A trial balance on the legislature: Political agendas prevail
Al Cross does the “bookkeeping” on this year’s session
Why is McConnell for Trump? It’s business
McConnell’s taking care of his business, but not the country’s business.
McConnell gives way to Trump, but will he still endorse him?
If Trump wins in November, that could guarantee a Republican majority in the Senate, but now the party is the Republican Party in name only. It is the Trump Party, and that is not a party in which Mitch McConnell belongs.
McConnell meets another legacy moment
Mitch McConnell’s legacy looked fairly certain just a few years ago. But Trump has turned all of that upside down, and how McConnell handles 2024 may well be what people remember the most.
Al Cross’s annual Christmas gifts to Kentucky politicians
This is the season of gift-giving, and Al Cross has some special (and pointed) gifts for our elected officials.
Among all the candidates, which will get the most votes?
Al Cross looks at where things stand in next week’s election, including which candidate might capture the “most votes of all the candidates” prize.
New speaker has worn his evangelical beliefs on his sleeve, but tries to assure moderates that they are part of his team
The new speaker is definitely not moderate – but can moderates push him toward the center?
Can Cameron get voters to pay attention? Will he play the Trump card?
Cameron is still not getting the traction he needs, even after spending millions on his campaign. Why? And what can he do about it?
Candidates try to have it both ways on abortion
Cameron shows some sympathy for the exception in order to attract moderates, but not so much that he turns off voters like the woman at Wickliffe. Beshear stays vague on a big issue while rightly depicting Cameron as a would-be governor who won’t advance the position held by most voters.
Brereton Jones leaves lessons for reformist politicians
Kentucky never had a governor quite like Brereton Jones, who died Monday, and it may never again. His legacy is one of reform, with lessons for reformers.
Mitch and Joe, tell us more
Two of the most important leaders in the country are over 80. Yet, we know very little about the state of their health, including their brains. Al Cross says we deserve more.
Do you know what your members of Congress are doing?
At one time, all the major news outlets in the state had reporters in D.C. to cover our Congress-folk. No more. So, how much do you really know about what they are up to?
Police raid of Kansas weekly was prompted by a tip that didn’t result in a story until the target publicly complained
The raid is being universally condemned, by both journalists and by everyday citizens.
‘These are Hitler tactics and something has to be done.’
The stress of the police raiding her newspaper and her home caused the 98-year-old to collapse and die.
The race for governor: Will culture trump politics again?
According to Beshear, “This race is the difference between vision and DI-vision.”
Has Joe Wright’s example been forgotten?
Joe Wright served long and well, then stepped down when it was time – an example too rarely followed today.
