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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (303866)	5/5/2009 6:03:53 PM
From: mph	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793750

I just think new blood in these powerful positions (which includes judges, though most are not as powerful as federal District Court Judges or U.S. Congressmen/women and Senators) should be infused more regularly.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (303866)	5/5/2009 6:09:20 PM
From: Ruffian	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793750

Bunning unplugged It’s Tuesday, so it’s time for Sen. Jim Bunning’s weekly conference call. And today’s call, per the Louisville Courier-Journal, featured no shortage of classic Bunning quotes. The irascible senator offered a new round of attacks against his fellow Kentucky Republican, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Bunning blamed McConnell for the Republican party’s woes, while calling him selfish and a poor leader. “Good God, he wants to run everybody,” Bunning said of McConnell during a conference call with reporters. Bunning contrasted his 2010 re-election bid with that of Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who last week bolted the Republican Party and joined the Democrats. “It is the fact that Arlen Specter is probably as selfish as our leader is in trying to survive, that’s the only way he thought he would survive in the U.S. Senate,” Bunning said. “Do you know Arlen Specter will be 80, has had four bouts with cancer and he still wants to run for the U.S. Senate?” Bunning continued. “And I’m being criticized at 77 and healthy for wanting to run for the U.S. Senate by certain leadership people in my party. Give me a break.” Asked if the leadership he was referring to was McConnell, Bunning answered: “Obviously. Do you want me to spell it out for you?” He said: “Do you realize that under our dynamic leadership of our leader, we have gone from 55 and probably to 40 (Senate seats) in two election cycles, and if the tea leaves that I read are correct, we will wind up with about 36 after this election cycle. So if leadership means anything, it means you don’t lose … approximately 19 seats in three election cycles with good leadership.” Bunning also reiterated that he’s planning to run for re-election, even as he encouraged Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson to form an exploratory committee for his seat. “He is a dear friend, and i thought this would be a way for him not to have to pay to travel around the state and still gather up some money for any federal office he chooses to run for,” Bunning said on his call, according to WFPL Radio. Bunning said that the only way he wouldn’t run is if he doesn’t meet his fundraising goals later in the year.