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Judge strikes down key argument in case to repeal health care reform

June 9, 2011 – 3:33 pm

Although the verdict isn’t in yet, comments made by a judge presiding over the highest profile case concerning the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act suggest that one of the Right’s key arguments against the bill (e.g. the individual mandate) doesn’t hold much water: Specifically, (Eleventh Court of Appeals Judge Frank) Hull cast aside the [...]

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Paul wins Kentucky U.S. senate race (& a brief post-mortem)

November 2, 2010 – 9:13 pm

It’s official. All hail your new Kentucky senator, Rand Paul, aka The Man Who Would Be Jim Bunning. The Bowling Green ophthalmologist and Tea Party faux-messiah has bested  his Democratic opponent, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway. Conway offered his congratulations from his loser’s party, held at Louisville’s downtown Marriott hotel, where the mood suggests a [...]

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Rand Paul is your new Kentucky senator

November 2, 2010 – 7:11 pm

You were surprised? Check back later for the full post-mortem…

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Paul-friendly “curbstomper” revealed

October 26, 2010 – 12:10 pm

Courtesy of Barefoot & Progressive: If you recognize this Paultard Soldier of Male Liberation, contact the Lexington Police Department because he allegedly kicked the shit out of a woman at last night’s KET debate between Two Rich White Kentuckians, aka Rand Paul and Jack Conway. UPDATE: PageOne’s Jake Payne has uncovered still photos of a [...]

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GOP ad calls out Conway flip-flop on Bush tax cuts

October 6, 2010 – 4:41 pm

With the general election less than four weeks away, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has unveiled an ad against Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Jack Conway that accuses the state’s attorney general of waffling on extending tax cuts enacted under former President George W. Bush: And the thing is — the ad is pretty much spot [...]

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Rand Paul Win-watch, Episode I

August 20, 2010 – 1:57 pm

This (and this (not to mention this)) is probably why Democratic candidate Jack Conway is losing to Republican Rand Paul: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT5QWb0Vdmk[/youtube] How else can you explain the Commonwealth’s extremely positive response to Rand Paul, a man whose national palatability ranks him somewhere between a Klansmen and a viable candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1810 [...]

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A matter of graft

July 15, 2010 – 11:11 am

For all intents and purposes, Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo is a political whore. The funny part is that, in a C-J story that all but tells you that your lieutenant governor is a political whore, their headline is woefully inadequate: “Dan Mongiardo says endorsement of U.S. Senate candidate Jack Conway a matter of trust.” Really? [...]

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A Post-Primary Interview With Jack Conway

May 21, 2010 – 3:23 pm

Now that Rand Paul has officially become the de facto face of the 2010 Kentucky Senate Death Match, we decided to ask his Democratic opponent, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, a few questions about the race that’s got everybody from LA to New York and beyond abuzz.

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Mongiardo Camp Nixes Vote Recanvassing

May 19, 2010 – 4:15 pm

The campaign of Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo has just sent word that they’re giving up on a recount of last night’s razor-thin primary election, because, well, the Kentucky Democratic Party needs to “heal” or some such bullshit. “This was a difficult decision.  Many of our supporters have poured their hearts and souls into this campaign [...]

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Mongiardo Campaign to Recanvass Senate Vote

May 19, 2010 – 10:54 am

Sour grapes, or just a public servant doing what he can to ensure the democratic process is as free and as fair as can be? From The C-J’s Joe Gerth: Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo’s U.S. Senate campaign said it will request a recanvass of voting machines and absentee ballots following his narrow loss to Attorney [...]

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