[Recent] moves are seen as an indication that Lunsford's campaign against Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is moving into a more active phase and that the national Democratic Party is taking more interest in the race.
Achim Bergmann, a Lunsford campaign strategist, said the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has decided to make a bigger commitment to the campaign.
..."This has always been one of the top races in the country," [DSCC spokesman Matthew Miller] said. "I know McConnell for months has tried to poor-mouth this race and pretend that he doesn't have anything to worry about, but the truth is he does and he's shown that by starting TV ads in December and launching negative ads this month."
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Kentucky's Senate race heating up
There's a good article in today's Courier-Journal:
