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Do Kentucky voters like to hedge their votes between national and state leaders? The party that wins Kentucky's popular vote in Presidential elections has usually gone on to lose the governor's seat, though the trend has broken in recent years.

After eight of the nine presidential elections between 1956 and 1988, the commonwealth elected a governor from the party that lost the popular vote in the prior presidential election. The exception was in 1976 when Jimmy Carter (D) carried Kentucky, followed by the gubernatorial election of John Y. Brown Jr., (D) in 1979.

Voters then elected President Bill Clinton (D) and Governor Paul E. Patton (D) twice in the `90s, though Clinton's pluralities may have been facilitated by Independent candidate Ross Perot, especially in 1992 when he drew 25 percent of the vote. Republican Ernie Fletcher was elected governor in 2003 following George W. Bush's (R) victory in 2000. Perhaps reverting back to an old trend, the election of Steve Beshear's (D) in 2007 followed President Bush's 20 point Kentucky win in 2004.

Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford (D-Louisville) and Zina Stanley at Butler High School: Politicker photo

LOUISVILLE -- Scrubbing furniture and floors as part of the Service Employees International Union's "Walk a Day in My Shoes" program, senate candidate - and multi-millionaire businessman - Bruce Lunsford (D-Louisville) shadowed custodian Zina Stanley throughout her daily job of keeping Butler clean for the forthcoming school year.

"He's in better shape than I am," said Stanley. "I am amazed that he can still work like that."

Decked out in an SEIU cap and Butler High t-shirt, Lunsford spent the day with Stanley, working and then breaking for lunch with her and her daughter - a Butler student.

Near the event's conclusion, Lunsford spoke highly of the opportunity. He praised Stanley and her family and told stories about the day.

So much for our promise to liberate Iraq, not to occupy it, and not to cart off its riches.

Will fundraising help from George W. Bush help Mitch McConnell combat poll numbers showing him close to his democratic opponent Bruce Lunsford?

The talk of Washington over the last couple of days is a new tell-all book by former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.

But what do George W. Bush and Dick Cheney think of it?

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