'06 Will Be The Epic Battle

Political types keep saying we need to stop letting the 2007 statewide races distract from the Congressional, General Assembly, and local races happening this year.

There is no chance of that happening. "I'm concentrating on the 2006 elections" is code for "Don't ask me any hard questions about next year's Governor's race." But the aftershocks of 2006 will still be felt well into the 2007 election season. And then we start on 2008.

Speaking of 2008, here is one for John McCain.

Here Come The 2007 Dems

Steve Henry is set to announce tomorrow his choice of a running mate: state Treasurer Jonathan Miller.

Jerry Lundergan As Sandy Berger

Remember when former Clintonista Sandy Berger got caught sneaking classified documents in his socks? I thought Jerry Lundergan might be doing the same thing when I read this story in which he contradicted media reports and his own campaign finance filings to claim KDP is doing well financially.

The question is, where is he hiding the money?

Time To Apologize To Larry Forgy

Larry Forgy had a bad day yesterday.

In addition to losing the vote for a seat on the Kentucky Republican Party Executive Committee -- which should be a given for a former gubernatorial nominee -- he got slandered in the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Letter writer Kurt Volk of Lexington said "Remember Larry Forgy, who kept almost $1 million in campaign funds after pulling out?"

This never happened. Kurt Volk of Lexington is making stuff up to attack Republicans. The Herald-Leader should apologize for printing this.

Mark Twain On Fletcher/Pence

Rumors of Steve Pence's political demise have been greatly exaggerated.

Lucas First Dem To Get 'Liebermanned'

SurveyUSA.com reports Republican Rep. Geoff Davis leading Democrat challenger Ken Lucas in their latest poll.

If the widely anticipated Dem takeover of Congress is turned back this November, the post-mortem on the election will be very interesting. And it will have a lot to do with the lack of new ideas on the Democrat side. But also, Republican supporters are going to have long talks with their elected representatives. Being better than Democrats is one thing, but simply taking that for granted and continuing the spending orgy is a terrible disservice to our nation.

Saturday Morning Violence

Hey, who needs cartoons? This morning at RPK Headquarters the state Executive Committee will witness a battle of surrogates for Governor Ernie Fletcher and Senator Mitch McConnell.

Larry Forgy and Steve Pence's Chief of Staff Steve Huffman are both vying for an open at-large seat on the committee.

The last time Larry fought a battle there in February of 2004, he was successful with the backing of Senator McConnell.

The environment has changed a little since then.

GOP 2007 Fight Begins

Billy Harper has his running mate.

Dick Wilson of Paducah has signed on with Harper to run as a slate against Ernie Fletcher.

More Gubernatorial Intrigue

Sources report Rep. Lonnie Napier will be among the growing crowd of Trey Grayson supporters at the Louisville fundraiser tonight.

Please, No Exoneration Pep Rallies

Now that Governor Fletcher can't be charged in the merit hiring case, he should go to Louisville tonight to support his Secretary of State.

Hubbard: "Confused" About Civil Unions

Convicted felon state Senate candidate Carroll Hubbard told Project Vote Smart he opposes same-sex civil unions.

Then he inexplicably attacks an entire region of the state like this:

"Civil unions between same-sex couples - the public needs educated as to what this includes. Most western Kentuckians are opposed to same-sex marriage but are confused as to civil unions between same-sex couples."

You want to try that again, Carroll?

The Next Big Thing In Frankfort

Kentucky's General Assembly passed an unconstitutional budget this year.

Some pretty high profile people are about to break their silence on this, too.

Here is some background info, courtesy of the Bluegrass Institute.

More Good News For America

Now that the United States has unilaterally -- with England and Pakistan -- violated the civil rights of two dozen more Islamic freedom fighters actively seeking to kill Americans, Democrats look pretty silly thinking they can win elections on raising the minimum wage and surrendering the war.

McCain Coming To Kentucky

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) will speak at a fundraiser for the KY Senate Republican Trust on Monday September 25, 2006.

Memo to Hillary Clinton: he will be leaving the proceeds here to benefit Kentuckians.

Little Birdy Report: KY GOV 2007

Spotted together at the Lexington Bluegrass Airport this afternoon were Paducah businessman Billy Harper and State Rep. Lonnie Napier (R-Lancaster).

The 7% Destruction Of Democrats

Understanding the gap between perception and reality is pretty important when it comes to public policy, especially when we are at war.

Enter Harry Reid and Chucky Schumer. In a joint statement, they said "The perception was that (Lieberman) was too close to George Bush and this was, in many respects, a referendum on the president more than anything else."

That might be interesting, but in reality today they are turning the Democratic Party into the war protesting party based on yesterday's vote of slightly more than 7% of the registered voters in the state of Connecticut.

Affording Enviro-Fascists Here At Home

Now that British Petroleum's screw-up is going to cut oil supply (and raise gas prices) we must take another look at Alaska.

Fletcher Campaign Imploding Over Grayson

Two sites (here and here)have picked up yesterday's Kentucky Progress story about Fletcher campaign people trying to shut down a Trey Grayson fundraiser. (How about a link, boys?)

This story is developing rapidly and sources have suggested a bombshell announcement may be coming this afternoon related to this story.

This wound is self-inflicted, guys.

Kathy Stein Lies For ACLU

The internet makes it much more difficult for moonbats to do this stuff.

Rep. Kathy Stein is on the Sue Wylie Show this morning denying that the ACLU ever represented the pro-pedophile group North American Man/Boy Love Association.

Gotcha.

Lieberman Loses

There has been and will continue to be massive speculation over what Ned Lamont's primary victory over Sen. Lieberman means.

I don't think it matters much. Sure, the Daily Kos boys finally won one, sort of. It was a primary and Lieberman will win the general as an independent.

Other than a few big Dems falling over themselves about who to support, there is nothing to see here. Move along...