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

Presumptive Republcian presidential nominee and U.S. Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) appeared at a McCain Victory Fundraiser in Louisville on Saturday night that nearly broke the state's fundraising record.

The event's $2 million take nearly topped a state record, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal, falling just short of the $2.1 million raked in by at a 2007 GOP fundraiser featuring President George W. Bush.

The $2 million in contributions collected will now be divided between the campaign of the guest of honor, the Republican Party of Kentucky, and national Republican organizations.

Until this year, all presidential nominees have accepted federal money and the restrictions that come with it.

What did Hillary Clinton say to Barack Obama to cause him to react in such a concerned way?

And why is Bill Clinton there looking for the fist bump?

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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.), has halved the lead of his Republican counterpart, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), in Kentucky.

A new poll by the New Jersey-based firm SurveyUSA shows McCain holding a 53 to 41 percent lead over Obama in Kentucky among 626 "likely voters." 4 percent of respondents indicated they would select an "other" candidate while 2 percent were undecided.

The poll was conducted from June 13 to June 16 and has a margin of error of plus or minus four percent.

The findings are the first presidential numbers released by SurveyUSA since a poll conducted just prior to Kentucky's May 20 Democratic presidential primary. Then, McCain showed a 56 to 32 percent advantage over Obama in a then-hypothetical general election match-up. At the time, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) was still very involved in the Democratic primary race against Obama. Earlier this month, she conceded to the Illinois Senator.13 percent of the 600 "registered" voters surveyed in that poll were "undecided."

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U.S. Rep John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) at a Friday press conference in Louisville: Politicker photo

LOUISVILLE - After presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.), lost the Commonwealth's Democratic primary by 35 points to Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), there was necessarily some concern among Kentucky Democrats that a November ticket headed by Obama could potentially have a negative impact on down-ballot races.

U.S. Rep John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) and Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Bruce Lunsford (D-Louisville) -two of the candidates in those lower-office battles - today addressed the potential "coattails" effect that could, theoretically, throw more votes to Republican candidates for Congress, should Obama's campaign fail to gain traction in the state.

"Barack is going to win a huge majority in this community and a couple of other places in this state," said Yarmuth at a press conference today in Louisville.

After yesterday's 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court, are we only one justice away from a court sanctioned dictatorship?

LOUISVILLE -- As part of the national Democratic Party's effort to expand their operations to all fifty states, the Kentucky Democratic Party (KDP) is aiming to implement a new get-out-the-vote effort in Kentucky that enlists party activists to campaign in their own neighborhoods. On Wednesday evening, KDP Chair Jennifer Moore told a meeting of the Metro Democratic Club in Louisville of the ‘Neighbor-to-Neighbor' program and the logic behind it.

"How would you rather hear from - a stranger or someone that you know?" Moore asked the crowd. "We are the best people to go and talk to our neighbors and tell our neighbors why we are a Democrat, why they should be a Democrat, and - most importantly - why they should vote a straight Democratic ticket in the fall."

"They are going to talk to you because they know you," added Moore. "That is a world of difference from a paid walker or a volunteer who doesn't live in that neighborhood going to that door."

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. John Mccain (R-Ariz.), will return to Kentucky this month for a major fundraiser in Louisville.

The Mccain Victory Kentucky Committee -- chaired by former ambassador Cathy Bailey -- will hold the event on June 28 at the Kentucky International Convention Center.

McCain will be joined by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville) at the fundraiser.