Kentucky Primary

Embarrassing Protest Highlights Obama Weakness

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Some presidential primary voters in Kentucky and Arkansas are taking a swipe at President Barack Obama, denying the incumbent nearly 4 o...

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Mitt Rolls Ahead With Another Win

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is c...

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Late Returns: Kentucky Primary Features A 'Proxy Showdown' Between Kentucky Senators

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.22.2012

The presidential escapade continues to draw most of the media's attention these days, but there are actually some interesting downticket primaries to ...

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It's Not the Tea Party's Country to "Take Back"

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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November is the election that counts, and we need to make it a clear statement to the bullies on the Right that they are not in charge.

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Conway Slams Rand Paul's 'Empathy Gap,' 'Cold And Callous' World View

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Seizing on a series of politically eccentric statements from his opponent Rand Paul, Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Jack Conway charged the Tea ...

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For Primary Losers, An Independent Future?

HuffingtonPost.com | Bill Lucey | Posted 05.25.2011

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With election results showing convincing wins for Democrat Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania and Republican Rand Paul in Kentucky, some hard analysis awaits ...

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Eight Lessons From Tuesday's Primaries

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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First and foremost, the results from Tuesday night were very bad news for the Republican leadership. Lesson #2: Dance with the ones that brung ya. Voters don't like people who they think have abandoned their core beliefs.

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What May Says About November

Dylan Loewe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tuesday night doesn't tell us what will happen in November. But it does tell us what won't happen. The Republicans aren't going to walk away with this thing. Not without a fight.

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The 'Mad-As-Hell' Party Scores as the Anxious Class Stews

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Do the electoral trends right now signal increasing strength on both political extremes? No -- not really. To the extent these races represent anything at all, it's a swing against the establishment.

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Kentucky Senate Primary RESULTS

Posted 05.25.2011

Follow the latest news and discussion about the 2010 Kentucky Senate race below. Email TwitterLists2010+KYSen@gmail.com if you know someone who shou...

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Democrats And Republicans Could Both Face Major Primary Backlash

Time Magazine | Jay Newton-Small | Posted 05.25.2011

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The proposition that the Tea Party could tear apart the GOP will be tested in primaries this week -- nowhere more so than in Kentucky, where Tea Party...

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Signs That GOP Is Giving-Up On Holding Sen. Bunning's Seat

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

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A couple of very interesting developments in the ongoing saga of the most vulnerable Senate incumbent in 2010 -- Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY).

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KY Election Officials Arrested, Charged With 'Changing Votes at E-Voting Machines'

Brad Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will the voting machine company representatives out there continue to report that no election has ever been manipulated via an electronic voting system?

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Bunning Threatens to Resign Early and Give Dems 60 Senate Seats If GOP Doesn't Back Off

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Jim Bunning is a first-rate crack pot, but his insanity might hasten the speed at which Democrats take back this Senate seat.

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Jim Bunning Will Run For Reelection, Despite Cratering GOP Support

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A Republican family feud in Kentucky is creating headaches for GOP leaders struggling to position themselves for a congressional co...

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Obama's Sexist Victory in Oregon

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 05.25.2011

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Given Clinton's recent major and undeniable race-inflected victories, the increasing charges of sexism, particularly against Obama himself, are misguided at best. This is no way to advance party unity or women's rights.

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Where Is Hillary's Race Speech?

Trey Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Surely her last-ditch message to superdelegates cannot be an argument that America is too racist to elect a black president. That just cannot be the legacy of her historic campaign.

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The Ho-Hum Obama Revolution

Richard Gizbert | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is something extraordinary occurring in American politics, and the nonchalant media coverage of a seismic event, such as what happened in Portland, ought not to mask that.

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The Clinton Vote And The Racist Tipping Point

John K. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night's primary results demonstrate again that the issue underlined by the Clinton campaign is not race but racism. "White working class" does not mean racist-- not in Oregon or Vermont or Iowa.

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McAuliffe Makes Predictions Based On Flawed Karl Rove Maps

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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On today's Morning Joe, Hillary Clinton campaign chair came on to issue a bold statement: "Go to HillaryClinton.com. Send some money." Also, McAulif...

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Election Dispatch: Scottsville, Ky.

R.T. Eby | Posted 05.25.2011

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All but one of the Democrats I talked to at the courthouse voted for Clinton. All of them will vote for the Democratic Party ticket in November, they said, even if Obama is the nominee.

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Clinton calls victory in Kentucky a vote of confidence

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hillary Rodham Clinton cast her victory in Kentucky as an overwhelming vote of confidence Tuesday and said she's still running...

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Another E-mail Worth Reading -- A Retired Rear Admiral Visits American Legion and VFW Posts, Hears About Reaction to Clinton and Obama

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Democratic Party has its work cut out for it with Vets if Hillary does not get the Democratic nomination. Senator Obama has zero traction in the VFW and American Legion Halls.

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Exit poll: Whites help Clinton in KY, not OR

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — White voters played a decisive role in Hillary Rodham Clinton's lopsided victory Tuesday in Kentucky's Democratic presidential prim...

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Obama Iowa Rally Planned For Tuesday

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Saturday the Obama campaign announced that they would be holding a rally in Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday, May 20, the night of the Kentucky and Oreg...

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