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DSCC targets McConnell's time in office in new TV ad

10/07/2014 05:06 PM

• by Kevin Wheatley 
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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has made fodder of Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s five terms in office in a new television spot released Tuesday. The ad comes on the heels of the latest Bluegrass Poll, in which 57 percent of its 730 respondents said McConnell had been in office too long and should be replaced. “During his nearly three decades in Washington, Mitch McConnell has consistently put himself first while ignoring Kentucky,” Justin Barasky, spokesman for the DSCC, said in... Read more 

Rand Paul raising money for Show-Me Institute

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is coming to Missouri to raise money — not for himself, but for a free-market think tank.Click to Continue » [...]

Wed, Oct 08, 2014 9:03:00 AM, Continue reading at the source

Gray, Beatty talk about jobs at East End debate
from jmadden@herald-leader.com,By Justin Madden (Justin Madden)

Mayor Jim Gray and Anthany Beatty, opponents in the Lexington's mayoral election, faced off in a second debate in as many days Tuesday, tackling questions about public safety, jobs and…Click to Continue » [...]

Wed, Oct 08, 2014 2:19:00 AM, Continue reading at the source

Memorial service set for Larry Van Hoose, aide to GOP leaders
from Jack Brammer

By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com A memorial service in Lexington has been scheduled for Larry Van Hoose, a gubernatorial press secretary, aide to congressmen and director of the state Republican Party who died last month in Cape Coral, Fla. He was 76. The service will be Nov. 1 at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home at 3421 Harrodsburg Road. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. and a memorial program will start at 10:30 a.m. Van Hoose, after working as a stringer for Sports Illustrated, was press secretary and aide for Republican Louie B. Nunn, who was governor from 1967 to 1971. After working in the Nunn administration, Van Hoose [...]

Tue, Oct 07, 2014 9:44:00 PM, Continue reading at the source

Bluegrass Poll: Kentuckians support airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, oppose using ground troops
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman and Jack Brammer)

A majority of Kentucky voters continues to view the economy as the most important issue facing the United States, but a growing number say foreign policy is the nation's most…Click to Continue » [...]

Tue, Oct 07, 2014 9:00:00 PM, Continue reading at the source