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There's  been a series of interesting races this fall in Kentucky. And one took an interesting turn this week, when a campaign commercial was exposed as being just a tad... ummm.. fake.

 is the type of stuff you absolutely cannot get away with, what with the power bloggers have in this election. When are the high-priced consultants going to get that point?

Here's the deal: Rep. Geoff Davis is running in the Kentucky 4th (The fightin' 4th, Colbert would say). And he ran ads with Democrats saying they'll vote for the Republican, instead of  the Democrat.

The ad featuring "democrat" attorney David Wallace is on

. The bloggers sniffed it out and found out that the Democratic attorney, David Wallace, is actually Davis (the candidate)'s personal attorney, and also represents a bank that loaned the candidate $150,000 years ago, money that reportedly has never been paid back.

It's a heck of a race and the polls have it a dead heat. 

says more than $10 million will be spent on a 

Related to this race is role of the economy in the race. As Election Day nears, both major parties seem to have their success (or failure) hinged on which issues is the issue that will decide the election. Democrats are hoping that "

" make the economy #1.  Republicans are hoping terrorism will be the dominant issue.

We'll see. But the strategies are becoming more clear.

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There's  been a series of interesting races this fall in Kentucky. And one took an interesting turn this week, when a campaign commercial was exposed as being just a tad... ummm.. fake.

Look, 

There's  been a series of interesting races this fall in Kentucky. And one took an interesting turn this week, when a campaign commercial was exposed as being just a tad... ummm.. fake.

Look, this is the type of stuff you absolutely cannot get away with, what with the power bloggers have in this election. When are the high-priced consultants going to get that point?


It could be worse. It could be Kentucky

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