Trey Grayson

Rand Paul Signals Surprising Support For Mitch McConnell

The Hill | Posted 03.29.2012

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a Tea Party favorite, signaled this week that he supports Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s 2014 reelection effort. ...

The Next Generation of Kentucky's Political Leadership

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Don McNay

I recently asked a number of people in the "political know" of Kentucky the question. "Who do you see emerging as the next leaders of Kentucky?"

A Silenced Majority

Michael Bendetson | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Bendetson

As economists warn against the danger of a monopoly of industry in distorting and destroying an economy, our two party monopoly on government is causing similar effects on our political system.

Kentucky Next Tea Party Target After Utah

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — After toppling three-term Republican Sen. Robert F. Bennett in Utah, tea party activists and other conservative critics shifted the...

Will the Tea Party's Legacy Be to Split GOP Tickets Straight into Defeat?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Ostroy

In a year when Democrats are supposed to be shaking in their boots over the GOP Bogeyman's big gains in November that'll sweep them back into power, it is the Tea Party that Democrats may soon be thanking.

Trey Grayson: Sarah Palin Not Qualified To Be President (VIDEO)

Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Is Sarah Palin qualified to be president? "Not today," said Trey Grayson, the Republican establishment candidate battling Ron Paul's son Rand in the K...

Jason Linkins

Trey Grayson Battles Rand Paul With Dick Cheney Endorsement, College Basketball Loyalties (VIDEO) [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

In the Kentucky Senate race, current Secretary of State Trey Grayson is the preferred candidate of the GOP establishment. But Grayson has thus far bee...

Is the Tea Party the New Republican "Brand?"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Ostroy

As recent polls have demonstrated, Tea Baggers are little more than Republicans in wolves' clothing. And what's most interesting is how these rapacious wolves are eating their own.

Jack Conway: Kentucky Senate 2010 Election BREAKING News

Posted 05.25.2011

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Kentucky Senate: 2010 Election BREAKING News

Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Mongiardo: Kentucky Senate 2010 Election BREAKING News

Posted 05.25.2011

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Jason Linkins

Primary Night: A Great Night For Schadenfreude, A Bad Night For Media Narratives

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

The first big primaries of the 2010 campaign season are in the books and if you're a fan of schadenfreude and watching well-heeled political titans hit the skids, it was a particularly sweet night.

To Know What Rand Paul's Victory Means, Look to Pennsylvania 12

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Ostroy

The Tea Party can beat their chests all they want about the "hugeness" of their movement's big victory in Kentucky, but all it portends for the party in November's midterm elections is Republican-on-Republican bloodletting.

Progressives Get Clean Sweep on Election Night

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Cenk Uygur

Obama endorsing establishment candidates who were more right-wing than their challengers was his problem, not the Democrats'. Maybe he should learn something from that.

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

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Reich

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.

Kentucky Senate Primary RESULTS

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Social Web, Insurgent Candidates and Rallying the Base

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 05.25.2011

Jose Antonio Vargas

Does the social Web -- the blogging, tweeting, Facebooking Internet -- work better for insurgent candidates? The answer, of course, is not that simple. If it were, Ron Paul would be president by now.

Primary Results In Kentucky, Arkansas, And Pennsylvania Will Have National Significance

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Party-switching Sen. Arlen Specter fell to a younger and far less experienced rival in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, and pol...

Democrats And Republicans Could Both Face Major Primary Backlash

Time Magazine | Jay Newton-Small | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

Ryan Grim

Conservatives Blast McConnell For Voting 'No' On Audit The Fed Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Just days ahead of a key Kentucky GOP primary, Mitch McConnell cast a symbolic vote against auditing the Federal Reserve -- the issue that is most clo...

Rand Paul: Kentucky Senate 2010 Election BREAKING News

Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Bunning Backed By Kentucky GOP Senate Candidates

Posted 05.25.2011

While Senate Democrats -- and even some Republicans -- seem to have grown tired of Sen. Jim Bunning's (R-Ky.) obstructionist tactics, the GOP candidat...

Rand Paul Tells GOP Opponent 'Learn How To Read'

McClatchy | The Lexington Herald | Posted 05.25.2011

Republicans Trey Grayson and Rand Paul exchanged sharp words on the issue of Guantanamo Bay, and Democrats Jack Conway and Daniel Mongiardo squabbled ...

McConnell Makes Opening Chess Move To Force Senator Bunning To Retire Or Face GOP Primary Challenge In 2010

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Nickolas

For those thinking ahead to the 2010 Senate races, there is no GOP target more inviting than the seat currently occupied by Sen. Jim Bunning.