KY-Gov - Miller to endorse Beshear in press conference today...

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Monday May 07, 2007 · 11:42 AM PDT

2007/05/07 · 11:42

Jonathan Miller and Irv Maze, candidates for governor and lt. governor, are going to officially announce that they're dropping out of the race at 3 p.m. today (Monday).

Candidate Steve Beshear's campaign has announced that Beshear will be present for this conference, and that Miller will officially endorse Beshear.

I got a facebook message from Theresa Issac (former mayor of Lexington) today asking me to "join her in supporting the Lunsford/Stumbo team." I wrote back "Don't think so - I like to vote for Democrats."

Whether or not you plan to follow Miller's lead in working for the Beshear/Mongiardo team, please please PLEASE don't allow a DINO like Lunsford to gain any traction from this. If the Democrats want to nominate a Republican, they might as well do what he did and endorse Ernie.

Disappointed, but thinking positively...

URGENT - A Desperate Call for Democratic Unity!

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Tuesday May 01, 2007 · 10:53 AM PDT

2007/05/01 · 10:53

This blog community has lined up. Many are Edwards people. A few less, but still many, are Obama people. The Edwards people accuse the Obama people of not being able to take criticism of their guy - drinking the Koolaid and attacking those who don't agree. The Obama people accuse the Edwards people of ignoring his voting record and falling for his rhetoric - drinking the Koolaid and attack those who don't agree.

The problem is - one of them is going to be on the ticket, either at the top or the bottom - perhaps even together. It's inevitable. So let's clear some things up, shall we?

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If Edwards and Obama are both on the ticket, who do you prefer "on the top"?

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If Edwards and Obama are both on the ticket, who do you prefer "on the top"?

John Edwards

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Barack Obama

140 votes

KY Gov - Lunsford's "Blueprint" Plagiarized!

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Wednesday April 18, 2007 · 4:02 PM PDT

2007/04/18 · 16:02

From the Bluegrass Report - biggest Lunsford find yet! (besides the fact that he's been endorsing and giving money to republicans as late as LAST YEAR...)

Bruce Lunsford (DINO - and hardly that) candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, has been touting his infamous "Blueprint for Change" on television commercials and during the recent debates - "You can't built a house without a plan!" he lectures Kentucky voters.

As it turns out, Mark from Bluegrass Report points out, "when in fact he lifted, verbatim, large chunks of the plan from the failed 2006 candidacy of Florida gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis."

Please read on (as if you need any more reasons not to vote for Lunsford, FGS!)...

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Monday April 16, 2007 · 7:27 PM PDT

2007/04/16 · 19:27

Bruce Lunsford is a front-runner in the KY Democratic primary at this point - all this despite a shoddy and underhanded business record and a history of endorsing - and donating lots of his personal fortune to - Republican candidates.

At tonights public TV debate, The Bluegrass Report reports (forgive the redundancy) that labor was giving Mr. Lunsford a "warm welcome" - aka, they passed out fliers on "The Top Ten Reasons to Vote Against Bruce Lunsford for Governor."

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Tuesday March 20, 2007 · 8:14 AM PDT

2007/03/20 · 08:14

I'm not sure if everyone really understands the real result of our gains in 2006, and coming gains of 2007.

I like to play around on 270towin.com, a website with a flashplayer interactive electoral map. Toying with different electoral possibilities, I feel like we did in 2006 - if the Democrats don't capitalize on the gains that we've made in TN, MO, VA, and MT, and the likely 2007 gain in Kentucky (added to their 2006 gain in Congress - Louisville is turner bluer...) - if we don't capitalize on those gains and focus a good deal of energy in getting out those voters, we're incredibly stupid. In addition, we need to focus a good deal of energy on our new early-caucus state, Nevada - with the extra attention there, and their power in the nomination, they could very well go for the blue team, as long as we have a candidate with wide appeal (Obama?)

Here's my predictions/thoughts/fortune-telling:

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Monday December 18, 2006 · 3:21 PM PST

2006/12/18 · 15:21

It looks like John Edwards is set to announce his canidacy!

According to USA Today

Edwards, a former senator who ran as John Kerry's vice presidential nominee in 2004, has decided he can compete in 2008. He is planning to announce his campaign in New Orleans between Christmas and New Year's, two Democrats said.

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Need there be a question?

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Barack Obama

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Hillary Clinton

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John Edwards

91 votes

Tom Vilsack

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Bill Richardson

3 votes

None of the Above

19 votes

IL-19 - Shimkus Dead Wrong on Iraq

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Thursday November 02, 2006 · 9:21 AM PST

2006/11/02 · 09:21

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"By his own admission the past four weeks have been difficult, troubling and frustrating for U.S. Rep. John Shimkus," says the Southern Illinoisan.

I would hope so. Following allegations that Representative Shimkus knew, long before any other member of Congress, even another member of the page board, that Foley was having inappropriate contact with pages, I would hope that his life has been a little bit more frustrating.

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IL-19 -Shimkus did nothing WRONG?!

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Thursday October 05, 2006 · 8:40 AM PDT

2006/10/05 · 08:40

John Shimkus did nothing wrong?!

"I don't know of a single thing I would have done differently," Shimkus said in an interview with the editorial board of The State Journal-Register.

Let's review what we know about the scandal. According to the Washington Post, Shimkus and the Speaker were both informed in the fall of 2005, after a former page complained to his Congressional Sponsor, Rep. Rodney Alexander. The complaint indicated that, in email correspondence, Foley had asked what the boy wanted for his birthday, and that the now ex-Congressman had requested a photo. Read More

IL-19-John Shimkus - Talking the Talk but not Walking the Walk on Darfur

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Tuesday August 22, 2006 · 12:36 AM PDT

2006/08/22 · 00:36

Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL 19) makes a big fuss about his pro-life views. When it comes to the unborn, Shimkus is against abortion, and opposes federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research. On looking at the rest of his voting record, however, one might ask Mr. Shimkus why the already living don't seem to count as much.

I'm talking, of course, about Darfur, the region of Sudan that has been, and is currently being, cleansed, raped, and otherwise genocidally abused, all practically with the approval of the Sudanese government. Read More

IL-19 - Facebook is the Next Big Thing for Candidate Dan Stover

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Tuesday August 08, 2006 · 11:16 AM PDT

2006/08/08 · 11:16

IL-19 Congressional Candidate Danny Stover is making a direct bid for the youth vote. Yesterday, following in Evan Bayh's footsteps, Mr. Stover made his very own profile on Facebook. Read More

The Children on the Stage - Stem Cell Research and the Anatomy of a Misrepresentation

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Thursday July 20, 2006 · 11:48 PM PDT

2006/07/20 · 23:48

The President and Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL19) have almost always (more than 80% of the time) been on the same side of a debate. In the most recent national debate, Shimkus and President Bush seem to share a common cause - namely, no federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Read More

Stover Challenges Shimkus: No Congressional Pay Raise Until Congress Takes Care of Working Families

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Saturday July 15, 2006 · 3:23 PM PDT

2006/07/15 · 15:23

Congressional Pay Raise $31,600
Minimum wage up 0
Living wage - Priceless

Stover Challenges Shimkus: No Congressional Pay Raise Until Congress Takes Care of Working Families

Danny Stover, candidate for the United States Congress in Illinois' 19th District, is calling upon his opponent, incumbent John Shimkus, to reject a Congressional pay raise until such time that Congress mandates a raise in the federal minimum wage.

"As a constituent of Rep. Shimkus, I would like to see him do the right thing and vote to give American workers a raise before giving himself and his colleagues one," says Stover. Read More

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