Kentucky: Mark Riddle

Check out the juicy juice from their new press release.

On Mongiardo's last place in fundraising and the polls (to Conway, Grayson, and Paul):
“It is hard to spin being dead last. They can spin, blame and point fingers, but the fact remains that Dan Mongiardo is last in money and last in polls,” added Riddle. "One must wonder when the Mongiardo campaign gets dizzy from all their spinning."
Ouch.
Mongiardo has spent weeks hiding from the press because he refuses to answer questions regarding what he said about the Governor. It is time for Mongiardo to “man up” as the Herald Leader editorialized.
Yep.
80% of Jack Conway’s fundraising comes from Kentuckians.

All my rage aside, what we're seeing right now is the fall of one of Kentucky's last hopes at a unifying figure in Democratic politics. Organizing in the wreckage of the old KDP machine has always been a dicey proposition at best, filled with factions and cultural sensitivities and marriages of convenience to candidates that don't actually represent anything you stand for but that you desperately want to win anyway (Hello, Robin Webb). There's always a tenuous alliance, always a spurned consultant holding his network out of the fight like some third world gangster.

Jack Conway was supposed to be able to rise above that, not just to the Senate, but to the White House.

Pitting these two guys in an intellectual battle royal is like pitting Jim Gooch against Skinny Jake in a hot dog eating contest. Especially on a day like today.

Advantage: Riddle...
“Kim Geveden must have received his formal training as an accountant for Enron. Their campaign’s attempt to save face with their ridiculous press release simply does not stand up to scrutiny.” The simple facts are as follows:

• Jack Conway just out-raised Dan Mongiardo by over $1 million in a single quarter.
• In their only quarter of joint fundraising, Conway out-raised Mongiardo outside of Jefferson County by approximately 2-1.
• The Mongiardo fundraising is on a significant downward trend and they have already spent over 1/3 of their resources.

Impressive. Very impressive.
Conway Raises More Than $1.325 Million for Senate Campaign

"Kentuckians are ready for new leadership," says Jack Conway

Record Breaking: No other Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Kentucky history has raised more money in a quarter.

(Louisville , KY) In an eye-popping effort, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, candidate for the United States Senate, will report raising more than $1.325 million for the June 30 Federal Election report in his bid to replace incumbent United States Senator Jim Bunning. This is Conway's first quarter of fundraising and represents about 60 days of active fundraising. He held his first large fundraiser on May 30.