McConnell touts ID cards to guarantee legal workers are hired

"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told a farm group on Saturday that the government should create a program to provide identification cards so employers are assured of hiring workers who are in the country legally....." McConnell ID Cards

Sen McConnell Campaign Commercial

"Last night Sen. McConnell began airing his latest commercial of the 2008 campaign. The ad recounts Sen. McConnell's success in securing over $200 million for medical research at Kentucky universities.

The ad features interviews with Dr. Donald Miller, director of the Brown Cancer Center in Louisville, and Dr. Larry Cook, Executive VP for Health Affairs at the University of Louisville.

"What Senator McConnell has done will result in cures being discovered and tested in Louisville, Kentucky," according to Dr. Cook." from Team Mitch Blog

Mitch McConnell New Ad

Senator Mitch McConnell New Campaign Ad for 2008

Mitch McConnell New Ad begins today...

"Another new ad from Sen. Mitch McConnell will begin running today. The ad features interviews with Kentuckians who were helped by the tobacco buyout program.
"The buyout was so important to farmers all accross Kentucky," says John Mahan of Fayette County. "It allowed us to stay on the farm and still be sucessful."
Farmer Henry West states in the ad, “We relied on him and he came through for us.”" from Team Mitch Blog

Luallen unlikely to challenge McConnell

" Two high-profile Democratic officials who had considered taking on U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell next year are signalling that they're less likely to take the plunge after all...." Republican Party Ky

McConnell on Troop Funding

from: Blue Grass, Red State :

"Frankly, I'm baffled by the congressional Democrats' position in the whole troop-funding debate," he said. "Earlier in the year, they said that sending more troops to Iraq would lead to failure, then they approved the funds anyway. Now they say things are going well, and they want to cut off the funds that are needed to finish the job." more from Blue Grass, Red State

New Energy Bill Will cost Kentuckians more...

"CNN is carrying a story about an energy bill being pushed by liberals in the Senate. The bill would require states to increase the share of energy from "renewable" sources like wind and water.The problem with the bill is that while Western states have enormous capacity to produce renewable energy, Southeastern states don't. And artificially creating that capacity in the short term would require huge investments by our utilities. They'd then pass those development costs onto Kentucky families in the form of higher electric bills. That's the last thing the Commonwealth needs....." more from TeamMitch Blog