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Entries Tagged as 'Campaign Finance'

Thursday Update Dept of Threats & Humor

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

FYI folks: Calling to threaten us will get you no where but a nice little jail cell. So if you’re unhappy about something we’ve written? Take your Prozac before reaching out to us.
John Yarmuth and Anne Northup have an opponent in the 3rd District congressional race. Libertarian Edward Martin qualified for […]

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Tags: Hypocrisy · KY-3 · Senate · Anne Northup · Congress · Campaign Finance · 2008 · Bruce Lunsford · John Yarmuth · Mitch McConnell

DSCC Investing Early on Field Programs

July 21st, 2008 · 9 Comments

Roll Call reports that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has heavily invested early in the campaign cycle to improve field operations that made Democrats successful in 2006. So far the DSCC has invested more than $5 million in 17 states, including Kentucky.
This is all possible because the DSCC has maintained an almost 2-to-1 cash […]

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Tags: KDP · DSCC · Senate · Campaign Finance · 2008 · Bruce Lunsford · Mitch McConnell

Wednesday Morning Update Dept of Broken Puters

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Looking for a job? U.S. Customs and Border Protections is hiring in Kentucky! They’re in Hopkinsville, Louisville, Lexington and Owensboro through the end of the week accepting applications. Big money. [Business First]
Read the first paragraph of this story. A former Champaign school official is accused of hitting the mother of […]

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Tags: Investigation · Jobs · Senate · Presidential Race · Robert Felner · FEAR! · Campaign Finance · Mainstream Mistake · Wasted Money · Bruce Lunsford · Education · UofL · Mitch McConnell

Yarmuth Reports over $1 Million On-Hand

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Rep. John Yarmuth’s re-election campaign just announced that he has raised almost $1.5 million dollars for re-election and has $1,001,636 on-hand.
Like he promised in 2006, Yarmuth hasn’t accepted money from corporate political action committees, unlike Anne Northup. And more than a quarter of Yarmuth’s contributions were from first-time donors.
Yarmuth’s Second Quarter FEC Reporting Totals

Second […]

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Tags: Anne Northup · Congress · Campaign Finance · John Yarmuth · 2008

Killing Time Afternoon Update Edition of ZZzzzz

July 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It’s a slow afternoon. There’s too much crap to make nine million separate little posts. Time for an update! Maybe some afternoon cat blogging later. Also, we’re chasing a major development in that fancy educational scandal story we’ve been on for a hundred years.  That’s why we’re slow today.  (Rick is just […]

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Tags: Senate · George W. Bush · Anne Northup · Presidential Race · Humor · Congress · Iraq · Bruce Lunsford · John Yarmuth · Campaign Finance · Steve Beshear

Tuesday Dept of Less Humid Updates

July 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Richie Farmer spent about $26,000 on registrations and hotel rooms for his little SASDA conference we told you about weeks and weeks ago. Some employees actually had hotel rooms when they lived less than 30 miles away. Hebert didn’t mention that taxpayers had to pay for a police escort to and from Churchill […]

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Tags: Investigation · Richie Farmer · Senate · Robert Felner · Campaign Finance · Mainstream · Wasted Money · Bruce Lunsford · Education · UofL · Steve Beshear

Monday Evening Update Dept of Crazy is Real

July 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Please accept our apologies for being slow today. Too much business to handle, not enough hours in the day. Also, who is buying a new laptop for us? And who is gifting us a new iPhone?
Lunsford’s second quarter numbers are out and the McConnell camp is huffy. [PolWatchers]
Bill Cox quit as […]

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Tags: Investigation · Taxes · Campaign Finance · Senate · Presidential Race · Adam Edelen · Robert Felner · Veterans · Mainstream · Journalism · Health Care · Wasted Money · Mitch McConnell · Bruce Lunsford · Education · Andrew Horne · UofL · Steve Beshear

TGIF. Everyone Pray for a Slow News Day.

July 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Mitch McConnell raised $3 million in special interest funds during the second quarter and Bruce Lunsford can write a $300 million billion trillion check. [PolWatchers]
Poor Ed Whitfield’s wife got axed from the Equine Drug Research Council and was replaced with Dr. Jerry Yon of Lexington. [Business First]
Sonny Landham thinks he’s a climate scientist! […]

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Tags: Hypocrisy · Environment · Senate · Humor · The Gays · Health Care · Bruce Lunsford · Campaign Finance · Mitch McConnell

Thursday Update Dept of Getting Caffeinated

July 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Robert Felner round-up of the day:

UW-Oshkosh Provost Likely To Lead UW-Parkside Temporarily [WISN]
UW-Parkside interim leader announced [Kenosha News]
New UW-Parkside interim chancellor picked [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
New interim UW-Parkside chancellor endorsed [The Capital Times]
Via Racine Post, Interim chanceller for Parkside; he’s now provost at UW-Oshkosh [The Wheeler Report (PDF Link)]
Jake’s not letting up [The ‘Ville Voice]

And the rest:
All […]

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Tags: Hypocrisy · Humor · Environment · Senate · Robert Felner · FEAR! · Campaign Finance · KY-4 · Health Care · Bruce Lunsford · Mainstream · Takin yer guns!

TGIT! Three-Day Weekend Update Edition!

July 3rd, 2008 · 8 Comments

Ellis Park in Henderson is closing for good. It’s all about the Benjamins. When owner Ron Geary couldn’t get an injunction against a horsey set that would have allowed him to use national account wagering outlets, he decided to call it quits. The summer meet was scheduled to begin on Friday. […]

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Tags: Humor · Jack Conway · Hypocrisy · Senate · Campaign Finance · John Yarmuth · Mitch McConnell · Health Care · Bruce Lunsford · Kentucky Business · Steve Beshear