In an appearance on CNN Late Edition yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) admitted that "the numbers make it impossible" for Republicans to recapture the Senate this November. "Leader McConnell was voicing his opinion about the upcoming Senate races,"...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) continues the Republican obstructionism parade. The nominating process in the 2008 presidential election began in Iowa last week, but the federal government's campaign-finance agency is unable to enforce the spending laws because it doesn't...
TPM Election Central flagged down this quote in a local paper from Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell: "Nobody is happy about losing lives
but remember these are not draftees, these are full-time professional soldiers."
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on Tuesday's elections, which offered good news for Democrats, both in terms of yesterday's gains and the long-term goal of winning in 2008 and beyond to build a permanent Democratic Majority.
The Journal Courier in Kentucky reports today that Senator Mitch McConnell's staff has admitted that they tried to fan the flame of the smear campaign against the Frost family last week.
The Kentucky GOP finding itself more than 20 points behind in the polls is distributing "a fake" picture of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Beshear.
Strange behavior from Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY).
Take a closer look at the anti-worker partnership of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his wife, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao.
Summary of state process
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today issued the following statement congratulating Steve Beshear and Daniel Mongiardo on their win in last night’s Democratic gubernatorial primary and blasting incumbent Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher:
Last week's election provided many despicable efforts on the part of the GOP to intimidate and deceive American voters. Last Tuesday, despite the efforts of Republicans, the American people went to the polls and rejected the Karl Rove politics of hate and division, and overwhelmingly voted for fundamental change.
On CBS's "Face the Nation" today, Sen. Mitch McConnell said that he hasn't seen the Democratic plan to fight the war on terror.
Unfortunately Republicans are up to their same tricks and gimmicks and have used the urgent need for a minimum wage increase as blackmail to try to pass a fiscally irresponsible estate-tax cut bill that would cost tax-payers $735 billion dollars. Republicans should stop playing politics by giving tax cuts to their special interests friends and support a straight up or down vote that doesn't turn the minimum wage bill into a poison pill.
Current Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher(R) has been accused of trying to replace Democrats with Republicans in state civil service jobs. Attorney General Greg Stumbo’s spokeswoman Vicki Glass said in a statement yesterday that the memo "removes any doubt that a...
Republicans know it was the wrong move and newspapers across the country call it "divisive" and "distracting".
The grand jury investigating hiring practices in his Administration today indicted Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky on charges of illegally rewarding political supporters with state jobs.
The Lexington Herald Leader is reporting that a grand jury has indicted Republican Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher: Those indictments cover crimes that may have occurred before Aug. 29, 2005 when Fletcher pardoned all administration officials except himself. On the charge...
Here is a listing of the candidates for Kentucky's third congressional district.
Army General Wesley Clark and Lt. Colonel Andrew Horne, a Marine who served two tours in Iraq, today held a conference call with reporters to discuss the President’s speech in Louisville
The DNC hosted a conference call with General Wesley Clark and Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Horne, a candidate for U.S. Congress in KY-3 against Republican incumbent Anne Northup. The call starts with a discussion of the NY Times revelation that 80%...
Looks like more GOP smiles are coming... A Kentucky Republican Party official, whom Gov. Ernie Fletcher let have a Capitol office and taxpayer-funded secretary, and another party official were indicted Thursday on charges of conspiracy to commit political discrimination. State...
From the Louisville Courier-Journal: Ernie Fletcher has insisted, throughout the JOBTROT scandal, that his administration is an open book. But the e-mail pages checked by reporters Tom Loftus and Mark Pitsch reveal a Governor who is either uninformed or untruthful...
"A special grand jury indicted three of Gov. Ernie Fletcher's subordinates, including his deputy chief of staff, on various misdemeanor charges, including criminal conspiracy and political discrimination."
Kentucky Democratic Party 190 Democrat Drive Frankfort, KY 40602 502-695-4828 502-695-7629 (fax) http://www.kydemocrat.com/ Chair: Jonathan Miller Vice Chair: Jennifer Moore Executive Director: Jeremy Horton...
The Democratic Party is committed to winning elections at every level in every region of the country.
