Karl Rove

Former Bush administration deputy chief of Staff Karl Rove and Clinton administraiton press secretary Dee Dee Myers are stopping in Kentucky this the general election season, according to Pat Crowley of the Kentucky Enquirer.

Their intentions, however, are not explicitly tactical.

Rove and Myers will appear jointly as part of Northern Kentucky University's Alumni Lecture Series on October 9. They will discuss their jobs and the current political climate.

The event is open to the public, but tickets must be purchased from the University.

Last year's event at the Highland Heights campus featured former presidential candidate and analyst Pat Buchanan and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.).

LOUISVILLE-- While some comments from speakers at Friday's National Rifle Association Leadership Forum have already been widely reported, a few other gems may have slipped through the cracks.

Here are just of few of the more significant or humorous lines of the day:

• "Does that make us clingers or does that make us Klingons? I don't know, I don't get it." - former Deputy Chief of Staff for George W. Bush, Karl Rove, referencing Senator Barack Obama's (D-Illinois) earlier statement that some rural Americans "cling to guns and religion."

• "It is important that you sign this, because we want to protect every citizen's right to be shot by the Vice President." - Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), on what she told Vice President Dick Cheney to get him to sign the Amicus Curae brief opposing the Washington, D.C. handgun ban.

Karl Rove at today's NRA Leadership Forum

LOUISVILLE -- Kentucky Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo (D-Hazard) was the first elected official to speak at today's National Rifle Association leadership forum, keeping his remarks focused on hunting and outdoors activity, but also discussed the attitudes of those who support certain gun control legislation.

Mongiardo -- who recently endorsed presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) -- did not reference his choice, during his speech.

Thus far through the leadership forum, Obama has been the favored target of many speakers. The NRA is distributing hundreds of stickers that read "I'm a 'bitter' gun owner, and I vote," referencing Obama's now-infamous comments about rural working-class voters.

While the Republican presidential nomination is all but official for Arizona Senator John McCain, he and the only other candidate remaining in the field will be swinging through Kentucky prior to the May 20 primary.

As reported by Ryan Alessi of the Lexington Herald-Leader, McCain will appear in conjunction with the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Louisville on May 16. McCain will speak as part of the American Values Leadership Forum on the first day of the three day affair.

2nd District Congressional candidate Brett GuthrieKentucky native Scott Jennings is working back in his home state as a consultant for the 2nd District Congressional campaign of state Senator Brett Guthrie (R-Bowling Green).

Jennings appeared with Guthrie at the 4th Congressional District Lincoln-Reagan dinner on April 12. He will serve as a political consultant for Guthrie. While requests for comment on specifics were unreturned, Jennings will join the Guthrie campaign with considerable political experience.