Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Top Democrats from around the state and the region are scheduled to attend a July 17 fundraiser in Fort Thomas for Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford.
Hillbilly Report (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Hillbilly Report Glendale, Kentucky Ditch Mitch KY. Barefoot And Progressive Page One James Pence Video Murray, Kentucky: Bruce Lunsford walks the parade route while Senator Mitch McConnell sits on his ass and burns $4.00 a gallon gasoline. Senator Mitch McConnell...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Rasmussen (6/25, likely voters, 5/22 in parens): Bruce Lunsford (D) : 41 (49) Mitch McConnell (R-inc) : 48 (44) (MoE: ±4.5) So Lunsford comes back down to earth -- or rather, it becomes even more clear that Rasmussen's May poll was an outlier. However, the numbers are still pretty good, with McConnell failing to crack the 50% mark. On another, but related note: One thing I didn't...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Kentucky Senate candidate Sonny Landham It would be hard to imagine that anyone could be worse than McConnell. He has been Bush's worst lap-dog in the Congress and has managed to use parliamentary maneuvers to block almost every piece of progressive legislation that has come before the Senate. Even beyond his dismal corporate voting record and his unparalleled corruption , a case can be made, and often...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell released results of his campaign's poll from earlier this week that shows the incumbent U.S. senator has maintained a double-digit lead over Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford. In the survey of 600 registered voters conducted by McConnell's polling firm Voter/Consumer Research, McConnell would receive 50 percent of the vote compared to 39 percent for Lunsford,...
Conservative Musings (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Granted, a lot of the photo ops that politicians do are sometimes things they are not comfortable with or are things that they don't do every day. One of Bruce Lunsford's stops in Richmond, Kentucky shows us something he doesn't...
The Kentucky Democrat (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Sent by the campaign: Lunsford “On the Job” at Mayfield gas station Wednesday Democratic Senate nominee uses fourth stop on tour to spotlight failed Bush-McConnell economic policies LOUISVILLE – Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Bruce Lunsford continues his “On the Job” tour of Kentucky tomorrow morning in Mayfield. Lunsford will spend several hours working as a service...
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
SurveyUSA (6/13-16, likely voters): Bruce Lunsford (D) : 46 Mitch McConnell (R-inc) : 50 (MoE: ±4%) This is the second poll we've seen showing McConnell in trouble. A Rasmussen Reports survey from last month showed Lunsford actually leading McConnell by four points. McConnell's campaign subsequently released an internal poll showing him leading Lunsford by 50-39, which...
Conservative Musings (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
This past Friday, Bruce Lunsford attacked Senator Mitch McConnell on the current price of gasoline. He basically is placing the whole problem at Mitch's feet. Maybe Bruce needs to consider some facts: 1) Around the November general election time in...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
A new SurveyUSA poll conducted on behalf of three TV stations shows Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell with a four point lead over Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford . McConnell leads 50 percent to 46 percent. The automated telephone poll of 626 likely voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Geographically, McConnell leads in all areas of the state except...
Kentucky Progress (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Bruce Lunsford got a baptism by fire today when he forgot where he was, tried to cover it up, and then tried to blame it on Republicans. First, he went to Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond: Then, he got his story straight: And then, after the Republican Party of Kentucky had a field day with the slip-up, Lunsford campaign spokeswoman Allison Haley tried to blame the whole...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER SAYS HE WOULDN'T HAVE VOTED FOR CLIMATE BILL Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford told party faithful this weekend that he was frustrated by his Republican opponent's handling of legislation aimed at curbing gases that have been linked to global climate change. He specifically criticized tactics employed by Republicans, led by Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell,...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
By Ryan Alessi HERALD-LEADER POLITICAL WRITER Everything about Kentucky's U.S. Senate race so far suggests that observers should have a Ph.D in mathematics to make any sense of it. Last week, two polls with seemingly conflicting results became public. One, from the Rasmussen Reports opinion polling firm, showed Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford ahead of Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell....
Kentucky Progress (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
The Intrade prediction market has Kentucky's U.S. Senate race tightening. Last trades at midday have Sen. Mitch McConnell at $65 and challenger Bruce Lunsford at $35. Sen. McConnell would do well to challenge Lunsford to state his position on the mult-billion dollar Mortgage Bailout Bill .
Kentucky Progress (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
The prediction market Intrade prices a Bruce Lunsford victory over Mitch McConnell at $38, one week after trading at $17 . A McConnell victory remains priced at $80.
