I'm really happy about the announcement that she'll be a Fox News contributor. Some have the strange notion that this is all she's going to be doing with her time, but there's no such thing as a Fox News contributor who does nothing else with his time. They all have regular jobs outside Fox News. I look forward to seeing her more often on Fox News!

You're still pushing that SurveyUSA poll done two months ago? Can anyone say "Desperate"? The newest poll was an independent poll done by a California firm that showed him running 17% statewide, same as the internal poll. It also showed Johnson winning in one of four regions (the south, which is Rand's home region) and it also showed Johnson leading among women statewide. As a conservative woman and a Palin supporter, I like that Bill Johnson's positions are the candidate closest to hers. The PPP poll is being pushed now by the Paul camp, too, and it had fewer than 500 respondents and they weren't all voters, let alone Republican voters. The independent poll was statewide, among likely Republican voters, divided evenly by region and gender. Now ask yourself, what percentage of Rand Paul supporters are registered Republicans, let alone live in Kentucky?? Johnson is the candidate for conservatives in this race.

PPP is not a trustworthy pollster. It's run by liberals and their polling is never right.

Hooray for Bill Johnson!! He's the only true conservative running in this race!!!

Thanks for the link back. I'll add you to my blogroll. :-)

Rand Paul is bad for Kentucky. There's no way Kentucky would vote for him in the general election. He's showing a lead now because of the out-of-state money that's poured in to get his name out front and center. The only real conservative in this race is Bill Johnson. If Rand Paul wins the primary, you may as well kiss goodbye any chance for a Republican win in the general election. There's also been a gamechanger which makes this poll moot - the fact that Rand Paul selected an anti-Christian racist to be his campaign coordinator. This lead won't last.

You've married social conservatives with fiscal issues. Where do you get this?? Social conservatism has nothing to do with "big government". I think what's happening here is that you just want the social conservatives to go away and you've developed an argument based on that desire. We're not going away.

By the way, thanks for this comment, blakmira. It's educational for my children to see the things their mother is accused of wrongly. It's good preparation for them to understand the crosses that all faithful Catholics must invariably bear in life. My children read this blog and know where I stand on these issues. You are apparently not a regular reader.

I'm anti-repeating-9/11. I am opposed to the death penalty whenever alternatives to protecting the public are feasible. Human beings have far greater dignity than animals do because they are created in the image of God by the Father and through Jesus Christ, His Son. I don't ignore other issues, but protection of life is the most important one to me because, as Mother Teresa said, if anyone can murder a child, that person would be willing to do any evil. As a mother and as a Catholic, child murder is the most important issue to me. This is why I support Bill Johnson for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. Trey Grayson is my second choice.

Actually, the president is guilty even of supporting the murder of children already born through his opposition to the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, but last time I checked, he is currently in office. Rand Paul is for a policy that will allow states to legalize partial-birth abortion. That is a fact. Pro-lifers who really care about this issue are fully aware of the dangers in trusting politicians who say, "I"m pro-life, but......"

Simply appalling. I can't even get my mind around it. Thank you for the report.