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Subscribe to RSSCONNECTICUT: “Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley's 1994 divorce was so bitter and contentious that 12 years later, the White House asked him to obtain a signed statement from his former wife --saying that he had never threatened or physically abused her -- before he was approved in 2006 as then- President George W. Bush’s ambassador to Ireland,” the Hartford Courant finds.
ILLINOIS: "Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk has $4 million in the bank after raising $2.3 million this spring, his campaign said today," the Chicago Tribune reports. "Aides said the campaign raised more than $1 million alone in June -- a month in which the Republican was forced to acknowledge and apologize for embellishing his resume, including his military record."
KANSAS: The fact that the two Republican Senate candidates are accusing each other of wasteful spending, despite Rep. Jerry Moran’s earmarks for a Kansas opera house and his primary opponent Rep. Todd Tiahrt’s funding of an inflatable tennis court dome, the AP writes that “in congressional campaigns across the country, one of the age-old tools for getting elected -- bringing home the federal bacon for your district -- has suddenly begun to backfire as government spending becomes a central issue in the midterm election.”
KENTUCKY: “In a troubling move for Democrats, Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo refused Wednesday to say if he would endorse his party's candidate in Kentucky's U.S. Senate race,” the AP writes.
Rand Paul raised more than $1 million in the second quarter.
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That's two bad Foley's the repugnant ones have to repent for. One a wife beater and the other a pedophile pervert. Nothing says conservative like Foley does it?
That's funny that bringing home the federal pork spending is now a big booboo for the repugnant ones in their primaries, bet they'll flip flop on that for the general election.
Wanna hear a good one? Not sure what the fixation is all about, but Hannity is spending a whole hell of a lot of time on Al Gore and this massuse deal. Gore's not in public office, or running for anythig that I know of. Anyway, this ding-bat (JoAnna??) calls in and says "Gore's goinng public with all this now so as to take the spotlight off the Democrats and all their problems right now. He's 'taking one for the party'". How much sense does that make? Especially when you consider the massuse brought it all into the light of day, not Al. And of course, nothing from Hannity to try to steer the ding-bat straight....
What about Maine? We have an interesting gubernatorial race too. The Republican is a Tea Partier, the Democrat would be the first female Maine governor and the Independent may draw the biggest support.
The Indepentent, Cutler, is a long time Democrat with a lengthy national level resume, who is shooting for voters who are sick of partianship. His ads say "I'm like you, an Independent Mainer." Then a string of real people say "I'm an Independent Mainer, I'm an Independent Mainer" etc. Very effective, I'd say.