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• (Pinned) Added Wednesday, July 31, 2013:  True Blue Party - Kentucky:  
  "Unite, Educate, Take Action-
  Dynamic Democratic Core Values:
  
  
  We strive to unite all liberals, independents, and like-minded individuals in Kentucky. We work to educate the voter on local issues and politics through media and groundwork. We educate the voter. We work to help turn or keep Kentucky Blue, with True Blue candidates that will support laws that better the human condition, by working on the ground and through any media we can. 
  
  
  We are a grassroots roots movement of people uniting, educating, and taking action. We bring our voices in solidarity to speak for those who cannot be heard."
  
  
  
• (Pinned) Added Wednesday, July 31, 2013:  Living Blue in Kentucky:  Yes, you can.. be Blue in Kentucky, that is.



• Added August 1, 2013:  Hmm... Yesterday the pollsters had the Kentucky Senate race as "Likely Republican" as it seemed that current Senate minority leader had a firm grip on his seat in red Kentucky.  But today, not so.  Reported at Huffington Post:
  
  
  "New poll numbers released on Thursday hold troubling signs for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
  
  
  According to the survey -- conducted by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling on behalf of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy For America -- Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky's Democratic secretary of state who officially entered the race on Tuesday, leads the longtime senator by one point, with 45 percent to McConnell's 44 percent. While her lead is within the margin of error, the poll also underscored some broader issues that McConnell is likely to face as he campaigns for a sixth term."  The article goes on to mention turtleman's general unpopularity even in red Kentucky.  It mentions other recent polls, and highlights the McConnell campaign's response:  Something to do with George Soros and Obama releasing a fictitious poll.. Though PPP, a Democratic polling firm, was pretty much on track in terms of results in 2012.  But you know, that Soros guy....  That rich billionaire who wants to roll back the minimum wage.... Oh, no...  The billionaires who want to get rid of the minimum wage are Republican billionaires!  I really have no idea why the Republicans don't like Soros other than he is a rich guy who funds populist causes.  Could that be it?        
  
  This Senate contest continues to be a race of national importance. 
        
• Added August 1, 2013:  More on Senator Mitch McConnell's Tea Party challenger.. It seems as though good ol' Mitch is getting hit from both sides today, doesn't it?
  
  
  From last week:  Matt Bevin would be more than a pesky distraction:
  
  
  "Bevin is going to be more than a pesky distraction to Sen. McConnell," Rhodebeck said. She said McConnell is "going to have to spend money and time on the primary, and it's clear he'd much rather be attacking Grimes right now."
  (McConnell's campaign manager Jesse) Benton said McConnell "will keep his focus where it belongs: working hard for Kentucky every day." He said the campaign team will have no problem dealing with both Bevin and Grimes.
  
  
  Well, of course that's what McConnell's campaign manager would say.  
  
  
  Meanwhile, this came out Tuesday:  Matt Bevin challenges McConnell to sign a pledge to defund Obamacare:
  
  "Mitch McConnell's rhetoric on defeating Obamacare is nothing but empty promises," (Challenger Matt) Bevin said. "I challenge Mitch McConnell to join me in signing the pledge to defund Obamacare. Instead of playing political games, it's time to stand up for the people of Kentucky."
  Mighty Mitch's campaign manager Benton is pretty quick with the comebacks, and it seems as though he might earn his money this time around:   "When Senator McConnell became the first lawmaker to launch coordinated opposition to Obamacare back in 2009, political opportunist Matt 'Bailout' Bevin was busy racking up tax liens on his business and million dollar New England vacation home," Benton said. "There isn't a single member of Congress who has fought Obamacare harder or longer than Mitch McConnell and he has repeatedly said if he has the opportunity to defund or repeal the law he will not hesitate."
  
  Sigh.  I have no idea how tax liens has anything to do with Affordable Health Care.  And I still don't understand why all of these guys are so anxious to deny millions of people who are counting the days until they can get health care.  Explain that to me, one of you Republicans out there.
  
  
• Added Wednesday, July 31, 2013:  This political ad actually brought tears to my eyes. Alison Lundergan Grimes, the current Kentucky Secretary of State and a Democrat, is challenging Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, for his Senate seat.  This one will be tough for the Democrats to win, and the prognosticators have Kentucky in the "Likely Republican" column.  She'll need national help to pull this one out. 
  Watch the tearjerker ad (and read the story) HERE, and then see what big gun is helping Alison HERE.
  
• Added Monday, July 29, 2013:  Mitch McConnell Gets a Tea Party Challenger