Reactions to Obama’s address

Here are a couple of official statements from Kentucky’s elected officials following President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night.
From U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell -
“Tonight Kentuckians and all Americans were proud eyewitnesses to history as an African-American president addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time.
“Over the years, there [...]

State’s top Republicans in Bowling Green tonight

Some of the state’s top Republicans will be in Bowling Green tonight for the Warren County GOP’s Lincoln Day dinner. 
Among the elected officials attending are Bowling Green’s U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie, who began his first term in Congress last month, and both of Kentucky’s U.S. senators – Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning. 
Given that there has [...]

McConnell to pay tribute to former Sen. Wendell Ford today

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who over the weekend was honored for becoming Kentucky’s longest-serving senator, will pay tribute today to the man he surpassed, former U.S. Sen. Wendell Ford of Owensboro. 
McConnell, Senate Republican leader, was elected to his fifth term in office in November and served 14 years in the Senate with Ford, a Democrat. 
Here is [...]

McConnell to head U.S. Senate Republicans

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell was re-elected as Senate Republican leader on Tuesday by his colleagues. 
McConnell, who was recently elected to a fifth term in the Senate, said in statement following the election that he will continue to use his “clout to advance Kentucky’s interests and to ensure that our voice is heard.”
Along with Republican leader, [...]

McConnell could be at center of proposed automaker bailout

With recent reports of the economic woes facing American automakers, talk about the recent financial industry bailout has included potential help for Ford, General Motors and others who are chalking up large losses.
Congress is set to reconvene for a lame-duck session next week, and Halimah Abdullah with the Herald-Leader has a piece about what newly re-elected [...]

Grand jury won’t indict Bruce Lunsford, campaign aide

The Associated Press is reporting that a grand jury has reviewed claims that Democrat Bruce Lunsford and a campaign took and erased a recorder following a debate in western Kentucky last month, and won’t be issuing indictments. 
Lunsford, who lost Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race Tuesday to incumbent Republican Mitch McConnell, had been accused of taking the [...]

McConnell’s statement on working with President-elect Obama

  Following his re-election Tuesday, Sen. Mitch McConnell issued a statement regarding his plans to work with the new president, Democrat Barack Obama, after he takes office in January.  
The statement came as McConnell also looked to retain his spot at Republican leader in the U.S. Senate and told reporters he didn’t anticipate any major [...]

AP: McConnell brought Dems on board to win fifth term

Republican Mitch McConnell won his fifth term on Tuesday with help in part from Democratic voters, even those who don’t back Bush or the $700 billion financial markets bailout plan, according to an Associated Press poll. 
Joe Biesk with the AP has a piece this morning looking at what an exit poll of more than 1,400 [...]

McConnell, Lunsford make sweeps through state today

Candidates for U.S. Senate Mitch McConnell and Bruce Lunsford are making final sweeps through Kentucky today to make a last pitch to voters. 
The Herald-Leader’s Ryan Alessi caught up with McConnell, the incumbent Republican from Louisville, in Lexington this morning and said McConnell was reluctant to analyze how the race has shaped up in the last [...]

Another round of hounds in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race

Republican Mitch McConnell’s campaign has offered its own new take on the famed 1984 ad that featured bloodhounds on the trail of then-incumbent U.S. Sen. Walter “Dee” Huddleston. 
That 24-year-old ad had the hounds searching for Huddleston who was accused of running from his record by McConnell, who beat Huddleston that year to win his first term [...]