Chris Thieneman, the often controversial political figure and current primary challenger of Anne Northup for the 3rd District Congressional nod, is up on television with his first commercial. The winner will face current Rep. John Yarmuth in the fall.
Rick will have more on the story a bit later.

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No Matz: I wouldn’t know a matzoball from a softball, but the Culture Maven is way concerned about a shortage of matzo at local stores. Conspiracy? Is the Pope behind it? It does seem odd, given the surplus of everything else in stores, that the Jewish staple is missing in a town with a Jewish […]

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They’re still letting us on television with our fancy political and newsy commentary and such.
This week we tackled Tom Burch accusing John Yarmuth of selling out, the fancy earthquake and Doug Hawkins’ reign of abject terror.
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It’s true.
Once sane Rep. Tom Burch has gone crazy.
During the opening of the controversial Clinton campaign headquarters, Tom went off the deep end by accusing Congressman John Yarmuth of being bought by Barack Obama.
From Politicker:
Representative Burch said he was disappointed 3rd District Congressman – and Kentucky superdelegate - John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) endorsed Senator Obama. Burch […]

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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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In case you missed it, Rep. John Yarmuth (KY-03) delivered the National Democratic Radio address this morning. Kind of a big deal for the Louisville Democrat.
Listen to it here:

Full transcript after the jump…

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Be aware, Hillary. Over at Page One, Jake’s uncovered another eye-opener, this time involving Steve Henry and the Hillary Clinton campaign. From the looks of things on Bardstown Road, Henry is doing some sort of work to help the Hillary campaign. His old campaign office, right there next to Palermo, is filled with Hillary campaign […]

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Barack Obama’s campaign is opening its Kentucky headquarters in Louisville this Saturday. According to a press release they’ll have Rep. John Yarmuth on-hand for the festivities.
Obama, who has won more states than Hillary Clinton, earned more delegates than Hillary clinton and shown amazing strength among young voters, is trailing Clinton in Kentucky. So […]

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The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved John Yarmuth’s bill to rename a Post Office in Hikes Point the “Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial Post Office.”
Here’s a video of the whole shebang:

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This is a good thing, really, it is, that John Yarmuth is getting the House to vote on renaming a post office to honor some of Louisville’s heroic servicemen who lost their lives protecting our country. But I wonder if the 75 letters that will go on some future sign isn’t a bit excessive. Or […]

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Happy 10th Birthday, Luke. I arranged to get you out of school early!
Podcast Surge: Looks like the C-J’s latest strategy is to lets its reporters read their stories for online broadcast. Earlier this week we noticed the launch of Eric Crawford’s daily Sportswriter’s Almanac (good one today on a UK walk-on being dismissed - for […]

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Louisvillians (and those from Lively Shively) rejoice! The great floods won’t swallow up your home thanks to Rep. John Yarmuth (KY-03).
(Louisville, KY) Today at West County Wastewater Treatment Plant, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) announced that he had secured federal funding for three flood prevention projects in the Louisville area.
“Each downpour should not bring […]

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Does John Yarmuth’s endorsement of Barack Obama for pretzeldent really make a difference? Not much of one.
Would his endorsement of a senatorial candidate make a difference? Definitely.
So, John, if you can make an endorsement in the presidential race you can definitely pony up in the senate race.
Time to make your endorsement of Andrew […]

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Chris Thieneman’s whirlwind journey through the local political scene isn’t over, but when I talked with him last night he sounded like someone ready for a break.
To recap:  Just 20 days ago, Thieneman surprised most local political observers by declaring himself a Repbulican candidate for John Yarmuth’s 3rd District Congressional seat, not the 14th District […]

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Saying he was now ready to “fight a different fight,” Chris Thieneman said today that he felt that we was under “heavy pressure” to back out of his run for the Republican nomination for the 3rd Congressional District.
Thieneman told me that “someone in Mitch McConnell’s inner circle” told him that the Senator had made it […]

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It’s true, folks. Chris Thieneman just announced via the Francene show on 84WHAS radio that he is dropping out of the Congressional race and endorsing John Yarmuth.
Stay tuned to this developing story.
UPDATE @ 11:30:
Joe Gerth has more on the story.
Developer Chris Thieneman said this morning that he is dropping out of the 3rd District Republican […]

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John Timmons is one of Best Buy’s best customers and one of the big box retailer’s biggest critics. Timmons, you see, owns the nationally-renowend independent record store, Ear X-tacy. And he knows the wholesale cost of the CDs he sells in his stores.
So when Timmons sees Best Buy advertising loss leaders at less than wholesale, […]

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Yes, there’s a football game on Sunday, but before all that, there’s plenty of business to take care of this week. Like finding out how long winter will last, courtesy of a rodent in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
But it’s a big week primarily because it includes Jan. 29, the deadline for those running for office to […]

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The way Chris Thieneman sees it, the 144,000 votes against the library tax last fall were, in reality, votes of support for him. So he’s decided that a run for the District 14 Metro Council seat isn’t a big enough deal, and he’s put both feet in for the 3rd District U.S. Congressional race, no […]

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Yesterday, Congressman John Yarmuth sent a survey to his e-mail list asking for opinions on immigration. He’s going to Mexico on one of those fact-finding trips, seeing for himself the seriousness of the situation. It’s the right thing to do, because it is up to Congress to come up with a way to pass and […]

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