It's been a long day

Fall break has come to an end and the NLCS moves to game six.

Senator Barack Obama has a new book and he's making the press tours as a result. In an email to his listserv, there ares hows and times mentioned for watching the Illinois senator on the tube.

Tomorrow: The Oprah Winfrey Show - Check your local listings for show times.
Thursday: Today on NBC - 7 A.M. EDT
Thursday: Larry King Live on CNN - 9 P.M. EDT

Here's a quote from the Senator worth quoting:

"Remember, you can’t complain about this country if you don’t do your best to change it. So kick off those bedroom slippers, put on those marching shoes, and get to work door-knocking, phone-banking, pavement-pounding, and vote-casting in the coming weeks. Let’s get this done."

The following email was sent out by the Kentucky Democratic Party.

On election night, November 7, Democrats from across the state will gather at Kentucky Democratic Party headquarters in Frankfort to await vote returns and to celebrate our victorious candidates.

"We have such momentum going into this election. I am confident we are going to gain seats in every county, in the House, the Senate and in Congress," KDP Chairman Jerry Lundergan said. "It is only fitting that Democrats across the state be able to join together at headquarters to rejoice in our success."

Members of the press and the public are invited to KDP headquarters, after 5 p.m. on election night. State party Chairman Jerry Lundergan, House Speaker Jody Richards, members of House leadership, Senate Democratic Leader Ed Worley and Democratic candidates from across the state will be on hand to answer questions.

Apparently, there's also a video message to Louisvillians from Senator John Kerry. Both John Yarmuth and Jerry Abramson will need your help. You can donate to the county party by clicking HERE!!

As you might very well know by now, President Bill Clinton is coming to Louisville for a party fundraiser. I've gotten a few emails from major groups in the state with regards to a group table. The first is from the Kentucky Young Democrats (If interested, contact Jack Walker):

Even more so, I am pleased to offer to Kentucky Young Democrats a discounted rate for tickets!!!

Individual tickets may be purchased for $75.00; or a table of 10 for $750.00. While we are limited to the number of tickets available, reservations must be made immediately. Please contact me no later than Friday, October 20th.

I can also assure you that we will be receiving good seating arrangements. It is my wish to have all of our Young Democrats represented well; by filling an entire table, I can have centerpieces recognizing either specific chapters or regions.

That's a great discount if you ask me. I'd go if I could but I don't quite have the finances to do so. Change for Kentucky is also looking at getting a table at the fundraiser.

If I can't re-iterate this enough, JOHN YARMUTH IS TIED WITH ANNE NORTHUP.

Jack Conway, a Democrat who lost to Northup four years ago by 3 percentage points, said yesterday, "Yarmuth's polling numbers are looking a lot better than mine did at this point." Conway also said Yarmuth has a better environment to run in than he did. In the fall of 2002, President Bush's popularity ratings were high in Kentucky, and then-Gov. Paul Patton, a Democrat, was under heavy criticism because of a sex scandal.

Campaign-finance reports filed by the Federal Election Commission showed that Northup raised $564,855 from July through September, while Yarmuth took in $486,284. For the entire campaign, Northup's receipts total $2.77 million. Yarmuth has raised $1.53 million.

Of Yarmuth's campaign receipts, $523,127 is from his pocketbook. He has refused to take money from corporate political-action committees, saying he does not want to be beholden to any special-interest group. Northup's total for the quarter included more than $130,000 from corporate PACs.

There's a Paul McCartney in the states who opposes former Beatle Paul McCartney's application for a trademark.

Ben Karlin, producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, is stepping up for the University of Wisconsin's Student Union Initiative.

Okay, so I'm looking through the op-eds today and you can imagine my surprise when I saw the Courier-Journal's endorsement of none other than Dr. Bob DeWeese. The excerpt below contradicts their endorsement.

Incumbent Bob DeWeese, 72, has a real race for a change in this heavily Republican East End district. Democrat Amy Shir is a highly energetic and impressive candidate.

She has scores of solid reasons why voters should elect her. Among them is her substantial experience: She understands public financing from her years in investment banking, and she understands how to maximize government dollars from her experience developing a transportation system for the disabled in New York.

She is full of good ideas for moving Kentucky forward, and speaks the truth about important issues: "The public schools have been chronically under funded...We need living wages instead of the minimum wage," she says.

Anyone who listens to her plans, hears her commitment and witnesses her energy can't help but be impressed.

And yet … She is running against Dr. DeWeese, who is thoughtful, too, and who plays an important role in the House Republican caucus, which can use all the wisdom it can get. For 14 years, he has represented this district well, and the larger community, too.

Every district should be so lucky as to have such strong candidates to choose between. On policy grounds, Ms. Shir would be our choice.

But voters should return Dr. DeWeese anyway, because of the fine job he has done representing his district and the valuable contributions he makes to his party and community by being there.

Okay, on policy grounds, they would endorse her but they think DeWeese would better represent the district? What kind of bullcrap is this?!? Their endorsement of DeWeese absolutely makes no sense at all. It's bullcrap and you know it!! What does the contributions to the GOP have to do with DeWeese and the 48th District. I'm proud to have cast my vote for Amy Shir this past week when I voted early due to my being out of the county for college.