Kentucky: Hal Rogers

Yeppers. The Courier-Journal brings home the news:
A new Gallup study finds that Kentucky is the unhappiest state in the union, except for West Virginia. In fact, Hal Rogers' Eastern Kentucky district is the most unhappy place in the country. Indeed, if you look at the Gallup map more closely, by congressional districts, you'll find that the least happy places are Eastern Kentucky, Southwestern West Virginia, Eastern Tennessee and Western Virginia. In other words, the coal fields of Appalachia.
Gee, I guess it's not a coincidence that the last 8 months have been the happiest in my life, eh?

But I suppose we should be somewhat suspicious of this, right? Obviously, life around mountaintop removal sites has to be great, what with the adventure tourism and shopping on the flatland development.

A second effort to pass the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in the U.S. House found just one change among the Kentucky delegation from the roll call from the first effort earlier this week.

U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) was the only Kentuckian in the House to change his vote from the Monday roll call, when the bailout package failed before the House.

As today's filing deadline for the second fundraising quarter passes, PolitickerKY.com has provided updates as numbers from candidates across the state become available. Below are links to our complete coverage, arranged by races.

US Senate:

Lunsford brings in $600K; $1.3M on hand

$3 million quarter and $9 million on hand for McConnell 

KY-1:

BOWLING GREEN -- Despite some particularly visible dissent on the convention floor on Saturday, Republican Party of Kentucky leadership was not abated from approving a package of nineteen resolutions and their favored slate of at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention.