Kentucky Summer

Since our senior Kentucky senator, Mitch McConnell, became Senate Majority Leader, the whole world has discovered what we knew here in the Bluegrass for two decades--he's the ultimate Republican rubber stamp. Despite his massive campaign war chest, Mitch has become the target of outraged activists who are ready to expose his blatant disregard for will of the people, and is now drawing a challenge from Attorney General Greg Stumbo, who is organizing an exploratory committee (not that Stumbo is baggage-free, but he's got the name-rec to command some big money). As part of the Americans Against Escalation in Iraq's "Iraq Summer" campaign, folks were camped out at Mitch's house in Louisville over the weekend, as documented over at DitchMitch.com. It's all working up at a national "Take a Stand Day," scheduled for August 28. Learn more here.