#DonateToHuckHuck Hijacks Kentucky Clerk’s 15 MinutesMike Huckabee made sure he was the star of a rally Tuesday featuring the right’s new sweetheart—anti-gay marriage government clerk Kim Davis.Sam Youngman
That’s Your Answer?Inside the Kentucky Debate DuelVoters looking for clarity on the Senate minority leader’s doublespeak on ‘all those gosh darn proposals’ or his challenger’s 2012 presidential pick were left disappointed Monday night.Sam Youngman
Red MeatHee Haw Meets Gong Show at Fancy FarmIt’s the biggest political gathering in Kentucky politics, and with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s job on the line, it’s now one of the most important in the country.Sam Youngman
BACK OFFMitch McConnell Breaks the Tea PartyKentucky’s senior senator wants to be majority leader more than anything else and he has been determined to crush conservative opposition in Tuesday’s primary to do it. Sam Youngman
Kentucky DerbyCan Jesse Benton Unite the GOP?He helped Ron and Rand Paul tear down the Republican establishment. Then the ‘sellout’ went to work for Mitch McConnell. Meet the operative who just might bring the party back together.Sam Youngman
Dark HorseKentucky Wonder: Who’s Matt Bevin?Mitch McConnell’s Tea party opponent in the Kentucky race for the U.S. Senate is largely unknown, but his best shot may be to change his name and run as Not Mitch McConnell.Sam Youngman
2016The Audacity of Nope Rand Paul suing Obama over domestic surveillance is just the beginning of his plan to make civil liberties the cornerstone of a potential presidential campaign.Sam Youngman
That Mitch?!Defying Reagan on ApartheidThe Senate minority leader, under fire from Democrats and Tea Partiers alike, wasn’t always so easy to hate. McConnell explains why he voted to override Reagan’s veto on sanctions.Sam Youngman
Kentucky WonderHow Not to Beat Mitch McConnellAlison Grimes’s campaign for McConnell’s Senate seat has gotten this far for one reason: she’s not McConnell. Now she needs to say who she is and what she stands for.Sam Youngman
CalculatedRand Paul Controls the Wacko Bird FlightRand Paul is running to win the nomination, and he doesn’t mind using Ted Cruz as a comedic foil to help him do it. Sam Youngman