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McConnell refuses to take questions in Tompkinsville
What he wasn’t doing was answering a reporter’s questions.
When the reporter approached McConnell aide Terry Carmack about 10 minutes prior to the parade and asked to interview the Republican U.S. Senator, Carmack said, “We’re on a very, very tight schedule.”
After conferring with McConnell, the two men walked away. But McConnell continued shaking hands with other parade participants and posed for a photo or so before walking back to the convertible that was to carry him through downtown Tompkinsville.
http://www.dailyindependent.com/news/article_8f79f89c-3073-11e4-995c-001a4bcf887a.html
FUCK THE RNC...
Something about her campaign not having the proper permits for a campaign bus and renting it from her father's company...
Really?
MCCONNELL'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER JUST RESIGNED OVER A BRIBERY SCANDAL...
Does lack of NKY money mean McConnell’s support down?
In the year’s second quarter, Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes has found Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties very generous to her campaign, earning almost six times as much from the region as her Republican opponent, Sen. Mitch McConnell. Since she entered the race last year, Grimes has received double the amount in campaign contributions from Northern Kentucky that McConnell has, an Enquirer analysis found.
Democrats and Republicans don’t think it will mean the heavily Republican area of Northern Kentucky will go for Grimes, but it might indicate tepid support for McConnell among Republicans.
Some suggest residual resentment over tea party candidate Matt Bevin’s loss to McConnell in the primary might be in play among Republicans in Northern Kentucky. There’s a strong tea party presence in Northern Kentucky, said Brett Gaspard, chairman of the Boone County Republicans.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/08/28/lack-nky-money-mean-mcconnells-support/14776289/
Kentucky AFL-CIO Says McConnell’s Campaign in Shambles
August 29th, Frankfort – Kentucky AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan made the following statement in response to news that Sen. Mitch McConnell’s campaign manager, Jesse Benton resigned: “Mitch’s campaign is in shambles. The McConnell campaign is self-destructing from within.
"McConnell's gambit to appeal to tea partiers by hiring Jesse Benton, Ron Paul's former campaign manager, was a serious error. Knowledge of Benton's potential legal and ethical breaches were well known and McConnell's hiring of Benton reveals a serious lack of due diligence. Benton's involvement in illegal campaign activities in Iowa is just the tip of the iceberg for McConnell's campaign. McConnell owes the voters of Kentucky an explanation for hiring Benton and paying him hundreds of thousands of dollars while knowing about his tainted past."
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s6rvrf
THREAT TO PRESIDENT: Secret Service and CT State Police on lookout for man armed with assault rifle
State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance confirmed they were notified by the Secret Service and that state police personnel were notified.
Vance could not provide additional information and said it was a Secret Service investigation.
President Obama is in Rhode Island Friday night and was scheduled to arrive at 6:10 p.m. for a DCCC event at a private residence, according to his schedule. He will depart Rhode Island at 8:50 p.m.
http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/hc-president-threat-0830-20140829,0,7715943.story
FRIDAY NEWS DUMP: Mitch McConnell's campaign manager resigns after Iowa bribery scandal deepens
Benton told the Herald-Leader that he met with McConnell Friday afternoon and offered his resignation, which McConnell "reluctantly accepted."
Benton said he offered his resignation, effective Saturday, with a "heavy heart."
He maintained his innocence, faulting "inaccurate press accounts and unsubstantiated media rumors."
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/08/29/3402571_mitch-mcconnells-campaign-manager.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
Mitch McConnell's campaign manager resigns after Iowa bribery scandal deepens
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
Jesse Benton, the campaign manager for U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, will resign his post as a bribery scandal from the 2012 presidential campaign threatens to envelop Benton and become a major distraction for McConnell's campaign.
Benton told the Herald-Leader that he met with McConnell Friday afternoon and offered his resignation, which McConnell "reluctantly accepted."
Benton said he offered his resignation, effective Saturday, with a "heavy heart."
He maintained his innocence, faulting "inaccurate press accounts and unsubstantiated media rumors."
Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/08/29/3402571_mitch-mcconnells-campaign-manager.html
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks TX law that would stop abortions at majority of facilities statewide.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/505473076340219905---
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled that requiring abortion facilities to comply with the standards of ambulatory surgical centers would reduce access so much that it would put an unconstitutional burden on Texas women seeking the procedure.
"The ambulatory-surgical-center requirement is unconstiutional because it imposes an undue burden on the right of women throughout Texas to seek a previabilty abortion," Yeakel ruled, blocking enforcement of the requirement scheduled to take effect Monday.
The ruling represents a major victory for a coalition of abortion providers who challenged the law, but it may be a short-lived triumph. The case is expected to be appealed, and the providers will have to hope to avoid a repeat of last fall, when Yeakel struck down a different part of the law only to have his decision quickly reversed by the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
http://www.chron.com/default/article/Federal-judge-expected-to-rule-on-Texas-abortion-5721398.php
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