart works primarily for Republicans and folks like Bob Damron. So, donors, know [...]

[Read more →]

Using the river to generate electricity? How strange. Surely you’re kidding. We’d never do something like that anywhere near Kentucky. [C-J]
Southern Belles: Louisville’s oh snap moment. Yeah, you know you watched every minute of that mess. Now we know why Shea was our favorite. [Told Ya So!]
Careful, Rick, [...]

[Read more →]

Yesterday Joe Sonka got an early look at Daniel Mongiardo’s second quarterly report to the Federal Election Commission. But we finally got our hands on the end result and have a few observations.
The receipt highlights:

Of the $302,000 reported, only $36K came in as unitemized contributions. That means only 11% of contributions were in [...]

[Read more →]