Lunsford sharpens TV ad attacks

Democrat Bruce Lunsford is broadening his attack on U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a new television ad that says McConnell's a "master" of the political culture in Washington that has produced high gas prices, a rising number of home foreclosures and political corruption. It's Lunsford's most direct attack yet on the 24-year Republican incumbent. And it uses Lunsford's own voice, rather than that of an announcer, to make the case against McConnell, who is among the most powerful Republicans in Washington. The McConnell campaign responded to the ad — which began running today throughout the state — by attacking Lunsford on Vencor, the former nursing home company that Lunsford founded and that was forced to file for bankruptcy. Vencor subsequently split into two companies and emerged from bankruptcy as Ventas... [read full story]                    

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