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Kentucky: Anne Northup

July 30, 2009 - 08:30 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Obama rescues Anne Northup from political obscurity

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

This is absolutely bizarre:
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he would nominate former Republican U.S. Rep. Anne Northup of Louisville to fill one of two new commissioner spots being added to the the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

"I'm really thrilled and looking forward to it," Northup said in telephone interview from Washington.

Northup, who served in Congress from 1997 through 2006, must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

As part of a broad reform of the agency last year, Congress added two positions to the three-member commission that are to be filled by two Republicans and three Democrats.

Northup said Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, suggested her name to the president for one of the GOP spots.I thought we had finally heard the last from Anne. Guess not...

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May 13, 2009 - 07:20 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Congressman Awesome

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

I noticed something about B&P this weekend. We hardly ever write about John Yarmuth anymore. When I began my KY blogging phase seriously in early 2007, I wrote constantly about all of the great stuff that Congressman Yarmuth was doing. He was constantly standing up for our principles and standing up to President Bush, refusing to apologize one inch the entire way. From Iraq to FISA to Article I, John was everything that we want out of our Congresspersons.

Along the way, Yarmy showed Chandler the path to righteousness, then last Fall showed Anne Northup the path to political extinction with a 19-point beatdown.

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April 27, 2009 - 08:37 am
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

Mongiardo’s ICG donations even worse than they appear

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

Last week we shared with you how Dan Mongiardo’s campaign chest is full of the mountaintop removing International Coal Group, whose executives all maxed out to Lt. Dan in the first quarter. A day after the EPA declaration to crack down on mountaintop removal and Mongiardo’s desperate pleas to Washington, the Louisville Army Corps of Engineers decided to ignore the EPA and announce that ICG would be allowed to bury 1.7 more miles of streams in Leslie County. The ICG money then started flowing into Mongiardo’s headquarters.

Ain’t dirty politics grand?

Well, once you look into the background of ICG and their donors, the story looks even worse.

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February 7, 2009 - 12:40 am
NEWS FEED: Bluegrass Roots

If Gay Marriage Decides Our Senate Primary....

By RDemocrat

I recently wrote an article on this site defending Daniel Mongiardo as a Senate Primary candidate despite the fact that he does not support Gay Marriage. Now myself, I don't believe in persecution of any minority. When Gay Marriage was on the ballot in Kentucky I was one of the paltry minority that voted IN FAVOR of it. However, I do not believe that just because a candidate is opposed to it, that means they are lining up to lynch gays at every possible opportunity.
I have not declared Daniel Mongiardo as my choice in the Kentucky Senate Primary for 2010.

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Fri, 11/07/2008 - 23:09
WALLY EDGE

This week's PolitickerKY.com's Winners & Losers

By Wally Edge

This week's Winners & Losers. | CLICK HERE

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Sat, 11/01/2008 - 20:54

McConnell highlights VA hospital funding

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville) held a press event today to announce that $75 million in funding for a Veterans' Administration hospital in Louisville was guaranteed by Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake in a letter sent yesterday.

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Sat, 11/01/2008 - 10:13

Latest Yarmuth ad touts first-term awards

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

The campaign of U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) launched a new television ad this week outlining a series of awards the freshman incumbent received during his first term in Congress.

"John was named ‘best representative for kids,'" says a narrator as a shot of Yarmuth pushing a child on a swing is displayed.

That designation came from a list compiled by the Children's Defense Fund.

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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 14:09
WALLY EDGE

This week's PolitickerKY.com's Winners & Losers

By Wally Edge

This week's Winners & Losers. | CLICK HERE

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Thu, 10/30/2008 - 15:40

SurveyUSA defends its record amid Northup comments

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

SurveyUSA CEO Jay Leve took exception to recent comments from 3rd Congressional district challenger and former U.S. Rep. Anne Northup (R-Louisville), who claimed the firm's polls were often twelve points off in her past races.

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Wed, 10/29/2008 - 13:46

Yarmuth: Skepticism to stimulus package could be outweighed by bipartisan support

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

LOUISVILLE -- U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) acknowledged there may be some public hesitation about a second economic stimulus package, but said the merits of the package he discussed with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) in Louisville on Monday were significant.

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