Former Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Bill Garmer said Friday he is considering running for the U.S. Senate next year if Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes declines to enter the race against Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell. [PEE ALERT] Naturally, Republicans are split on a media shield law amid outrage over the Associated Press records seizure. [...]

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What do Democrats do when they have a candidate in a special election they don’t want to be tied to Barack Obama? Have Obama’s CAMPAIGN MANAGER serve as a consultant on the race so the candidate is tied directly to the president. Smooth move. [Bluegrass Politics] Just how bizarre-o crazy is the NRCC? It published [...]

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Are you ready, meemaw? Monday. 8:00 P.M. Eastern. The following people will be on your teevee (KET’s Kentucky Tonight) discussing the 2014 election: Steve Robertson, RPK chair Ellen Williams, former RPK chair Jonathan Miller, D-Hotel Room Receipt Bill Garmer, former KDP chair for five seconds in 2004, resigned after getting his ass handed to him [...]

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The battle over Benghazi has come to Iowa, colliding head-on with the earliest phase of the 2016 presidential race. [Politico] I’m (Ronnie) subject to temporary bouts of disillusionment with politics, and it’s dangerous to attempt columns in such a mood. So indulge me as I make some random observations without final political judgments. [Ronnie Ellis] [...]

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Wondering how directly the good old boy corruption of the Kentucky Democratic Party impacts you? A private utility company in Pike County can keep secret how it spends public money under a change the General Assembly made to the Kentucky Open Records Act in 2012, a judge has ruled. [H-L] Hoo boy, Liberty Christ is [...]

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In the past five years, Kentucky lawmakers have cut the state budget by $1.6 billion. But if something doesn’t change, they may have just begun to cut services. [Ronnie Ellis] Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is taking a page from President Obama’s reelection playbook for his own campaign — embracing Internet memes, data mining and cinematic [...]

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The Murray State University Board of Regents will hold another vote on whether to renew President Randy Dunn’s contract after Attorney General Jack Conway ruled the board met illegally before the first vote. [H-L] Looks like those meth laws in Oregon aren’t doing much for their problem – imagine that. A 21-month investigation by the [...]

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Really? This is the guy Crit Luallen, Ben Chandler and the Governor are all lining up behind? This is the guy they have chosen over other, more credible candidates? Being young and having fun is 100% acceptable. But being young and getting tanked at parties does not mean one is ready to be a state [...]

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James L. Kay II, chairman of the Woodford County Democratic Party, will be the party’s nominee in the June 25 special election to fill a vacancy in the 56th District of the state House of Representatives. His mugshot(s) are going to make it difficult for him to win because those mail pieces just write themselves [...]

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Goodness gracious, what’s going on in Frankfort these days? An internal investigation led to felony charges against a Franklin County Regional Jail officer accused of bringing contraband into the facility and illegally using another person’s food stamps. [H-L] Only a few senators are planning to forfeit a portion of their salaries to charity or the [...]

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