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  • Expanded gambling bill filed

    Number of comments: 102
    House Speaker Greg Stumbo filed his video lottery terminal bill today to expand gambling at racetracks.

    The bill is House Bill 158.

    According to a statement from the Prestonsburg Democrat who was elected speaker this week, the slot-like video terminals would be an expansion of the Kentucky Lottery [...]
    Posted: January 09, 2009, 9:21am EST
    by Gregory A. Hall
  • 2nd District attacks escalate

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    The war of words began flying in Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District on Friday.

    After the controversial, pro-Democratic Party group MoveOn.org sent out an e-mail encouraging volunteers to get out the vote for Democrat David Boswell, Republican rival Brett Guthrie's campaign called on Boswell to denounce MoveOn.org.

    The Guthrie [...]
    Posted: October 31, 2008, 3:56pm EDT
    by Marcus Green
  • Brandeis grandkids for Obama

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    Two grandchildren of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis -- the Louisville native who was the first Jewish member of the top court -- are speaking out in favor of Democrat Barack Obama.

    Frank Brandeis Gilbert said his grandfather and Obama share a commitment to the "principles [...]
    Posted: October 31, 2008, 1:46pm EDT
    by Peter Smith
  • Our blog has moved to www.courier-journal.com/polblog

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    Posted: October 30, 2008, 11:26am EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • More than 20,000 expected for Palin

    Number of comments: 38

    More than 20,000 tickets have been distributed for the Sarah Palin rally today in Jeffersonville, campaign officials said.

    The rally begins at 6:30 p.m. at a warehouse owned by Capstone Realty Inc. at 100 River Ridge Circle in Jeffersonville. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m., an hour earlier than campaign [...]

    Posted: October 29, 2008, 12:33pm EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Stevens conviction adds to McConnell's woes

    Number of comments: 11
    Monday's conviction of Alaska's Republican Sen. Ted Stevens is likely to be bad news for GOP hopes of holding onto the seat.

    Stevens is up for re-election, facing a challenge from Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, a Democrat.

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., also facing re-election in a [...]
    Posted: October 28, 2008, 3:40pm EDT
    by James R. Carroll
  • Grayson Predicts 65-70% Turnout

    Number of comments: 77
    Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson is predicting that 65 to 70 percent of registered voters will cast ballots a week from today.
    That would produce a record number of voters for any election in Kentucky, but by percentage would fall short of the 73.2 percent of voters who cast [...]
    Posted: October 28, 2008, 12:33pm EDT
    by Tom Loftus
  • Yarmuth Picks Up FOP Endorsement

    Number of comments: 91
    The Fraternal Order of Police today endorsed U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, a Democrat who represents Louisville's Third congressional district.

    Yarmuth, seeking a second term in Congress, is being challenged by Republican Anne Northup, whom he defeated two years ago.

    Yarmuth's campaign announced the endorsement today.

    "It's become'" [...]
    Posted: October 27, 2008, 1:22pm EDT
    by Deborah Yetter
  • Country star to join Palin; ticket info released

    Number of comments: 19

    Country music star Hank Williams Jr. will join Sarah Palin on Wednesday for a rally in Jeffersonville. The singer is rewritten his hit song, Family Tradition, in honor of the John McCain/Sarah Palin ticket.

    Wednesday’s rally – at a warehouse owned by Capstone Realty Inc., 100 River Ridge Circle – [...]

    Posted: October 26, 2008, 6:49pm EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Palin coming to Jeffersonville

    Number of comments: 28

    Get ready Republicans: Sarah Palin is coming to town – an Indiana town that is.

    The GOP vice presidential nominee will be in Jeffersonville, Ind. on Wednesday for a rally that is free but requires tickets.

    The Road to Victory rally is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at a warehouse owned [...]

    Posted: October 25, 2008, 10:41pm EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • YouVote: When are you voting?

    Number of comments: 17

    poll When will you vote? When do you think you will be going to your voting location?



    6 a.m. to 9 a.m. 9 a.m. to Noon Noon to 3 p.m. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Voted absentee Not voting

    View Results [...]
    Posted: October 24, 2008, 1:09pm EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Rothenberg ends watch on Indiana's 9th District U.S. House race

    Number of comments: 25

    It's not a toss-up. Or tilting. Or leaning. Or favored.

    No, Indiana's 9th District U.S. House race between incumbent Democratic Rep. Baron Hill and the former incumbent, Republican Mike Sodrel, isn't one to watch any more this year, according to The Rothenberg Political Report.[...]
    Posted: October 23, 2008, 3:03pm EDT
    by James R. Carroll
  • Big Ten Poll: Obama leads in Indiana by 10 points

    Number of comments: 2

    With Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama making his 47th trip to Indiana today, a new poll shows his efforts are paying off handsomely.

    The Big Ten Battleground Poll, directed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shows Obama leading Republican presidential candidate John McCain in Indiana [...]
    Posted: October 23, 2008, 2:33pm EDT
    by James R. Carroll
  • Obama says there are no "fake parts" of the US

    Number of comments: 2

    Barack Obama told a crowd estimated at 35,000 that there “are no real or fake parts of this country.”

    “We are not separated by the pro-America and anti-America parts of this country,” he said. “We all love this country, no matter where we live or where we come from.”

    Starting [...]

    Posted: October 23, 2008, 12:45pm EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Esquire weighs in with endorsements

    Number of comments: 16



    For the second time, Esquire is making endorsements in the presidential, gubernatorial, U.S. Senate and U.S. House races. The magazine did the same thing in 2006.

    Esquire endorses Democrat Barack Obama for president in a lengthy piece you can read on-line at [...]
    Posted: October 23, 2008, 12:23pm EDT
    by James R. Carroll
  • Kentucky's 2nd District U.S. House race "toss-up"

    Number of comments: 4
    Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, has updated his ratings of presidential, gubernatorial, Senate and House races in his latest Crystal Ball newsletter.

    He is now rating Kentucky's 2nd District U.S. House race as a "toss-up," a change from his previous rating of "Leans" [...]
    Posted: October 23, 2008, 12:01pm EDT
    by James R. Carroll
  • An Indiana pool report you can hum

    Number of comments: 6
    Not every reporter following the presidential candidates can have access to every little event. So the campaigns have rotating reporter "pools," a smaller group of newspaper, magazine, wire service and broadcast journalists who follow the candidates around where a larger group would be impractical. The pool reporters then share what [...]
    Posted: October 23, 2008, 11:42am EDT
    by James R. Carroll
  • Indiana is "Moses of national politics"

    Number of comments: 12

    At a Barack Obama rally in Indianapolis today, U.S. Rep. Baron Hill, D-9th, called Indiana the “Moses of national politics.”

    “We’ve been wandering around in the wilderness for 40 years,” he told a crowd of more than 20,000 people. “Now is our time. Now is our place. Barack Obama will [...]

    Posted: October 23, 2008, 11:02am EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Your election photos and videos

    Number of comments: 1
    With your cell phone you can document and interpret the Election 2008, a historic election for both Democrats and Republicans. One country, many votes and many views. Share your Election 2008 photos and videos from your cell phone. From yard signs and bumper stickers to campaign rallies and personal political [...]
    Posted: October 23, 2008, 9:57am EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Mellencamp on radio for Obama

    Number of comments: 1

    The Barack Obama campaign has released a new radio ad in Indiana featuring Hoosier singer John Mellencamp.

    “This is John Mellencamp,” he says, “and I’ve seen a lot of small towns, but now I’m seeing small towns across America dying. Folks losing their jobs and their homes. Eight years of [...]

    Posted: October 23, 2008, 9:49am EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Obama supporters brave chilly morning

    Number of comments: 1

    On one of the chilliest mornings yet this fall, thousands of people are filing into the American Legion Mall in downtown Indianapolis today for a Barack Obama rally that comes less than two weeks before the Nov. 4 election.

    Obama supporters have their hands tucked into the pockets of winter [...]

    Posted: October 23, 2008, 9:33am EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Taxes, Barney Frank and the 2nd District

    Number of comments: 7
    There's a tussle over taxes in the 2nd Congressional District race.

    The National Republican Congressional Committee today linked Owensboro Democrat David Boswell with "leading Massachusetts liberal" Rep. Barney Frank, who endorsed an increase in government spending and tax increases on CNBC's Closing Bell on Monday.

    Frank also has [...]
    Posted: October 22, 2008, 6:02pm EDT
    by Marcus Green
  • A Bridge to Somewhere (Indiana)

    Number of comments: 1
    Republican Anne Northup today called for renewed attention to construction of the Ohio River bridges project, claiming it has languished under U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, the Democrat who represents Louisville's Third congressional district.

    Northup, a longtime advocate for the bridges project, is seeking to win back the seat' [...]
    Posted: October 22, 2008, 3:10pm EDT
    by Deborah Yetter
  • Clinton schedule tentatively set.

    Number of comments: 12
    Former President Bill Clinton's trip to Kentucky on Friday is complete.

    Jerry Lundergan, a longtime friend of Clinton and a supporter of Democratic senate candidate Bruce Lunsford, said Clinton will headline a rally for Lundergan at 10 a.m. at the Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport.

    Then, the' [...]
    Posted: October 21, 2008, 3:55pm EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • Obama will be downtown Indy

    Number of comments: 6

    Democrat Barack Obama plans to return Thursday to the American Legion Mall in downtown Indianapolis – the site of his largest pre-primary rally in the Hoosier state – before he flies back to Hawaii to visit his grandmother who is sick.

    The event is free and tickets are not required. [...]

    Posted: October 21, 2008, 1:50pm EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Obama to stop in Central Indiana -- again

    Number of comments: 3

    Democrat Barack Obama will return to the Indianapolis area on Thursday morning for an event focusing on his economic agenda.

    The Obama campaign has not released any details yet about the time or place.

    Obama was in Indianapolis just two weeks ago for a rally at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. [...]

    Posted: October 21, 2008, 12:29pm EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Two down, two to go

    Number of comments: 2
    Congressional combatants Anne Northup and John Yarmuth go at it again tonight in the third of their four scheduled public debates. Northup, a Republican, is trying to win back Louisville's Third District congressional seat from Yarmuth, a Democrat who beat her two years ago.

    Monday, the two appeared' [...]
    Posted: October 21, 2008, 12:21pm EDT
    by Deborah Yetter
  • Live from Louisville . . . It's the 3rd District Debate

    Number of comments: 3
    U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, a Democrat, and Republican challenger Anne Northup meet tonight in their second public debate of the campaign in which Northup is trying to win back Louisvillle's Third District congressional district she lost to Yarmuth in 2006.

    KET's Bill Goodman will moderate.

    The [...]
    Posted: October 20, 2008, 10:48am EDT
    by Deborah Yetter
  • Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama

    Number of comments: 1
    Former U.S. Secretary of State, on NBC's Meet the Press, just endorsed Barack Obama for president of the United States, calling him "a transformational figure."

    It will be seen as a major blow to McCain, as Obama has served every Republican president since Ronald Reagan and was once seen [...]
    Posted: October 19, 2008, 10:01am EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • Palin called for a sprint to the finish line

    Number of comments: 1

    Republican Sarah Palin told a wild crowd in Noblesville today that John McCain is a man “ready and worthy” of leading the nation.

    Palin, the Alaska governor and McCain’s running mate, called him “someone who inspires us with worthy and trustworthy deeds and not just words.”

    She spoke to nearly [...]

    Posted: October 17, 2008, 6:26pm EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • "Kiss this," Tippen says to Obama

    Number of comments: 3

    Country music star Aaron Tippin just finished entertaining the crowd waiting for Republican Sarah Palin at the Verizon Wireless Music Center today.

    His song included his hit “Kiss this,” which he dedicated to Democrat Barack Obama.

     

    -Lesley Stedman Weidenbener, The Courier-Journal

    [...]
    Posted: October 17, 2008, 5:06pm EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Guthrie opens lead in new Survey USA poll

    Number of comments: 3
    State Senator Brett Guthrie leads among likely voters in Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District and is widening his lead, a new WHAS-TV/Survey USA poll finds.

    Guthrie, a Bowling Green Republican, would get 51 percent of the vote if the election were held today, compared with 42 percent for rival Democrat [...]
    Posted: October 17, 2008, 4:55pm EDT
    by Marcus Green
  • Hoosier Republicans excited about Palin

    Number of comments: 1

    Thousands of supporters of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are filling up the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville this afternoon for her first campaign appearance in Indiana, just weeks before the Nov. 4 election.

    Palin, the GOP vice presidential nominee, is scheduled to take the stage at 5:30 p.m., but [...]

    Posted: October 17, 2008, 4:36pm EDT
    by Blog Admin
  • Back to the Bailout

    Number of comments: 1
    Republican Anne Northup continues to bash her Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, over his recent vote for the $700 billion bailout Congress approved for the financial industry.

    Her most recent television ad released Tuesday faults "greedy Wall Street CEOs" and says Yarmuth approved "$700 billion of your [...]
    Posted: October 17, 2008, 2:26pm EDT
    by Deborah Yetter
  • A Palin White House.

    Number of comments: 1
    Dan Klepal ran across this website that muses what the Oval Office would look like in a Palin administration. Pretty funny stuff. (For those of you who think we're picking on Palin, we're not. If there are funny but tasteful sites like this that make fun of folks on the [...]
    Posted: October 17, 2008, 1:23pm EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • Obama reveals he was born on Krypton

    Number of comments: 0


    In the tradition of the Al Smith dinner, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain last night engaged in self-deprecating humor and took humorous shots at each other.

    Here is Obama's segment. [...]
    Posted: October 17, 2008, 11:22am EDT
    by James R. Carroll
  • McCain yuks it up at the Al Smith dinner

    Number of comments: 0


    It's been a rock 'em-sock 'em presidential campaign, but last night at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama regaled the bipartisan Al Smith dinner with joke after joke.

    Here is McCain's segment. [...]
    Posted: October 17, 2008, 11:19am EDT
    by James R. Carroll
  • Lunsford responds to McConnell ad accusing Valor Healthcare of killing veteran

    Number of comments: 0
    Here it is. What do you think:

    [...]
    Posted: October 16, 2008, 9:27pm EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • DCCC up with a new ad in KY-02

    Number of comments: 0
    The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has a new ad up in Kentucky's Second District, asking why we would want to send "a corporate executive" like Republican Brett Guthrie to Washington.

    Check it out here:


    [...]
    Posted: October 16, 2008, 8:49pm EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • October surprise? Say it ain't so, Joe!

    Number of comments: 0
    Is Joe the Plumber yanking our chain?

    The Toledo Blade has done some checking on Joe Wurzelbacher, the Ohio man who was oft-referenced in the final presidential debate last night between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.

    The Blade is reporting on its website that Wurzelbacher is [...]
    Posted: October 16, 2008, 1:54pm EDT
    by James R. Carroll
  • Boswell raises $312,409 in third quarter

    Number of comments: 0
    Democrat David Boswell reported this afternoon that he has raised $312,409 from July through September in the 2nd Congressional District race against Republican Brett Guthrie, who raised $250,168.

    Boswell still trails Guthrie in total fundraising -- $1,016,934 to $532,133.

    And Boswell had less money on hand -- $232,104 [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2008, 4:15pm EDT
    by Marcus Green
  • Northup raises $418,000.

    Number of comments: 0
    Former U.S. Rep. Anne Northup has reported raising $418,000 during the last quarter in her attempt to take back the seat she lost two years ago to Rep. John Yarmuth.

    According to her finance report, she's raised a total of $1.5 million and has $764,000 on hand. [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2008, 4:00pm EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • Yarmuth to report $760,000 on hand

    Number of comments: 0
    U.S. John Yarmuth's campaign will announce today that it had $760,000 on hand on Sept. 30. [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2008, 2:58pm EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • Yarmuth to report about $400,000

    U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth's, D-3rd District, campaign says it expects to announce that the campaign has raised about $400,000 during the latest quarter.

    Spokesman Christopher Hartman said the campaign will also report that it has about $700,000 on hand on Sept. 30. [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2008, 2:29pm EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • Guthrie reports $250,168

    Number of comments: 0
    Republican state Sen. Brett Guthrie, who is running for Congress in Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District, is reporting that he raised $250,168 in the third quarter of 2008, bringing his total for the election to just over $1 million.

    At the end of the reporting period, Sept. 30, he had [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2008, 2:27pm EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • Lunsford up with new ad

    Number of comments: 0
    It's got Lunsford talking to the camera again and this claims Mitch McConnell wants to give tax breaks to "big oil millionaires" and that Lunsford wants those breaks to go to small businesses and middle-class families.

    No one has posted it on YouTube yet -- as far as I [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2008, 2:20pm EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • Baaaawaaak! Baaawaaak!

    Number of comments: 0
    The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have a video on the internet that accuses Sen. Mitch McConnell of being "chicken" to debate Bruce Lunsford.

    It features someone wearing a chicken suit and a Mitch McConnell mask.

    The commercial plays off of McConnell's famous 1984 Hound dog ads [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2008, 1:38pm EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • Lunsford reports $3.2 million for the quarter

    Number of comments: 0

    Democratic Senate nominee Bruce Lunsford has reported raising $3.2 million for the third quarter of 2008 -- bringin his total raised for the election to $7.1 million.

    As in past reports, Lunsford reports that he wrote a check for a large majority of [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2008, 1:21pm EDT
    by Joe Gerth
  • Boswell-Guthrie race tightening

    Number of comments: 0
    The 2nd District Congressional race got a little closer yesterday.

    So says the Rothenberg Political Report, which now handicaps the race between Democrat David Boswell and Republican Brett Guthrie as "toss-up/tilt Republican." That's a move in favor of Boswell.

    Last week, the report labeled the race "lean Republican."[...]
    Posted: October 15, 2008, 11:40am EDT
    by Marcus Green
  • McConnell raises another $2.6 million

    Number of comments: 0

    U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell just announced that he has raised $2.6 million more during the third quarter of 2008 -- bringing his total for the election to a Kentucky record $17.8 million.

    The campaign says it had $5.7 million in cash on hand [...]
    Posted: October 15, 2008, 10:06am EDT
    by Joe Gerth

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