Thursday, August 1, 2013

Fancy Farm no picnic for Senate candidates

The heated political rhetoric at Fancy Farm this weekend should give voters a sense of how the 2014 U.S. Senate candidates stand up in a hostile environment. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who’s been in office for 30 years, is no stranger to the heckling and sharp barbs lobbed at politicians at the annual Fancy Farm Picnic outside Paducah in western Kentucky. His Democratic challenger, Alison Lundergan Grimes, spoke at the picnic in 2011 during her race for secretary of state. But will be the first time McConnell GOP opponent Matt Bevin has appeared at the time and some observers are interested in seeing how the Louisville businessman reacts.

For more, read The Kentucky Enquirer online.