Boy, this Senate primary would be really interesting if it were a close race.
The latest is this silly attack ad from the Fischer camp that calls Bruce Lunsford the “mudman” and includes some vintage black-and-white boxing footage. Watch it over at Page One.
Fischer still hasn’t cut into Lunsford’s 20-point lead, no matter what his campaign […]

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That’s right. Someone made the mistake of letting us commies on the teevee! This week Rick discusses the crazy U.S. Senate race and the weird fight going down in 18th Metro Council District.
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A Fine Export: Used to be the Courier-Journal was a fertile training ground for journalists who went on to become national newsmen. There’s no better example than Howard Fineman, who had the political and environmental beat here in the late 1970s, when the paper truly covered the entire state. Now, he’s best known as Newseek’s […]

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I’m sure it’s prudent political strategy, but seeing Bruce Lunsford produce a new TV spot that’s all about Greg Fischer is disappointing. He and his people certainly know more than us, but the new ad is unnecessary. He’s up 20 points with a week to go, and his spots ought to continue to point out […]

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A new Survey USA poll released yesterday shows that Greg Fischer has NOT cut into Bruce Lunsford’s lead in the U.S. Senate race. The results suggest that the political neophyte Fischer is learning that backlash from negative campaigning offset any gains he might make. Or that his mistake-prone campaign staff all need to be fired.
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The C-J Loves Bruce: Who would have thought the state’s major newspaper would embrace Bruce Lunsford? Editorial writers at the paper seem to have gotten over all their past problems with Lunsford the politician in a convincing endorsement delivered Sunday. It’s time for those Dems still holding a grudge against Bruce to get on the […]

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Lovin’ on Bruce: The Herald-Leader’s profile of Bruce Lunsford, by Sarah Vos, couldn’t have been written any more to the liking of the campaign. First, it ignores the existence of a primary opponent, and explains away the Vencor business history in the way the campaign would like, making the point that an investor who held […]

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Here’s what I hear people who support Greg Fischer say most frequently about him: he’s a nice guy, and he’s smart.
So I’m wondering how he justifies the mean-spirited attacks he’s produced on Bruce Lunsford, especially in the face of growing resistance from everyone who’s anyone in the Democratic Party. Today the Lunsford campaign released a […]

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This is a good one. Close examination of Greg Fischer’s personal financial disclosure form reveals that Fischer is an investor in the same Bruce Lunsford companies on which he has based his entire campaign. Fischer has claimed in ads that Lunsford’s actions as the head of Vencor were unethical and disqualify him from public service, […]

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There seems to be no end to the mistakes being made, by the minute, by the Greg Fischer campaign for U.S. Senate. Today, Fischer’s taking some heat for his recent attack ads on Bruce Lunsford from some prominent elected officials — Congressman John Yarmuth, Attorney General Jack Conway, Lt. Governor Dan Mongiardo and State Auditor […]

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A new Survey USA poll released today shows that the U.S. Senate Democratic primary race is getting closer since the last poll, with Greg Fischer picking up 9 percent in the last two weeks while Bruce Lunsford has dropped 4. But the gap is still 43-18, so you can’t really call it close.
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Or how to campaign for Mitch McConnell.
Greg Fischer’s campaign for U.S. Senate has launchd its first real attack ad of the campaign. The ad features an unidentified elderly woman talking about Bruce Lunsford’s business ethics, says he evicted old people from nursing homes while newspaper and internet headlines roll across the screen. It […]

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It’s a good thing Bruce Lunsford doesn’t cut corners on his TV production — since you’re going to be seeing his spots a lot in the next few weeks. This one has a special, new wrinkle — hip use of a picture-within-a-picture. This technique makes his whole point about pictures, one of the reality of […]

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Four weeks from today, we’ll be going to the polls to pick someone to try and knock off Mitch McConnell.
I think Democratic voters will choose Bruce Lunsford, given his gigantic edge in polls and his financial advantage, not to mention the ineptness of the Greg Fischer campaign. I’m not going out on a limb, here, […]

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Bruce Lunsford, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, appeared on the CW’s Louisville Live this morning (Greg Fischer declined the opportunity and wasn’t mentioned) to discuss his race.
Topics of conversation included: Washington, Mitch McConnell, Bush Misadministration taking down middle America, devaluation of the dollar, our beautiful and thriving economy, Steve Beshear asking him to run […]

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Every Friday, as we’ve reminded you over and over again, I (Rick) do a little TV segment at the CW. These segments are proving to be valuable not only for the marketing of our media company and the stroking of my ego, but because I almost always discover a news item or two worth […]

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Careful Opening That Door: Hillary Clinton’s campaign opened an office in Louisville just this week in a building with a controversial past. It was the campaign HQ for Steve Henry’s unsuccessful run in the gubernatorial campaign last year, and is owned by the non-profit The Future Fund Endowment, Inc. Page One has the details […]

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We’re shameless hacks and they put us on television!
Check out our most recent segment on the CW. All of the legislator & lobbyist scandal you can stomach along with political updates from around Louisville.
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From Rick:
My grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s for several years before she died, used to crack me up with the crazy things she’d say after the disease took hold. She also brought profound sadness to our faces when she couldn’t remember the basic events of her full and happy life.
Pauline in her final years was […]

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Based on advice from his wardrobe consultant (*cough*), Rick slipped into a suit and tie for his appearance on last week’s Louisville Live morning show on The CW. He broke some big news on the show — that Bruce Lunsford was going on the air with its first TV spots of the campaign.
Have a look:
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