Cliff:
I hope you, and everyone else, realize just what Lunsford is. The only good thing about him would be taking down McConnell. He’s contributed money to McConnell in the past and has a checkered past concerning the string of retirement homes he used to run. I’ll I am saying is that he’ll be another Blanche Lincoln or Mark Pryor type.

I suppose by “fun” you mean disgusting negative campaign ads by our boys from Swift Boat, Inc.

I’m with Nelson on this. If I lived in Kentucky there’s no way I’d be voting for either Republican slimebag in this race.

Hey Howie, good to see you here! And Nelson, I understand your point. You guys have to understand my thoughts on McConnell. He is singularly evil. He is the personification of the GOP’s descent into fascism-light (mixing far-right business interests and far-far-far right social issues)…

So that is my position here…McConnell must lose.

I appreciate the heads up from Nelson and Howie.

Over the last decade Democrats from very blue states led by JoLie crumbled under the MSM branding as liberals. It was that pressure that helped the Lunsfords of the world run as vichy-Democrats in red states. If the GOP loses it’s leader and someone very skilled in parliamentary maneuvering, I see that as a net win for liberals. I also see it as another opportunity for Republicans to scream at Rove, “if Mitch isn’t safe in KY, who is?”

I think we all agree, the long term liberal goal is reforming campaign finance.

BTW, Howie, thanks for the great chat with I hope future Congresswoman Regina Thomas.

I love the smell of republican defeat in the morning.

GOP in for an epic fall? I’m good with that.

This is balm for my frazzled soul.

Ditch Mitch is on my short list of Most Loathesome Senators.

Cliff:
I know Mitch must go. I am just warning those here that while dumping Mitch is good stuff, not to get too excited about the Dem that will hopefully replace him. Lunsford will be more like Mark Pryor, Blanche Lincoln or Ben Nelson.

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Lunsford also easily bests McConnell in the charisma quotient…

that’s a high standard to meet!

Get rid of McConnell in ‘08.

Then get rid of McConnell-lite in ‘14.

The best thing about this is that no matter what happens in Kentucky, the GOP will have to spend extra money there to hold that firewall. That’s money that won’t be spent elsewhere protecting even more vulnerable seats. The thinner they have to spread their limited resources, the more bang for our buck we get in our spending.

All the more reason to love, love, love Howard Dean and the 50 State Strategy.

Good point Buggy - and neither McCain nor Bush is a draw on the fundraising circuit. The well’s gone dry. Cripes, they had to move a fundraiser to a private home in Arizona because ticket sales were so bad!

Re McConnell, please PLEASE let it be so…

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I’ll dance a jig if this oily shlump takes a dive.

The GOP bench is getting pretty thin.

-G

As one who does live in Kentucky, I had deeply mixed feelings about the Senate primary. Lunsford has, in the past, not only contributed to McConnell’s past campaigns, but even supported Mr. Worst Guvnor Evah, Ernie Fletcher. His only attractive feature is that he has a chance to take out the giant ball of sleaze that is McConnell, thus (possibly) disrupting the GOP Senate power structure. From a pure policy standpoint, I would not expect a Senator Lunsford to differ much, really, from Senator McConnell, except that I suppose he would at least occasionally vote with other Dems on party-line votes, and won’t be in a leadership position that allows him to gum up the procedural works.

Greg Fischer is a much more solid Dem., and a basically decent guy, but ultimately probably could not have challenged Mitch as effectively as Lunsford’s millions will do.

Like the C-J columnist, I sure hope Fischer has another campaign in him. (Same with Andrew Horne, whose withdrawal from the primary and throwing his support to Lunsford carried a lot of weight here.)

So, mixed feelings here — in the end though, anything that can end Mitch’s reign of fusty pandering will warm my heart.

damn! just got the schaden-o-meter back from the shop and now it lies in pieces all over the FDL wheelhouse again

btw -

Separated at Birth ???

He is the Party Over Country poster child

This is music to my tone deaf ears. Maybe we can say good riddance to McConnell and his harpy wife Drusilla once and for all. The unions would love to throw some coin into this one, I’m sure.

Hope springs eternal.

p.s. - they are having trouble in Mississippi as well - tee hee

doesn’t Mitchy have a few skeletons in his, ummm, closet?

You mean Lindsay Graham, Charlie Crist, Mark Foley… (should I continue?)

I seem to recall hearing something along those lines.

Thanks.

In Mississippi, the GOP uses the klan as their principle GOTV resource.

If we can turn KY partially blue this time around we might be able to turn it even bluer in 2010 with a challenger to Lunsford, unless he changes his ways.

It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

Doh, hey math wizard, 2014 not 2012.

or 2012.

Preview is mah fren

Well I like the idea old Mitch will have to dig up extra funds this year and tend to his own barbed wire fences..

Is there anything we can do, and or should we consider trying to keep the D party from funneling wasted cash to Lunsford? They certainly didn’t help Ned Lamont/

Laura Flanders has a new episode ready of GRITtv: What Will The Next President Do About Civil Liberties? Looks interesting to me. See you all there.

liddy doll in a dawgfite? awww. nooooooo. reely?? heh.

Hot damn! That is mighty fine news. Mitch McConnel is a boil that really needs to be removed!

The non-rapture

If this poll result holds up, we’re going to see them rushing for planes clutching one-way tickets for countries that don’t have extraditin with us.
As a service to our Republican friends, this is the link to the Wikipedia map of such countries: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradition_treaties)

At stake: A domestic program that can heal poverty, out of reach housing, food shortage for low income and homeless, education enhancement, sane renewable energy policy, medical care for every sick person no matter what,an employment program tied to infrastructure needs that reemploys ALL that want or can work, a free press that is required to report the news to the public,an affordable housing program that will keep construction industry rolling permanently and an sound well funded environmental approach to clean air/clean water and species protection.
And last most importantly a department of peace that reports to congress with peace strategies.
Progressive Architecture June 1973 has a series on how to achieve affordable living spaces…it recognizes that WAR is what draws funding away from these domestic products. Most of those design models were never built, instead the venture capital went to the great towers of Mordor that house the Corporations that steal and rob our national treasury. These are the folks that get the huge Bushco tax cuts, forgiveness for environmental pollution and through K Street lobbyist have overwhelming influence on the natonal and state legislators.
Contribute to Blue America Howie is doing a super job. Let’s help by demanding Impeachment proceedings to tar the Republican label with the fruit og their labors…stealing the National treasury for a crony capitalist war. This huge transfer of tax payments has to be returned to the American people.

I, too, take the long-view and the national perspective in thinking it would be great if McConnell and Dole (and Stevens?) were added to the big Senatorial topples of 2006. It was SO good to see Santorum, Burns and Allen get dumped last time on top of all the other R resignations.

You are correct about Lunsford which is why I voted for Fischer.

In my opinion we blew the best chance we ever had to elect a principled, liberal Senator from Kentucky. Because our politicians were so fearful of not beating McConnell they all banded together to support Lunsford. They all said it was because Lunsford had the money but that was just a smokescreen for the real reason. Just like George Bush and the Republicans play the terrorist fear card our centrist Dems always play the “too liberal for Kentucky” fear card and we always end up suffering because of it.

With the GOP brand tanking in 2008 Fishcher had a great chance of winning and if he had been our nominee the money would have come pouring in from everyone who loathes McConnell. The fact that Fischer got 34% of the vote despite the fact that everyone in the political establishment and the Courier-Journal were backing Lunsford speaks volumes.

Lunsford is a corporate animal and he will not represent the “people” of our state. And unfortunately it will be just as hard to get rid of Lunsford as it’s been to get rid of Mitch.

Do you live in Louisville?

I grew up there. McConnell has been one of the most toxic if not destructive Senators and architects of Bush’s Unitary Executive theory and instrumental in running the Senate into the ground.

Moving McConnell out is hugely important along with other downticket initiatives.

Scott McClelland has trashed Bushie in his book and called him the liar he is.

Yup well said drbonzo. I grew up in Louisville.