Clinton, Grimes urge Owensboro crowd to volunteer with Election Day two weeks away
10/21/2014 07:53 PM
OWENSBORO — Former President Bill Clinton made his third lap around the track in Kentucky’s neck-and-neck U.S. Senate race, imploring a throng of supporters Tuesday to help push Democratic candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes first across the finish line in two weeks. Minutes after Grimes called herself a “Kentucky filly,” the 42nd U.S. president offered his own equine analogy. Every election cycle, Clinton said, “I feel like an old racehorse.” “They got me in a nice barn, and when it’s election season, they... Read more 
The Chatter: McConnell offering meals and lodging for campaign support; Grimes family business pays servers minimum wage
10/21/2014 06:00 PM
With days left on the clock in the U.S. Senate race the campaigns for U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democratic candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes are opening up their opposition research folders to the national press. On Monday, The Hill published an article detailing an email sent from the state Republican Party to McConnell supporters offering to pay volunteers for meals, lodging and transportation to join McConnell on his three day bus tour of coal country which kicked off Monday. The Grimes... Read more
McConnell, Grimes reach out to African American voters in new radio ads
10/21/2014 02:11 PM
African American voters are being targeted for their support in the Senate race by both U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes who are airing new ads on the radio this week. McConnell’s ad features a familiar surrogate in the Senate campaign with Dr. Noelle Hunter of Morehead who says she supported Obama in the past and is now supporting McConnell in this election. “Alison Grimes won’t say she voted for President Obama, but I will,” Hunter says in the... Read more
Republicans outspending Democrats in final two weeks of the U.S. Senate campaign
10/21/2014 12:05 PM
With recent polls showing the race between U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell virtually neck-and-neck with Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes heading into the final two weeks of the campaign it’s the Republicans who are winning the advertising war. The McConnell campaign has reserved $2.1 million in broadcast and cable advertising between Tuesday and Election Day, according to the Washington Examiner. The Grimes campaign has booked $1.4 million in time for the final two weeks the Examiner reported. Kentuckians for Strong Leadership a... Read more
Bill and Hillary Clinton are the validators-in-chief for Democrats struggling through a bleak campaign season in states where President Barack Obama is deeply unpopular.Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, Oct 22, 2014 7:07:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Bill Clinton rallies Democrats for Grimes; warns Kentuckians against making protest vote
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
Former President Bill Clinton and about 3,000 Western Kentucky Democrats rallied Tuesday to help get Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes over the finish line.Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, Oct 21, 2014 11:22:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Kentucky pension official: 'It's been a challenging start to the year'
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
Hedge funds and other alternative investments are the only assets presently gaining value for the Kentucky Retirement Systems, however controversial they might be otherwise.Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, Oct 21, 2014 8:13:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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