Here are the details, from Ryan Alessi:

Rand Paul: 42.1%
Jack Conway: 37.4%
Undecided: 19.5%

Coupled with the SurveyUSA data showing John Yarmuth’s race within two points, this screams “HOLY SHIT” for Jack Conway. Just as all of these super-close U.S. Senate polls have screamed for months.

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There are crazies on all sides. That is all. [Anderson Hotsex Cooper]
What kind of super-important, life-changing legislation is Greg Stumbo pushing these days? [WAVE3]
A judge refused to halt the execution of Gregory L. Wilson, saying he’s not mentally retarded. [WFPL]
The Kentucky Retirement Systems story just keeps getting bigger. [John Cheves]
Louisville is just one of [...]

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Oh, wait, Gregory L. Wilson asked a judge to halt his September 16 execution. He’s apparently mentally retarded? [H-L]
Bill Johnson, like all people who turn into perennial candidates, says he’s going to run for Secretary of State or the State Senate. [Ryan Alessi]
Teabaggers in Louisville just can’t believe that the NAACP and African Americans would [...]

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In case you missed it last night? The Kentucky Democratic Party’s Republican chairman, Daniel Logsdon, was, uh… he was on teevee. Nice to finally have a spokesperson who isn’t awful, though. You have GOT to check the archive out when you get a chance. [Page One]
A majority of Republicans believe [...]

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In case you forgot, Holly Harris will be on KET at 8:00 P.M. Eastern with Steve Robertson. From the Dem side will be new KDP spokescritter Matt Erwin and new Republican chair of the KDP Daniel Logsdon. Maybe Holly will almost cut somebody like the last time she was on. I wouldn’t cross [...]

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Two big reasons why Rand Paul’s ideas about addressing the drug problem in Eastern Kentucky are completely bogus and not based in reality. [Here & Here]
July food stamp participation in Kentucky jumped another one percent. Up 7,500 since June for a total of 794,818. 794,848! [Ugh]
Things aren’t looking too swell for Jack Conway in [...]

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Remember when Bowling Green City Commissioner Catherine Hamilton got caught giving guys blowjobs in the park? It was maybe one of the best political sexytime stories of the entire year. The Board of Ethics says she didn’t violate the city’s code. If she had blown him inside city property, however, that’d be [...]

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Here’s the latest U.S. Senate polling data from Ryan Alessi.
U.S. Senate race:

Rand Paul 41.2%
Jack Conway 41.7%
Undecided 16.4%

Some other data:

71.3% say Conway will support the Obama agenda if he’s elected
30.4% of those say Conway would strongly support Obama
Paul leads in the 1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th congressional districts
Conway leads in the 3rd & 6th districts

Well, how [...]

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I’m pretty sure you want to win tickets to see the Actors Theatre production of The Kite Runner. So you should enter to win. [Page One]
Haha, Jim Newberry’s city hall is a tower of irony and confusion. Lexington’s never-ending nightmare reigns supreme. [H-L]
Are Americans really this ignorant? 43% don’t know what religion the [...]

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Ruh ro. The latest Rasmussen numbers have Rand Paul at 49 and Jack Conway at 40. Only 7 are undecided and a mere 4 support some other candidate.

73% of Paul’s supporters say they’ll vote for him November, only 63% of Conway’s supporters say the same for their candidate.
75% say Rand Paul is a [...]

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