U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell visited Cumberland County Monday, while campaigning in Southern Kentucky. During the visit, Senator McConnell spoke to constituents on the courthouse steps in Burkesville about the importance of his leadership on behalf of Kentucky.
Over the years, Senator McConnell has secured $855,000 for weather transmitters throughout Kentucky. Some of these funds went toward the purchase of a new transmitter in Burkesville.
Senator McConnell also used his clout to secure a buyout for Kentucky's tobacco farmers, meaning that tobacco growers and quota holders in Cumberland County will receive $13,435,373 over the length of the buyout.
The McConnell for Senate Bus Tour also visited Green, Taylor, Adair, Russell, Clinton, and Monroe counties Monday.
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell made a stop in Adair County Monday, while campaigning in Southern Kentucky. During the visit, Senator McConnell spoke to constituents at the Adair County Courthouse in Columbia about the importance of his leadership on behalf of Kentucky.
Over the years, Senator McConnell has secured $500,000 for the reconstruction of KY Hwy 61 from Greensburg to Columbia, which will improve safety and allow trucks to travel on the road. The Senator also included $1.4 million for the Columbia/Adair County Industrial Park to extend water lines to the park.
Senator McConnell also used his clout to secure a buyout for Kentucky's tobacco farmers, meaning that tobacco growers and quota holders in Adair County will receive $24,362,653 over the length of the buyout.
The McConnell for Senate Bus Tour also visited Green, Taylor, Russell, Clinton, Cumberland and Monroe counties Monday.
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell visited Russell County Monday, while campaigning in Southern Kentucky. During the visit, Senator McConnell spoke to constituents on the Russell County Courthouse steps in Jamestown about the importance of his leadership on behalf of Kentucky.
Senator McConnell used his clout to secure a buyout for Kentucky's tobacco farmers, meaning that tobacco growers and quota holders in Russell County will receive $17,937,012 over the length of the buyout.
The McConnell for Senate Bus Tour also visited Green, Adair, Taylor, Clinton, Cumberland and Monroe counties Monday.
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell visited Taylor County Monday, while campaigning in Southern Kentucky. During the visit, Senator McConnell spoke to constituents at the Creekside Restaurant in Campbellsville about the importance of his leadership on behalf of Kentucky.
Over the years, Senator McConnell has secured $1 million to extend sewer lines to residents of South Campbellsville area along KY Hwy 70. The senator also secured $720,000 for the purchase of the historic Homeplace on the Green River. Senator McConnell used his clout to direct $2 million for the Campbellsville University Technology Training Center for the construction of a facility to train dislocated workers.
The McConnell for Senate Bus Tour also visited Green, Adair, Russell, Clinton, Cumberland and Monroe counties Monday.
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell visited Green County Monday, while campaigning in Southern Kentucky. During the visit, Senator McConnell spoke to constituents at the Public Square in Greensburg about the importance of his leadership on behalf of Kentucky.
Over the years, Senator McConnell has secured $500,000 for the reconstruction of KY Hwy 61 from Greensburg to Columbia, which will improve safety and will allow trucks to travel on the road.
The senator also secured $855,000 for weather transmitters throughout Kentucky. Some of these funds went toward the purchase of a new transmitter in Greensburg.
Senator McConnell also used his clout to secure a buyout for Kentucky's tobacco farmers, meaning that tobacco growers and quota holders in Green County will receive $31,568,877 over the length of the buyout.
The McConnell for Senate Bus Tour also visited Adair, Taylor, Russell, Clinton, Cumberland and Monroe counties Monday.
Senator Mitch McConnell completed Day One of his statewide bus tour in Monroe County, after visiting Green, Taylor, Russell, Adair, Clinton, and Cumberland Counties prior. McConnell spoke to hundreds of people today in these seven counties, touting his ability to deliver for Kentucky in the U.S. Senate.
“The question in this election is: will Kentucky go to the back row, or will it continue to enjoy the privileges of having a Senator in leadership in Washington D.C.,” McConnell said. At the various stops, he touted what he’s been able to accomplish, such as:
Securing tens of millions of dollars for farmers in the tobacco buyout legislation, helping farmers in all of the counties he visited today.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars for new weather transmitters, including one in Burkesville.
$500,000 for the reconstruction of KY Highway 61 from Greensburg to Columbia, which will improve safety and allow trucks to travel on the road. The Senator also included $1.4 million for the Columbia/Adair County Industrial Park to extend water lines to the park.
$750,000 to expand access to Alligator II Marina and develop additional parking facilities at Lake Cumberland.
$1 million to extend sewer lines to residents of South Campbellsville area along KY Hwy 70.
$720,000 for the purchase of the historic Homeplace on the Green River.
$2 million for the Campbellsville University Technology Training Center for the construction of a facility to train dislocated workers.
“These projects lead to economic development in the counties I visited today, and the people here know it,” McConnell said. “I am confident they will look at my record of delivering for Kentucky and determine that my leadership is good for their county, and good for our state as a whole.”
McConnell’s bus tour will make 62 stops and travel four thousand miles before it wraps up in two weeks.
Kentucky Senate President David L. Williams joined McConnell on the tour.
“The level of enthusiasm and crowds that showed up to voice their support for Senator McConnell was indeed gratifying. His is a campaign definitely with momentum as we head into the last two weeks,” Williams said.
Senator McConnell’s wife, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, introduced McConnell at the events.
“I see how tirelessly Mitch works for the people of Kentucky, and as someone who loves this state we need Mitch in Washington fighting for us,” Chao said.
McConnell was joined at various points by Congressman Ed Whitfield, State Senator Brett Guthrie, Candidate for Congress, State Representative candidate Bam Carney, State Representative Jamie Comer, and several local officials.
The Messenger-Inquirer has endorsed Senator Mitch McConnell. The editorial board says, “it is impossible to ignore what McConnell has done for Owensboro and Daviess County.”
Mitch McConnell's status in the U.S. Senate and his reputation as a smart, highly skilled politician on the Republican side reflects well on Kentucky, the same way Wendell Ford's rise to a Democratic Party leadership position in the Senate was good for Kentucky.
But that's just part of the reason we think he should be returned to Washington.
McConnell's presence on the national stage and his reputation as one of the few people who actually call the shots on a day-to-day basis in the Senate, and thereby the federal government, brings positive recognition to Kentucky. He's right when he speaks of his ability to advocate strongly on Kentucky's behalf, and that certainly includes Owensboro and the surrounding area. It's not something to be underestimated or quickly dismissed without considering the real consequences.
It is impossible to ignore what McConnell has done for Owensboro and Daviess County capital projects. He secured $3 million to build the new H.L. Neblett Community Center, $1 million to integrate the city-county 911 system and $50 million for riverfront development. By McConnell's accounting, he brought $500 million to Kentucky just in the last year.
… We also believe that whatever happens on Nov. 4, the country will need experienced, steady leaders come January. It is hoped that two or three months from now the national economic crisis that is gripping the United States today will have turned for the better, but even if it has, the new year will bring formidable challenges on a host of fronts. McConnell has the knowledge to take a measured approach to the great issues of this extraordinary time. That's what the country needs and McConnell, if he will dedicate himself to it, can be one of the ones to do it.
Saying Senator Mitch McConnell would be “too tough to replace,” the Kentucky Enquirer has endorsed Mitch McConnell.
Sen. Mitch McConnell tells us that he believes "divided government is best," meaning splitting control of the legislative and executive branches between the Republicans and Democrats.
That's not to say the Kentucky Republican, the Senate minority leader, wouldn't like the GOP to come out on top of everything in this fall's elections. But McConnell is a political realist who sees the likelihood of the Democrats maintaining and probably expanding their majorities in the House and Senate. Working from the minority, he will have to have a bi-partisan approach if he wants to get things done.
"Leadership involves big egos and sharp elbows," he told the Enquirer Editorial Board. "We have a very ideologically diverse conference, but the way things happen is in the middle."
McConnell entered the Senate in 1984. In 2005 he became the longest serving senator from Kentucky in the state's history and in 2006 he became Senate Republican leader. He is not shy about using his position to benefit Kentucky, bringing home $500 million in federal projects last year.
We often have decried the "earmarking" practice of legislators packing their favorite projects into federal spending bills. But McConnell is a master of the art and defends it as "a tussle over spending priorities between the administration and the legislature." It's not that simple, of course. Earmarks warp the budgeting process to the whims of powerful members. The result is usually an increase in spending as members approve each other's piles of pork.
Still, it is beyond argument that McConnell's influence in this system has been good for Kentucky. The projects he brought into the state recently include $5 million in earmarks for Northern Kentucky University. "Which part of that would you like rather seen go somewhere else?" he asked last month during a debate with his Democratic opponent, Bruce Lunsford.
McConnell's position as minority leader puts him in the middle of virtually every issue in Congress. That will be especially important in the coming term as Congress grapples with energy policy and the nation's crumbling highway infrastructure. Both issues are very close to Kentucky and Ohio. There is bipartisan support now for a varied energy policy that includes offshore drilling, and alternative fuels, including the development of clean coal. Kentucky and Ohio sit atop vast coal reserves and McConnell's position in Washington will benefit the region as those resources are developed.
Likewise, the Brent Spence Bridge across the Ohio River is a $3.5 billion problem that will need strong federal support to fix - support McConnell will be in a position to provide. …
Bruce Lunsford won’t answer questions about the financial rescue package, won’t say how he would’ve voted, and has no plan for turning our economy around.
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said his vote for a $700 billion bailout of the nation's financial system shouldn't be considered a political liability even as the issue has become a major theme of his re-election race.
"It's not fair to paint this as some kind of fatal vote when you've got such a huge bipartisan majority voting for it," McConnell said Saturday in his first detailed discussion with Kentucky reporters of the vote he took 11 days ago.
The bill passed the Senate 74-25 on Oct. 1, and two days later in the House on a 263-171 vote.
… McConnell, however, argues that the move was necessary to lubricate a credit system that was about to grind to a halt, drying up loans for businesses and individuals.
"Do we do unpopular things from time to time in government? Yeah. But I think the feeling about it has gotten better," he said. "I thought it was important to do for the country regardless of when it came up, whether it came up during an election or not. We're not sent there to avoid doing important things for America."
… Lunsford, who ran in the Race for a Cure in Louisville that raised money for breast cancer research and campaigned Saturday in Greenup County, has tiptoed around questions about whether he would have voted for the bill.
On Thursday, Elaine Chao was on the campaign trail in Paducah and visited the Paducah Sun. They published this editorial after the meeting:
…McConnell, only the second Kentuckian to serve as leader of his party in the Senate, has used his position to make sure the Commonwealth is not overlooked. In fact, he brought $500 million to Kentucky last year, much of it to the Purchase Area.
How would that change if challenger Bruce Lunsford is successful in his bid to unseat the senator?
Chao pointed out that the highest level of federal spending secured by any freshman member of the majority party in 2007 was $16 million by Sen. Bob Casey -- scion of Pennsylvania's leading political family. With Kentucky's relatively small population, its Washington delegation would lose considerable influence without a senator in such a high leadership position, she said. The numbers speak for themselves.
McConnell has secured hundreds of millions in federal grants to Kentucky's universities, hundreds of millions more for Fort Campbell and Fort Knox.
Closer to home, the senator has secured $9 million for Paducah's riverfront project.
And he has helped secure more than $1 billion for cleanup at the Gaseous Diffusion Plant, and more than $15 million for medical monitoring -- including cancer screening, lung scans and conventional medical work-ups -- for current and retired employees of the plant.
He has helped secure more than $250 million for the Kentucky Lock and Dam project, more than $1 billion for all of the Commonwealth's locks and dams.
The minority leader has also worked personally with many former workers at the Gaseous Diffusion Plant to ensure they received the medical assistance they needed. And, working with Congressman Ed Whitfield, Sen. Jim Bunning and local union leaders, McConnell closed a loophole in the U.S.-Russia nuclear suspension treaty that would have allowed unlimited dumping of cheap Russian uranium into U.S. markets, threatening the Paducah plant's viability.
McConnell has also worked with state and local officials to help Paducah in its pursuit of a coal-to-liquid fuel refinery by extending tax incentives slated to expire. The plant, if it comes to fruition, is expected to employ 1,100 workers. …
New Polling Shows Lunsford Unable to Rise Above 40%
Senator Mitch McConnell’s campaign released new polling information today showing Kentucky’s senior Senator with a sizeable lead over this opponent, 47% to 38%. The survey, which included 800 interviews, was taken October 5-8.
“…[Bruce] Lunsford’s negatives have increased dramatically, and now show a net negative of -9%; only 31% of the voters have a favorable impression of him, while 40% have an unfavorable impression. In a state where Democrats have a significant edge on registration this is deeply problematic for him,” said pollster Jan van Lohuizen of Voter/Consumer Research.
“We are continuing to run an aggressive campaign focused on the economy, and on Senator McConnell’s ability to simply do more for Kentucky,” said McConnell Campaign Manager Justin Brasell. “The choice voters have is between Senator McConnell, who has the clout and influence to deliver, and his opponent, who has endorsed higher taxes and promises not to use the Senate seat to fund Kentucky’s universities and community priorities the way McConnell has. It’s a simple choice,” Brasell said.
The campaign polling memo pointed out that new information on Bruce Lunsford’s business record, specifically as CEO of Valor, is giving voters a clear picture about why he can’t be trusted. Valor has been shown to mistreat veterans, with many stepping forward to protest the treatment they received from Lunsford’s company.
“…the introduction of Lunsford’s management of Valor as an issue is having a clear impact on the voters’ thinking. The reaction in the Louisville market in particular where voters are most familiar with Lunsford has been substantial. Since the introduction of that issue Lunsford’s negatives have increased, his positives have dropped as has his share of the vote, both in the Louisville market and statewide,” van Lohuizen wrote.
U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao is on the campaign trail for her husband, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Chao made a stop in Paducah Thursday where she spoke at the Women to Women Luncheon at the Carson Center. Chao says McConnell has dealt with many issues affecting women during his 24 years in Congress. Besides working on child care and Medicare issues, Chao says the Senator has helped keep taxes low so women can create their own businesses without having to dip into their savings to get started. McConnell also helped establish a breast cancer-cervical cancer detection program that helps women detect these diseases early because prevention is the key. McConnell is currently in a tight Senate race against Democratic Challenger Br uce Lunsford. The two are set to debate October 23rd at Kentucky Dam Village State Park.
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Labor Secretary Elaine Chao says her husband, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is concerned about how much you are paying at the pump for gas and has a plan to help the country become energy independent. McConnell wants to allow offshore drilling, find alternative sources of energy and use new technology to find ways to conserve and find other sources of energy that are not fossil fuel based. Chao says Democrat Bruce Lunsford, who is challenging McConnell for his Senate seat, is not for drilling. She says Lunsford is for higher gasoline taxes, which will raise gas prices even more. Chao says the Democrats in Congress will not pass McConnell's bill because when they came into power in 2007, they put a moratorium on all offshore drilling of oil shale. But due to recent public outcry, Democrats changed their minds and agreed to new areas of drilling. Chao was campaigning for McConnell Thursday in Paducah and spoke at the Women to Women Luncheon at the Carson Center.
U.S Labor Secretary Elaine Chao spoke in London Monday, asking Laurel Countians to support the "entrepreneurial spirit" of America as well as her husband, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Chao spoke during the London-Laurel Chamber of Commerce's Women in Business dinner Monday evening, sharing a little about her life story -- from arriving in America as part of a cargo ship, to becoming the nation's 24th Secretary of Labor.
She also attended a meet and greet reception at the north London Hampton Inn hosted by the Laurel County Republican Party, where she talked about McConnell's reelection campaign and the presidential race.
"This is going to be a tough, tough season for Republicans," she told the crowd, "and I think when you are talking with your various friends and neighbors, and they want change, we need to ask them, 'what kind of change are you talking about? What kind of change do you want?' ... We need to be very careful that we're actually opting for the right kind of change."
Chao was born in Taiwan, where her parents had fled from mainland China after the country's civil war in 1949.
"My parents grew up in war-torn China, alternatively running from the Communists or running from the Japanese," she said. "Throughout their teenage lives they never, ever had security, and their lives were constantly in turmoil."
Her parents dreamed of coming to America, "a land of opportunity," and her father went first, sending for his wife and children three years later. Chao, then 8 years old, and her mother and siblings arrived aboard a freighter as part of the ship's cargo.
"For a young 8-year-old kid like me, at the time it was great fun, you got to roam the whole ship," she said, "but then I think about my mother, a young woman of 27 at that time, for her to be the only female on that ship with three young children, how frightening that must have been."
The family was reunited in America, but times were initially tough. Chao said her family lived in a one bedroom apartment, and her father held three jobs.
"And yet we were happy because we had each other, we had hope, and we believed in the promise of America," she said. "For those who are willing to work hard and plan ahead and be very determined, good things are likely to happen. We need to preserve America and preserve this entrepreneurial spirit."
Chao told those in attendance that the November election would come down to a decision between "one side that really does believe the government should take care of everything from cradle to grave, and there's our side, that believes the government does not create jobs, the government creates an environment through which all of us are able to fulfill our dreams."
Chao certainly fulfilled hers, obtaining her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1979. She came to Washington D.C. as the deputy administrator of the Maritime Administration in the U.S. Department of Transportation. After notable positions as head of the U.S. Peace Corps and chief executive officer of the United Way of America, she was appointed Secretary of Labor in 2001, becoming the first Chinese American and first Asian-American woman appointed to a president's cabinet.
McConnell, who is running a close race with Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford, has been in the senate for 24 years, and Chao said his seniority means "clout and influence" for Kentucky.
"It doesn't make sense to trade him in for a rookie who is only a few years younger than he is who will never accumulate the seniority because of his age," she said.
She also said McConnell was devoted to Kentucky and his family.
"When we got married, he said, 'We're going to go home to Kentucky every single weekend and we're also going to visit my mother every Saturday.' And I thought to myself, 'you know, a man who's that good to his mother is going to make a good husband,'" she said.
As Bruce Lunsford campaigns hard for Obama and Biden, and for Harry Reid to be Senate Majority Leader, he is campaigning to destroy Kentucky’s coal industry.
Last night, Bruce Lunsford attended an exclusive fundraiser with Joe Biden. Lunsford has given the Obama campaign the maximum contribution allowed, and Senator Biden has shipped a big check to Lunsford’s campaign.
Just this week, Biden said that, “coal kills us.” Biden also said he and Obama are opposed to clean coal and the construction of new coal plants in America.
How can Bruce Lunsford explain his support for Harry Reid and Joe Biden, given their stated, sworn opposition to Kentucky coal? Bruce Lunsford is an unabashed supporter of the Democrat ticket and its leadership in Washington, who unequivocally seek to destroy the coal industry. That just doesn’t square with running for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Now he’s running an ad that could make one think he supports John McCain’s message. Make no mistake. Bruce Lunsford would be a solid vote for Barack Obama’s agenda in the U.S. Senate. Watch him give the “No McCain, No Palin” cheer.
The Paducah Sun has noticed what everyone else seems to be noticing around the Commonwealth: Bruce Lunsford can’t be taken seriously when it comes to debating the real issues in this race.
The following editorial was published today:
Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford held their first debate Friday in northern Kentucky. Unknown to the public, the two candidates ran into each other later in the evening in front of the slurpy machine at a mini-mart where they resumed their discussion while their drivers were outside filling their tanks. Our on-the-spot reporter was there, hiding behind the snack rack, and recorded their conversation. Following, in a Sun exclusive, is a transcript:
McConnell: Can you believe the price of gas?
Lunsford: I’ll tell you what I believe: I believe you Republicans and your buddies in Big Oil got us into this mess.
McConnell: Yeah, that’s what you said in the debate. But it’s just you and me talking here, Bruce. I think we can find common ground. For instance, we all know that energy prices are too high. It’s time to put party loyalties aside and work together to end our dependence on foreign oil with a comprehensive energy policy, encouraging alternative energy sources, promoting conservation and allowing new domestic exploration, including offshore drilling. Agree?
Lunsford: I agree you’re going to get drilled in the November election because you don’t care about the poor and children and the elderly and college students and farmers and workers and ...
McConnell: All right, already! We’re not on stage here. I know that many Americans are struggling. That’s why I think we need a bipartisan approach to solve the crisis on Wall Street to protect the investments and insurance and retirement accounts of ordinary people. Democrats and Republicans must work together to prevent more American businesses from suffering the fate of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers.
Lunsford: Sounds like a list of your fat-cat Republican friends.
McConnell: I’m serious, Bruce. And on foreign policy — can we at least agree that the partisan bickering must end at our borders? Rogue nations like Iran and North Korea are developing nuclear capability. We must make it clear that we won’t allow that to happen.
Lunsford: Let me make something clear: Kentucky voters won’t allow you to return to Washington.
McConnell: Well, whoever is in Congress will face some tough challenges. Take terrorism. This concerns all Americans, whether Democrat or Republican. America must not retreat in the War on Terror until Islamic extremism is defeated.
Lunsford: Yeah, well I won’t retreat until Mitch McConnell is defeated.
McConnell: Then I hope you’re ready to do what is necessary to protect the security of our shores and stand with other free nations, including Georgia and the new democracies of Eastern Europe threatened by the growing imperialistic designs of Russia. Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, this is in your vital interests.
Lunsford: I’m a Democrat, all right, and it is in my vital interests to ditch Mitch.
McConnell: Yeah, but you’re also a former businessman, so I think you would agree with Republicans on some issues. For instance, I know you recognize the need to protect American workers’ fundamental right to a secret ballot in deciding whether to unionize.
Lunsford: Here’s a secret: Nobody likes you.
McConnell: Yikes! Can’t you see that our ability to forge constructive solutions to our nation’s problems are threatened by ugly partisan attacks?
Lunsford: You’re so ugly you have to sneak up on your mirror.
McConnell: Geez, Bruce, don’t you even care about the issues? What is wrong with you?
Lunsford: Hey! Stop attacking me! I won’t be a victim of these vicious, Karl Rove tactics that you Republicans use to win elections! You’re going to regret this! I’m quoting what you just said in a campaign ad! Just wait till I tell the Courier-Journal ...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell released a memo today from pollster Jan van Lohuizen to the McConnell campaign showing a 17% lead for the Senate Leader over Democrat nominee Bruce Lunsford.
The survey of 900 likely voters conducted September 7th – 9th by Voter / Consumer Research shows Senator McConnell in a very strong position for reelection. The margin of error is +/- 3.3%. According to the survey’s findings:
-52% of those surveyed have a favorable impression of Senator McConnell while 33% have an unfavorable impression.
-Senator McConnell leads Bruce Lunsford 52% to 35%.
-Lunsford’s numbers have weakened even as he has spent heavily on negative attack ads. Only 30% have a positive impression of him while 36% have a negative impression.
It is noteworthy that Senator McConnell has improved his position even while the political environment remains challenging. 28% feel the state is going in the right direction, while 53% feel it has gotten off on the wrong track.
Senator Mitch McConnell has released a new campaign ad. From Owen Covington at the Messenger-Inquirer:
The latest campaign ad by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell featured some faces and places familiar to Owensboro residents. The TV ad, which began airing statewide on Saturday, touts McConnell’s efforts to find federal dollars for the H.L. Neblett Community Center in Owensboro.
In 2006, the 70-year-old home to the Neblett Center on West Fifth Street was demolished following the construction of the new center, which was built with the help of a $3 million federal appropriation secured by McConnell.
The 30-second spot features Mike Walker, who chairs the Neblett Center board and the local NAACP chapter, Josephine Rowan, a neighbor to the center, and Wesley Acton, the former Neblett Center board chairman.
Senator Mitch McConnell appeared on several talk radio shows to discuss the response to Hurricane Gustav and the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
As announced yesterday, Senator McConnell has accepted the debate invitation from the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
Republican Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democrat Bruce Lunsford have agreed to debate Lincoln/Douglas style Sept. 13 in Northern Kentucky.
The debate will be at 8:30 a.m. at Receptions Banquet and Conference Center, 1379 Donaldson Road, Erlanger.
Under the format, Lunsford and McConnell would debate in a more open style than typical political debates, arguing issues and trading questions with one another rather than taking questions from a moderator or panelists. The style is named for the famed debates that took place during the 1858 U.S. Senate race in Illinois between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen Douglas.
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"We're excited they have accepted," said Steve Stevens, president of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, which helped organize the debate. "We think it will be a lot more interesting with the candidates asking each other questions, and then debating the answers. They can ask anything they want."
Even though the hour-long event is on a Saturday morning, organizers expect a big crowd.
"We anticipate a full house," Stevens said. "Everybody does traditional debates. I think this going to be more appealing. Plus, we really wanted to get the candidates to come to Northern Kentucky. So we're glad we could pull it off."
Remember the debate between Abe Lincoln and rival Stephen Douglas in 1858 in Illinois? Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R, and Democrat Bruce Lunsford, will be using a similar format to debate the issues before Northern Kentucky.
Rather than answering a moderator’s questions, Lunsford and McConnell will argue issues with each other.
On Sept. 13, the two candidates will throw down at Receptions Banquet and Conference Center, 1379 Donaldson Road in Erlanger, Ky., at 8:30 a.m.
For tickets or more information, call the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce at (859) 578-8800.
The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Lincoln/Douglas-style debate on Saturday, September 13th.
Senator Mitch McConnell announced today that he is accepting an invitation from the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce to participate in a Lincoln/Douglas-style debate on Saturday, September 13th.
The Northern Kentucky Chamber Government Forum will begin at 8:30 a.m. at Receptions Banquet and Conference Center at 1379 Donaldson Road in Erlanger.
For more information or to obtain tickets for the event, please contact:
Pam Allen, Vice President, Special Events Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 17146 300 Buttermilk Pike, Suite 330 Ft. Mitchell, KY 41017-0416 Phone: (859) 578-8800 Fax: (859) 578-8802 Email: pallen@nkychamber.com
McConnell Bus Tour Stop: Cumberland County
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