B001066 1931-10-23 6968 316 Hart Senate Office Building http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm 202-228-1373 Jim 'r':4 'ky':5 'bun':3,7,9 'jim':2,6,8 'sen':1 M 300014 Bunning Jim_Bunning Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY] 3118 N00003437 9333 Republican 202-224-4343 Roman Catholic KY Jim Bunning 2.57575757575758 http://bunning.senate.gov/public/ 300014 Person republican Mon Nov 16 22:06:39 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... and raising money for months for the race. They're running for the seat held by Republican Jim Bunning, who has announced he will not seek a third term. 're':16 'us':4 'bun':25 'jim':24 'run':17 'held':21 'race':6,14 'rais':8 'seat':20 'seek':32 'term':35 'wztv':36 'enter':3 'money':9 'month':11 'senat':5 'third':34 'retire':2 'announc':28 'owensboro':1 'republican':23 6716876 true true google news WZTV OK http://www.wztv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ky/33d3d8d7-www.fox17.com.shtml 300014 Person republican Mon Nov 16 22:06:40 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Long, a convenience store operator in Boyle County, filed last week as an independent candidate. The Senate seat is attracting a host of candidates as Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning of Southgate has decided not to seek re-election. ... 'ii':3 're':50 'bun':41 'jim':40 'sen':39 'u.s':8,38 'war':2 'boyl':17 'file':19 'host':32 'last':20 'long':11 'oper':15 'race':10 'seat':28 'seek':48 'sign':5 'week':21 'decid':45 'elect':51 'senat':9,27 'store':14 'world':1 'candid':25,34 'counti':18 'incumb':37 'attract':30 'conveni':13 'veteran':4 'independ':24 're-elect':49 'southgat':43 'republican':36 'kentucky.com':52 6716878 true true daylife Kentucky.com http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/ OK http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1022517.html 300014 Person sen\. Sun Nov 15 22:16:28 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The seat is currently occupied by Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., is among them. “The increasingly competitive GOP primary between Rand Paul, son of Texas Rep. ... 'r':20 'ky':21 'bun':18 'gop':28 'jim':17 'rep':36 'sen':16 'son':33 'blue':7 'note':1 'paul':32 'r-ki':19 'rand':31 'seat':11 'texa':35 'among':23 'obama':4 'white':9 'occupi':14 'courier':39 'current':13 'increas':26 'journal':40 'primari':29 'wildcat':6 'competit':27 'louisvill':37 'washington':3 'courier-journ':38 6706204 true true google news Louisville Courier-Journal OK http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091114/COLUMNISTS20/911150313/1008/NEWS01/Notes+from+Washington+%7C+Obama+in+Wildcat+blue+and+white 300014 Person senator Sun Nov 15 22:16:28 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Patrick Towles, who's taken over the starting QB job for the Bluebirds, is the grandson of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (and US senator) Jim Bunning. ... '13':5 'qb':14 'us':29 'bun':32 'jim':31 'job':15 'nov':4 'fame':26 'hall':24 'mike':1 'towl':7 'field':2 'senat':30 'start':13 'taken':10 'basebal':23 'patrick':6 'pitcher':27 'bluebird':18 'grandson':21 'notebook':3 'kentucky.com':33 6706209 true true google news Kentucky.com OK http://www.kentucky.com/232/story/1017528.html?storylink=omni_popular 300014 Person senate Sun Nov 15 22:16:28 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 "The Founding Fathers intended the Senate to be a fount of wisdom flowing, but when you consider Saxby Chambliss and Jim Bunning, John Ensign, Jim DeMint, ... 'bun':25 'jim':24,28 'flow':16 'john':26 'debat':2 'found':5 'fount':13 'saxbi':21 'senat':9 'consid':20 'demint':29 'ensign':27 'father':6 'intend':7 'wisdom':15 'tuesday':3 'chambliss':22 'healthcar':1 'msnbc.com':30 6706207 true true google news msnbc.com OK http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/13/2127030.aspx 300014 Person republican Sun Nov 15 22:16:28 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 McConnell also said he would not endorse any candidates for the 2010 Republican nomination for Jim Bunning's Senate seat and that the primaries should run ... 'bun':22 'jim':21 'run':31 '2010':17 'also':7 'said':8 'seat':25 'time':35 'nomin':19 'senat':1,24 'visit':4 'would':10 'candid':14 'endors':12 'leader':3 'ledger':33 'murray':5,32 'primari':29 'mcconnel':6 'republican':2,18 6706208 true true google news Murray Ledger and Times OK http://www.murrayledger.com/articles/2009/11/13/top_story/news01.txt 300014 Person congress Sun Nov 15 22:16:28 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 George Voinovich, R-Ohio, and Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., have also spoken out against the general scope of the Democratic plans. Schmidt and Davis opposed the ... 'r':10,17 'ky':18 'bun':15 'dig':2 'jim':14 'sen':13 'also':20 'davi':33 'haul':6 'long':5 'ohio':11 'plan':30 'r-ki':16 'georg':7 'oppos':34 'scope':26 'r-ohio':9 'spoken':21 'general':25 'schmidt':31 'congress':1 'democrat':29 'voinovich':8 'cincinnati.com':36 6706206 true true google news Cincinnati.com OK http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091113/EDIT03/911150311 300014 Person congress Sun Nov 15 22:16:28 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The Founding Fathers intended the Senate to be a fount of wisdom flowing, but when you consider Saxby Chambliss and Jim Bunning, John Ensign, Jim DeMint, ... 'bun':30 'get':4 'jim':29,33 'care':6 'citi':36 'flow':21 'john':31 'star':37 'found':10 'fount':18 'kansa':35 'saxbi':26 'senat':14 'consid':25 'demint':34 'ensign':32 'father':11 'health':5 'intend':12 'wisdom':20 'congress':8 'strategi':2 'chambliss':27 6706205 true true google news Kansas City Star OK http://www.kansascity.com/273/story/1568956.html 300014 Person democrat Fri Nov 13 11:13:50 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...possible to win a Republican primary in Kentucky without McConnell’s support (just ask Ernie Fletcher) but it isn’t easy (ask Jim Bunning or Anne Northup). Paul’s unflinching criticism of big spenders, Democrats or Republicans, is a big part of h 'h':52 'ann':35 'ask':23,31 'big':42,49 'bun':33 'isn':28 'jim':32 'way':9 'win':12 'easi':30 'elli':2 'erni':24 'part':50 'paul':37 'time':55 'want':6 'daili':54 'ronni':1 'voter':5 'candid':3 'critic':40 'glasgow':53 'northup':36 'possibl':10 'primari':15 'spender':43 'support':21 'without':18 'democrat':44 'fletcher':25 'kentucki':17 'mcconnel':19 'unflinch':39 'republican':14,46 6679908 true true daylife Glasgow Daily Times http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/ OK http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/statenews/kentuckystatehouse_story_317092028.html 300014 Person republican Sun Nov 15 22:16:28 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Republican incumbent US Sen. Jim Bunning of Southgate has decided not to seek re-election. The Herald-Leader allows readers to comment on stories. ... 're':21 'us':1,9 'bun':12 'jim':11 'sen':10 '10th':5 'race':3 'seek':19 'allow':27 'decid':16 'elect':22 'senat':2 'stori':32 'candid':6 'herald':25 'incumb':8 'leader':26 'reader':28 'attract':4 'comment':30 're-elect':20 'southgat':14 'republican':7 'herald-lead':24 'kentucky.com':33 6706210 true true google news Kentucky.com OK http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/1017773.html 300014 Person congress Thu Nov 19 22:17:50 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Mitch McConnell; Jim Bunning; the murder of the census worker, which I'm almost sickeningly positive will be ruled a "suicide," and now this idiot. Am I forgetting any? Login or register to reply ... In 1999, Brownback teamed up with two oth 'm':24 'ft':7 'bun':15 'fan':4 'jim':14 'oth':53 'two':52 '1999':47 'hood':9 'liar':56 'rule':30 'team':49 'type':10 'craze':1 'crook':54 'idiot':36 'login':41 'mitch':12 'posit':27 'repli':45 'almost':25 'census':20 'forget':39 'michel':2 'murder':17 'regist':43 'sicken':26 'suicid':32 'worker':21 'bachmann':3 'hood-typ':8 'mcconnel':13 'threaten':5 'bloodbath':11 'brownback':48 6739548 false true google blog Crooks and Liars http://crooksandliars.com/ OK http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/crazed-michele-bachmann-fan-threatens-f 300014 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:17:51 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Reuters - Republican US Senator Jim Bunning, a former professional baseball star and leading critic of the Federal Reserve Board, announced literotcica on Monday he would not seek re-election to his Kentucky seat next year. literotcica ... 're':31 'us':5 'bun':8 'jim':7 'lead':15 'next':37 'seat':36 'seek':29 'star':13 'year':38 'board':21 'elect':32 'feder':19 'senat':6 'would':27 'critic':16 'former':10 'monday':25 'reserv':20 'reuter':3 'announc':22 'basebal':12 'surchur':2 'kentucki':35 're-elect':30 'profession':11 'republican':4 'literotcica':1,23,39,40 'surchur.com':41 6739551 false true google blog Literotcica - surchur.com http://surchur.com/all/literotcica OK http://surchur.com/history/all/l/i/literotcica/13112009/literotcica.php 300014 Person republican Wed Nov 18 11:11:39 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...— The Senate Finance Committee was barely an hour into its consideration of health-care reform on Tuesday morning, but Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) already knew where he stood. Robertson's remarks put McDonnell in a bind washingtonpost.com 43 hours ago 'r':37 '43':53 'ky':38 'ago':55 'bun':35 'jim':34 'put':47 'sen':33 'bare':18 'bind':51 'blip':57 'care':27 'face':9 'hour':20,54 'knew':40 'morn':31 'r-ki':36 'senat':4,14 'stood':43 'financ':15 'health':26 'judici':11 'reform':28 'remark':46 'sketch':2 'alreadi':39 'beltway':56 'tuesday':30 'committe':16 'consider':23 'filibust':12 'mcdonnel':48 'about-fac':7 'robertson':44 'health-car':25 'republican':3 'washington':1 'washingtonpost.com':52 6726858 false true daylife Beltway Blips http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/ OK http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/washington-sketch-republican-senators-do-an-about-face/ 300014 Person senator Thu Nov 19 22:17:50 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 (Kentucky's junior senator, Jim Bunning, currently occupies it.) "The compromises he wrought were life and death issues for the nation, at a time when not everyone was sure the nation would last. If you are going to be able to govern ... 'go':49 'abl':52 'bun':18 'jim':17 'blue':1,55 'clay':8,10 'issu':30 'knew':6 'last':45 'life':27 'sure':41 'time':36 'death':29 'henri':7,9 'senat':16 'would':44 'govern':54 'junior':15 'nation':33,43 'occupi':20 'current':19 'everyon':39 'wrought':25 'kentucki':13 'bluegrass':4,58 'compromis':23 6739549 false true google blog Blue in the Bluegrass http://blueinthebluegrass.blogspot.com/ OK http://blueinthebluegrass.blogspot.com/2009/11/we-knew-henry-clay-henry-clay-was.html 300014 Person congress Wed Nov 18 22:18:50 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 KY-Sen: There had been some talk about Cathy Bailey (a wealthy Bush Pioneer and W's ambassador to Latvia), back when the GOP was still casting about for an alternative to Jim Bunning. All of a sudden, she's back, saying she's ... 'w':24 'ky':9 'bun':42 'gop':32 'jim':41 'say':50 'sen':10 'ssp':4 'back':29,49 'bush':21 'cast':35 'talk':15 '11/18':7 'cathi':17 'daili':5 'state':2,54 'still':34 'swing':1,53 'altern':39 'bailey':18 'digest':6 'ky-sen':8 'latvia':28 'sudden':46 'pioneer':22 'project':3,55 'wealthi':20 'ambassador':26 6734048 false true google blog Swing State Project http://www.swingstateproject.com/ OK http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/5917/ssp-daily-digest-1118 300014 Person congress Wed Nov 18 22:18:52 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Jim DeMint (SC), Jim Bunning (KY), David Vitter (LA) — attacking health reform. CMPI also produced a series of videos mocking health reform and the public option. – CMPI created various video games distorting health reform. ... 'ky':15 'la':18 'sc':12 'bun':14 'jim':10,13 'yet':8 'also':23 'cmpi':22,36 'game':40 'mock':29 'seri':26 'anoth':9 'creat':37 'david':16 'video':28,39 'attack':2,19 'demint':11 'exclus':1 'health':4,20,30,42 'option':35 'produc':24 'public':34 'reform':5,21,31,43 'vitter':17 'distort':41 'various':38 'orchestr':6 'malarkynew':44 6734049 false true google blog malarkynews http://malarkynews.com/ OK http://malarkynews.com/exclusive-attacks-on-health-reform-orchestrated-by-yet-another-shadowy-corporate-front-group-%E2%80%94-%E2%80%98cmpi%E2%80%99/ 300014 Person republican Wed Nov 18 22:18:59 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 After Sen. Jim Bunning announced his retirement, Republicans fully anticipated that Secretary of State Trey Grayson would emerge as the GOP heir apparent in Kentucky. But things haven’t gone as expected. Despite winning the support of his home-state 'bun':10 'gop':27 'jim':9 'new':2 'sen':8 'win':40 'gone':36 'heir':28 'home':46 'trey':21 'appar':29 'emerg':24 'fulli':15 'haven':34 'retir':13 'state':20,47 'thing':33 'would':23 'despit':39 'expect':38 'announc':11 'anticip':16 'contend':4 'grayson':22 'home-st':45 'support':42 'kentucki':6,31 'politico':49 'secretari':18 'republican':3,14 6734052 false true daylife The Politico http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1109/A_new_Republican_contender_in_Kentucky.html 300014 Person democrat Wed Nov 18 22:18:52 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 FDL's Jon Walker raps Sen. Carper for pushing trigger compromise: "If Harry Reid chooses to betray the Democratic base by listening to Sen. Carper it will create a lot of anger among rank and file party members." ... Max Baucus, Bob Bennett , 'bob':48 'fdl':8 'jon':10 'lot':37 'max':46 'rap':12 'sen':13,31 'base':27 'blog':50 'file':43 'push':16 'rank':41 'reid':21 'tabl':6 'among':40 'anger':39 'choos':22 'creat':35 'entri':51 'harri':20 'parti':44 'baucus':47 'betray':24 'carper':14,32 'listen':29 'member':45 'walker':11 'bennett':49 'currenc':3 'trigger':17 'democrat':26 'progress':1 'breakfast':2 'compromis':18 'ourfuture.org':7 6734050 false true google blog Blog entry http://www.ourfuture.org/content/all/blog OK http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009114717/progressive-breakfast-currency-table 300014 Person republican Wed Nov 18 11:11:34 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Bad news for Kentucky Republicans – The Scorecard – POLITICO.com. Jul 7, 2009 … Bad news for Kentucky Republicans. This double-dose of breaking news – Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) doesn't expect to post strong fundraising … ... '7':19 'r':37 'ky':38 'bad':10,21 'bun':35 'jim':34 'jul':18 'sen':33 '2009':20 'blog':3 'case':6 'dose':29 'good':8 'juic':2,47 'news':9,11,22,32 'post':43 'r-ki':36 'break':31 'doesn':39 'doubl':28 'archiv':4 'expect':41 'strong':44 'balloon':1,46 'fundrais':45 'kentucki':13,24 'scorecard':16 'double-dos':27 'republican':14,25 'politico.com':17 6726857 false true google blog Balloon Juice http://www.balloon-juice.com/ OK http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=30007 300014 Person republican Thu Nov 19 11:12:01 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 From Politico: “To get a sense of just how much clout the Club for Growth has gained at the party leaders' expense, look to Kentucky and the race to fill the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Jim Bunning.” ... 'us':47 'bun':43 'get':9 'jim':42 'sen':41 '2010':46 'club':18 'fill':35 'gain':22 'look':28 'much':15 'paul':45 'race':33 'rand':44 'seat':37 'sens':11 'clout':16 'major':2 'parti':25 'retir':39 'senat':48 'shift':3 'expens':27 'growth':20 'leader':26 'tactic':5 'kentucki':30 'politico':7 'republican':40 6736740 false true google blog Rand Paul 2010 | US Senate http://www.randpaul2010.com/ OK http://www.randpaul2010.com/2009/11/a-shift-in-tactics/