Ed Worley

RICHMOND - Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford (D-Louisville) took aim at one of the core arguments of his opponent's message while campaigning in Madison County today, claiming four-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's Bruce Lunsford (D-Louisville): Politicker photo(R-Louisville) work in Congress amounted to little of significance.

"He has no record to stand on," Lunsford told reporters before speaking at a Democratic rally this evening. "That's why the whole campaign - spending his millions - has been about attacking me. Don't you think after 24 years he could put together a glossy enough record to make the case to be elected without having to attack someone again?"

McConnell - the Senate Minority Leader - has, conversely, touted his record and his "clout and influence" in the Senate as the "principal issue" of the campaign. On Tuesday, he pointed to what he said was a haul of $500 million in federal funds to Kentucky as an example of that "clout."

At the same time, both campaigns have engaged in a contentious television ad war, with McConnell's latest spots targeting veteran's health care clinics associated with a company Lunsford founded as providing "deficient care" while Lunsford accuses McConnell of being a friend of "big oil."

On Thursday, Lunsford contested the numerical size of the funding McConnell had obtained and argued that spending was relatively insignificant to the state's needs. He claimed the funds referenced by McConnell amounted to "$30 per head" in the Commonwealth, suggesting that was out of balance with other priorities.

"The average Kentuckian spends $1,800 in federal taxes a year," said Lunsford.  "The average Kentuckian's share of Iraq war is $2,100."

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