The McConnell attack dogs at EITB (who I maintain write very well, despite being partisan hacks; Brett Hall, are you listening?) are warming up the hammers for the Senate campaign in the fall, and it’s not pretty:  they trot out the Lunsford donation record that we’re all too familiar with (going to Bluegrass Report’s archives to do it?  Do I need a better argument that this is being ghosted by McConnell staffers?) and open fire:

Like it or not, McConnell’s voting record — based on his view of the proper role of the federal government — has been steadfast. So it would defy reality for Lunsford to assert that he suddenly noticed that McConnell is a conservative. Surely Lunsford can’t be that dim. The only thing that has changed, from Lunsford’s perspective, is that his two prior attempts to win statewide office flopped; therefore he needed a new office to seek, and McConnell is up for reelection.

Moreover, Lunsford’s contributions to McConnell do not square with Lunsford’s campaign theme that McConnell has been reelected too many times. After all, Lunsford helped fund McConnell’s reelection. Perhaps after the Vencor debacle, Lunsford was startled to see his money bear fruit without a bankruptcy or a Justice Department investigation.

Rawr.  Is it possible that Money Mitch, little league all-star, wants to face Greg Fischer in the fall instead of Bruce Lunsford, about whom there is no new dirt to dig up and who has millions of dollars to hurl at that big ‘ol corrupt machine?  In any event, it’s curious that the hatchet is coming out this early–all I can say is, Mitch must be worried.

Aside from that, we have news from the LHL that the donor database for the presidential primary is up– it’s worth noting that even though he’s getting whomped in the polls here, Barack Obama is still the leading fundraiser in the state–among ALL candidates.  Anybody found anything interesting?

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