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IN KENTUCKY'S CLOSELY WATCHED

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GOVERNOR'S RACE SHOWING WHICH

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CANDIDATES HAVE EARLY ADVANTAGE

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ONE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR GOES

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TO THE U.S. BORDER WITH MEXICO

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TO MAKE A NEW AD. WHO INSPECTS

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THOSE BIG SIGNS LIKE THE ONE

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THAT TRAGICALLY FELL AT AN ELIZ

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THE STATE TRANSPORTATION

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SECRETARY WONDERS ALOUD WHAT

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HAPPENS TO ROADS MAINTAINED BY

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GASOLINE TAX AS MORE DRIVERS GO

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ELECTRIC.

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HEADING INTO THE LAST WEEKEND

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JANUARY, "COMMENT" IS NEXT ON K.

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GOOD EVENING. I'M BILL BRYANT,

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AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT

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ON KENTUCKY," A LOOK BACK AT AND

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SOME ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS

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IN THE COMMONWEALTH. AND THE

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GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF WORKING

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KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS TONIGHT AR

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OLIVIA KRAUTH, POLITICAL

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REPORTER FOR THE COURIER-JOURNA

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CHRIS OTTS, REPORTER FOR WDRB I

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AND AUSTIN HORN, POLITICAL

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REPORTER FOR THE LEXINGTON HERA

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ALSO TONIGHT, A SPECIAL ELECTIO

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IS SET IN THE STATE SENATE RACE

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IN LOUISVILLE AFTER MORE POLLIN

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PLACES ARE ADDED, AND SOME

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STUDENTS GIVE THEIR IDEAS ABOUT

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SCHOOL SAFETY.

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SO WE HAVE A LOT TO DISCUSS

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TONIGHT.

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LET'S BEGIN WITH THE GOVERNOR'S

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RACE WHERE THE FIRST MAJOR

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INDEPENDENT POLL DROPPED THIS

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WEEK, GIVING US SOME IDEA OF

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WHERE THINGS STAND EARLY IN THE

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GOVERNOR'S RACE.

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AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT

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POLL FROM MASON DIXON, GOVERNOR

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PEGGED AT 61%, WITH ONLY 29%

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DISAPPROVING.

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THE REST SAID THEY WERE UNSURE.

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THE POLL ALSO SHOWS ATTORNEY

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GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON IS THE

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CLEAR EARLY FRONTRUNNER FOR THE

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REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR

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GOVERNOR WITH 39%, INDICATING

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THEY FAVOR CAMERON.

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UNDECIDED WAS NEXT AT 28%.

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AND FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR KELLY

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CRAFT, WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING A

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HEAVY SCHEDULE OF TV ADS, SHOWS

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UP NEXT AT 13%.

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ALL OTHERS WERE IN SINGLE

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AUSTIN, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS

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POLL THAT CLEARLY SHOWS GOVERNOR

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>> Austin: FIRST OFF, AS YOU

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UNDENIABLY GOOD NEWS FOR THE

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49 TO 40 IS THE CLOSEST CONTEST

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THAT THEY HAVE BETWEEN HIM AND

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ATTORNEY GENERAL CAMERON, SO THE

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LEAD IS REAL THERE, BUT AT THE

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SAME TIME THERE WAS A POLL DONE

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BY THE SAME FIRM LAST CYCLE IN

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2019 THAT MEASURED OUT BESHEAR

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VERSUS BEVIN, AND BESHEAR WAS UP

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ON BEVIN 9 POINTS AT THAT TIME.

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NOW HE ONLY ENDED UP WINNING BY

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THE OTHER KIND OF BIG TAKEAWAY

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EARLIER THIS MONTH WE GOT A POLL

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FROM TEAM CAMERON THAT SAID, I'M

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UP 30 POINTS, THAT'S WHY YOU

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SHOULD SUPPORT ME OVEROVER ALL

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THE OTHER REPUBLICANS.

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IT WASN'T QUITE THE MARGIN OF

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HIS OWN POLL BUT IT WAS STEAL A

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REALLY SIZABLE ONE.

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I THINK MAYBE TWIXT POINTS,

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SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OVER KELLY

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NOW THE CANDIDATE TO BEAT, BUT

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IT'S ALSO POTENTIALLY SQUISHY

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BECAUSE HE'S GOT VERY HIGH NAME

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I.D. OVER THE OTHER CANDIDATES,

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AND THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE AS

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AS RYAN QUARLES GETS TO UNLOAD

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SOME OF HIS MONEY THAT HE'S BEEN

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SQUIRRELING AWAY FOR A REALLY

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LONG TIME, SO IT COULD GET

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INTERESTING, BUT RIGHT NOW

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CAMERON IS THE GUY TO BEAT.

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>> Bill: OLIVIA, YOUR TAKE AS

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YOU HAD A LOOK AT THOSE

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NUMBERS.

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>> Olivia: YEAH, I THOUGHT

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THEY WERE VERY UNSURPRISING.

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WE JUST IN THE MORNING CONSULT.

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FOLKS SAY BESHEAR IS INCREDIBLY

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POPULAR.

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SO THESE NUMBERS SHOWED, YES, HE

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IS INCREDIBLY POPULAR.

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AND WE'LL SEE HOW THAT CHANGES.

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>> Bill: WHAT ABOUT THE FACT

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THAT -- AND AUSTIN, YOU MADE

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REFERENCE TO THIS -- THAT IN

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2019 THE POLLING SHIFTED, BUT

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THE APPROVAL RATING FOR BESHEAR

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HAS HELD RELATIVELY CONSIST NOW

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WERE ABOUT THREE YEARS, RIGHT

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AROUND 60%.

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IS THAT BAKE INTO THE CAKE AT

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THIS POINT, THAT THAT'S WHERE HE

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IS WITH THE ELECTORATE?

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>> Austin: IT REALLY MIGHT

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REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO SPEND

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ALL TIME THEY CAN CONNECTING HIM

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TO BIDEN WHO HAS A 40-SOME

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APPROVAL RATING IN THE U.S. AND

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E. WHO KNOWS HOW LOW IT IS IN

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KENTUCKY.

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IF FIRST FRAME ON KELLY CRAFT'S

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LATEST AD IS A PICTURE OF THE

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TRUMP BORDER WALL SUPER IMPOSED

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WITH TWO PHOTOS OF BIDEN AND

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BESHEAR PUTTING ON A MASK, WHICH

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I GUESS THAT MEANS THEY THINK

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MASKS DON'T WORK WELL

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POLITICALLY IN TERMS OF IMAGERY

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IN KENTUCKY.

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BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE

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SORT OF THE SHARED GOAL OF ALL

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THESE REPUBLICANS, IS GETTING

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THAT 61% DOWN TO 50% OR WHATEVER

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THAT GOAL PERCENTAGE IS WHERE

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HE'S MORE BEATABLE.

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>> Bill: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF

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THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNOR GOT

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HIGH APPROVAL AMONG MEN AND

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WOMEN, AROUND 60% IN EVERY

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REGION OF THE STATE, 41% OF

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REPUBLICANS SAID THEY APPROVE OF

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THE JOB THAT THE DEMOCRATIC

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GOVERNOR IS DOING.

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AND I THINK I USED THIS TERM

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WHEN THAT EARLIER POLL CAME

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OUT.

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DOES THAT CREATE HEARTBURN FOR

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THE GOP THIS YEAR?

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>> Austin: I THINK IT DOES.

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ANOTHER BIG ADVANTAGE AND

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DIFFERENCE FROM LAST TIME IS

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THAT BESHEAR HAS MORE OF A

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NATURAL ORGANISM OCCURRIC

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PULPIT.

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CAMERON HAS MORE.

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BUT BESHEAR CAN STILL MAKE NEWS

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PRETTY CONSTANTLY JUST BECAUSE

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WHEN THE GOVERNOR SPEAKS, YOU

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KIND OF HAVE TO LISTEN, AND HE'S

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ABLE TO PUT OUT HIS MESSAGE AND

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HIS KIND OF MR. ROGERS AFFECT

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THAT HE REALLY LOVES TO KIND OF

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CENTER ON.

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CHALLENGE.

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>> Bill: OLIVIA, IT WAS

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INTERESTING TO ME THAT AFTER TWO

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TERM IN STATE OFFICE, 57% SAID

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THEY DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE NAME

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OF AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER

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RYAN QUARLES, AND 61% DIDN'T

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RECOGNIZE STATE AUDITOR MIKE

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HARMON.

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YOU WOULD ASSUME PEOPLE WHO ARE

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RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, WHO

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ALREADY HOLD A STATEWIDE OFFICE,

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HAVE SOME PRESUMPTION THAT THEY

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ARE WELL-KNOWN ACROSS THE

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>> Olivia: I MEAN, I WOULD

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HOPE SO US THAT THEY HAVE BEEN

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ELECTED, AND LIKE YOU SAID

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TWICE.

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IT IS QUITE PROBLEMATIC THAT

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THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTED, AND

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PEOPLE STILL DON'T KNOW WHO THEY

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SO DOES BEING AN LOOK AT THE

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OFFICIAL ELECTED OFFICIAL CARRY

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WEIGHT IN THAT SITUATION IN

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MAYBE NOT AS MUCH AS PEOPLE HAD

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>> Bill: THIS IS MORE OR LESS

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A HORSE RACE POLL WHERE WE FIND

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OUT WHERE PEOPLE STAND.

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BUT IT IS EARLY.

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THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW

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POLLS WE'VE SEEN.

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WE KNOW THAT THE CAMPAIGNS ARE

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PROBABLY DOING THEIR OWN

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PRIVATELY POLLING.

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THEY'RE LOOKING AT ISSUES AS BE,

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AS AUSTIN MENTIONED A MINUTE

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AGO, IT MAY BE THAT THEY

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IDENTIFIED MASKS AS AN ISSUE TO

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JUMP ON, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU MAKE

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THE POINT THAT IT'S VERY EARLY.

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>> Austin: YEAH, OF COURSE, IT

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IS EARLY, AND WE HAVE TALKED ON

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THIS SHOW BEFORE, BILL, ABOUT

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THE LACK OF POLLING FROM

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TRADITIONAL SOURCES, SUCH AS

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NEWS MEDIA BECAUSE OF CHANGES

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THAT WE'VE SEEN, AND SO THERE'S

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PROBABLY ALSO A RISK IN

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OVERREADING THIS AT THIS EARLY

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STAGE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL LIKE,

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OH, WE GOT A POLL.

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IT'S A REAL POLL.

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IT'S NOT A CAMPAIGN POLL.

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THIS IS ACTUALLY A REAL POLL,

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BUT IT IS ONLY ONE POLL, AND SO

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IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE

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MULTIPLE DATA POINTS TO

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INTERPRET, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN

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THE SECOND THING I'D SAY IS, AS

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YOU AND I KNOW VERY WELL, LOCAL

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TELEVISION ADVERTISING IS VERY

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EFFECTIVE, AND SO WE WILL SEE IF

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KELLY CRAFT IS ABLE TO RISE

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FORWARD AS SHE CONTINUES TO

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SPEND REALLY BUT IF

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YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT 30 DAYS OUT

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THAT YOU'RE STILL TEN POINTS,

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FIVE POINTS, WHATEVER IT IS,

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BACK, THAT'S WHEN YOU START

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UNLEASHING SOME FIREPOWER ON

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CAMERON.

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NOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?

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WE DON'T KNOW.

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THE BIG CONTROVERSY OF THE

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CAMERON ATTORNEY GENERALLER A

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HAS BEEN BREONNA TAYLOR, AND

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IT'S A QUESTION MARK AS TO IF

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YOU CAN SPIN THAT STORY IN A   Y

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THAT MAKES REPUBLICANS NOT LIKE

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YOU.

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I THINK THAT'S AN OBVIOUS

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GENERAL ELECTION TOPIC.

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I DON'T KNOW.

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I CAN SEE MAYBE AN AD WHERE YOU

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MENTION THAT THE FEDS HAD TO

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COME IN AND CLEAN CAMERON'S

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MESS-UP, QUOTE/UNQUOTE, WITHOUT

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I. EVEN SAYING HER NAME IN THE

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WAY THAT WE'VE HEARD PROTESTERS

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SAY OVER ANDOVER AGAIN, SAY HER

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NAME, BREONNA TAYLOR.

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IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING TO

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SEE IF THAT TACK IS TAKEN.

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I THINK IT WILL BE, AND WHAT IT

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LOOKS LIKE.

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>> Bill: EVENTUALLY, THE

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QUESTION IS A FIGHT AMONG

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SELVES, OLIVIA WORE DO THEY ALL

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TRY TO CONTINUE TO GO AFTER

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BESHEAR DURING THE COURSE OF THE

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PRIMARY CAMPAIGN?

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>> Olivia: RIGHT.

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I THINK HONESTLY THEY'RE NOT

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GOING AFTER BESHEAR.

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THEY'RE NOT -- THEY'RE RUNNING

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AGAINST THEMSELVES.

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BESHEAR IS NOT THEIR OPPONENT

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RIGHT NOW, SO THEY MIGHT BE

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BETTER SUITED TO LIKE TAKE ONE

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STEP AT A TIME.

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>> Bill: ALL RIGHT.

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NOW, NEW NUMBERS ON PARTY

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REGISTRATION ARE IN TODAY, AND

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INDEPENDENT VOTERS HAVE SUR PADS

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10% OF THE STATE'S ELECTORATE,

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AND KENTUCKY SECRETARY OF STATE

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MICHAEL ADAMS SAID THIS ABOUT

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THE GROWING NUMBER OF VOTERS OR

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CHECKING THE "OTHER" BOX.

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HE SAID THAT CANDIDATES FOR

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STATEWIDE OFFICE SHOULD TAKE

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NOTICE.

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TO WIN A GENERAL ELECTION, THEY

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MUST REACH OUT BEYOND THEY ARE

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BASE AND COURT THE FASTEST

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GROWING BLOCK OF THE

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ELECTORATE.

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WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT VOTERS ARE

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STARTING TO REGISTER "OTHER"?

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>> Chris: I THINK PROBABLY

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JUST GENERAL DISINFECTION WITH

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POLITICS AND NOT FEELING LIKE

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YOU BELONG TO EITHER SIDE, AND

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THIS IS HAPPENING DESPITE THE

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FACT ANOTHER THING WE'VE TALKED

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ABOUT BEFORE ON THIS SHOW THAT

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KENTUCKY HAS CLOSED PRIMARIES,

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SO INDEPENDENTS DO GIVE THAT UP

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BY BEING INDEPENDENT.

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AND I WOULD ADVENTURE WAS AS

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I'VE SAID HERE BEFORE, THAT I

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THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW

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THAT WHEN THEY FIRST REGISTER TO

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VOTE AND THEY JUST SEE

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THEMSELVES AS AN INDEPENDENT

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PERSON, AND THEN MAYBE IT TAKES

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A WHILE FOR THEM TO REALIZED

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THAT YOU CAN'T VOTE IN A PRIMARY

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IF YOU'RE AN INDEPENDENT AND

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THEN THEY SWITCH.

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THIS IS A GROWING SHARE OF THE

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ELECTORATE, AND MAYBE THERE'S A

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LOT OF DEMOCRATS WHO WOULD HAVE

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BEEN DEMOCRATS WHO ARE NOW

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INDEPENDENTS BECAUSE DEMOCRATS

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HAVE BEEN FLATLINING IN THIS

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STATE OR SHRINKING.

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>> Bill: WILL T. CREATES AN

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UNPREDICTABLE SWING VOTE,

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DOESN'T IT?

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10% CAN CERTAINLY THROW AN

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ELECTION.

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>> Olivia: ABSOLUTELY.

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THAT'S A VERY SERIOUS AMOUNT OF

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PEOPLE.

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>> Bill: AND THIS TREND AMONG

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YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHERE IT IS

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STRONGEST, AUSTIN, AVOIDING THE

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TRADITIONAL PARTIES.

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>> Austin: RIGHT.

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AND I THINK TO CHRIS' POINT,

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THERE MAY NOT BE A FULL

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REALIZATION OF KENTUCKY'S CLOSED

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PRIMARY SYSTEM, BUT I THINK

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ANOTHER WAY TO READ IT IS THAT

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IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR ANDY BESHEAR,

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RIGHT, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE

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EXTREMELY STRONG SWING TO THE

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REPUBLICAN PARTY AS MUCH IN THIS

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STATE AS YEARS PAST.

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IT'S STILL END TRENDING THAT WAY

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BUT YOU GOT TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT

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PEOPLE WHO ARE CHOOSING TO

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REGISTER AS INDEPENDENCE

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COMPARED TO PEOPLE WHO NEWLY

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REGISTERED AS REPUBLICANS.

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>> Bill: IT'S GOING TO BE

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INTERESTING.

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THERE WAS A REAL TRAGEDY IN

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ELIZABETHTOWN LAST WEEK WHEN A

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LARGE SIGN FELL DURING THE HIGH

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WINDS AT A DENNY'S RESTAURANT,

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AND TWO PEOPLE DIED AFTER THAT.

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THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT

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HAPPENED GOES ON, BUT THAT GOT

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REPORTERS ASKING A LOT OF

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QUESTIONS, LIKE WHO SPEIGHTS

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THESE SIGNS AND DIDN'T INSPECTS

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THESEY SIGNS AND WHAT ARE THE

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RULES.

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SO WHAT ARE THE FINDING, CHRIS?

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>>>

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>> Chris: WELL, TO BE HONEST,

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BILL, NOBODY INSPECTS THEM.

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WHAT WE FOUND IS THE WAY THIS

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WORKS IS SIMILAR TO THE WAY ANY

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OTHER NEW CONSTRUCTION IS

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PERMITTED AT THE LOCAL -- AND BY

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THE WAY, THIS IS ALL AT THE

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LOCAL LEVEL, SO FIRST THING, THE

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STATE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TOLD

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US, WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH

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THIS.

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WE DON'T PERMIT SIGNS.

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THE STATE BUILDING CODE HAS

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NOTHING TO DO WITH SIGNS.

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SO EVERYTHING IS AT THE LOCAL

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LEVEL.

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AND THAT'S THE CASE IN KENTUCKY,

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BUT IT'S ALSO PRETTY MUCH THE

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CASE N. NATIONALLY.

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I TALKED WITH BELIEVE IT OR NOT

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THERE'S A TRADE ASSOCIATION FOR

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THE SIGN INDUSTRY, AND THE

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PERSON WHO RUNS THAT GROUP TOLD

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ME THAT THIS IS THE WAY IT WORKS

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PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE, THAT YOU

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REVIEW CONSTRUCTION PLANS, GET A

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BUILDING PERMIT, AND THEN AFTER

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THAT IT'S UP TO THE PROPERTY

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OWNER TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY

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JUST LIKE THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE

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ROOF IN WORKING ORDER, THEY HAVE

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TO MAKE SURE THE WINDOWS AREN'T

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BLOWN OUT, BUT THE ISSUE HERE IS

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THIS THING IS 80 FEET TALL AND

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THE OBJECT THAT FELL WAS

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2600 POUNDS, AND UNFORTUNATELY

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THE ELDERLY WOMAN IN THE BACK

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SEAT OF THE VEHICLE WAS CRUSHED

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ON SITE.

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SO IT DID MAKE US SORT OF STAND

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UP AND WONDER, WOW, YOU SEE

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THESE SIGNS EVERYWHERE, OFF OF

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EVERY INTERSTATE EXIT, AND

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THAT'S WOULD BE SURE THAT THAT

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ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

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BUT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT I

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TALKED TO FOR THE STORY, YOU

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KNOW, THEY MENTIONED THAT THIS

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IS REALLY A FREAK THING, IT'S

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INCREDIBLY RARE, AND IT WOULD BE

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VERY EXPENSIVE TO INSTITUTE

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SOMETHING TO DO ABOUT IT

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SYSTEMICALLY LIKE REGULAR

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INSPECTIONS.

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>> Bill: SOME OF THE FAMILY

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MEMBERS INDICATE THEY INTEND TO

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BE HEARD FROM AND THEY ARE GOING

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TO BE TRYING TO GET THIS TO THE

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PUBLIC'S ATTENTION.

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>> Chris: YES.

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AND THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE

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VICTIMS IN THIS, SHE HAS BEEN

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TALKING.

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RIGHT NOW THE FOCUS HAS JUST

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BEEN ON HER GRANDPARENTS AND

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WHAT THEY MEANT TO HER.

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I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE

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SURPRISED TO SEE LITIGATION

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RESULT FROM THIS.

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>> Bill: OLIVIA, SOME STUDENT

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WERE IN FRANKFORT THIS WEEK TO

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TALK WITH THE EDUCATION

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COMMISSIONER AND SOME LAWMAKERS

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ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY, AND THEY

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HAVE THEIR OWN IDEAS ABOUT WHAT

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IS IMPORTANT.

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>> Olivia: YEAH.

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SO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

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HAS A GROUP THAT'S A STUDENT

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ADVISORY COUNCIL.

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IT'S ABOUT 30 KIDS.

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AND SHORTLY AFTER UVALDE OVER

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THE SUMMER, THEY STARTED WORKING

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ON THIS SCHOOL SAFETY PROJECT.

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THEY STARTED RESEARCHING,

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THINKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD MAKE

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THEM FEEL SAFER AS STUDENTS, THE

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PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE DIRECTLY

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IMPACTED SHOULD SOMETHING

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HAPPEN, AND THEY FINALLY SHARED

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SOME OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS

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WITH THE REST OF US.

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I WAS MORE SURPRISED BY WHAT WAS

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MISSING.

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YOU KNOW, WE SO OFTEN HEAR FROM

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ADULTS.

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HOUSE EDUCATION CHAIR WAS IN THE

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AUDIENCE AND HE WAS INTERESTED

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IN WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY AND SAID

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HE WAS GOING TO FORWARD HIS

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RECOMMENDATIONS ONTO HIS

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COLLEAGUES.

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>> Bill: THIS WAS NATIONAL

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SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK BUT A

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KENTUCKY BILL STOPPED EDUCATION

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OPPORTUNITY ACCOUNTS.

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THERE IS, THOUGH, POTENTIAL FOR

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MORE LEGISLATION ON THIS,

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RIGHT?

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>> Olivia: THERE IS A

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POTENTIAL.

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HAVE I HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

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NO.

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I THINK IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO

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PASS THAT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY

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ACCOUNT BILL AS-IS.

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THE SAME GOES FOR THE CHARTER

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SCHOOL BILL THAT FOLLOWED.

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AND SO SINCE ONE WAS STRUCK

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DOWN, ONE'S STILL HELD UP IN THE

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COURTS, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING

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IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THAT

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FRONT.

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>> Bill: CHRIS, ONE THING HA

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WE'RE WATCHING THE LEGISLATURE

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POTENTIALLY IS HOW KENTUCKY WILL

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ADDRESS THESE GRAY MACHINES AS

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THEY'RE CALLED, WHICH I

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UNDERSTAND YOU GOT TO DEMO ONE,

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RIGHT?

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>> Chris: WE'RE RUNNING THE

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00:20:21,066 --> 00:20:24,666
STORY NEXT WEEK BUT WE ACTUALLY

519
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WANTED TO GO AND SEE WHAT ARE

520
00:20:24,666 --> 00:20:27,633
THESE MACHINES.

521
00:20:25,466 --> 00:20:29,100
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THEM.

522
00:20:27,633 --> 00:20:30,566
OLIVIA'S COLLEAGUES JOE SONKA

523
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DID A NICE OVERVIEW OF THIS

524
00:20:30,566 --> 00:20:33,866
ISSUE IN DECEMBER.

525
00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:34,900
THESE TWO SIDES ARE REALLY

526
00:20:33,866 --> 00:20:36,500
GEARING UP TO SPEND A LOT OF

527
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MONEY ON ADVERTISING AND

528
00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:39,233
LOBBYING, AND IN FACT YOU'RE ALL

529
00:20:37,933 --> 00:20:41,766
RIGHT SEEING THE ADS.

530
00:20:39,233 --> 00:20:43,400
SO WHAT ARE THESE?

531
00:20:41,766 --> 00:20:46,733
THESE ARE GAMING MACHINES THAT

532
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SIT INSIDE OF BARS AND

533
00:20:46,733 --> 00:20:51,466
RESTAURANTS, AND THE

534
00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:54,033
ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE MAKERS OF

535
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THE MACHINES SAY THAT THEY ARE

536
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GAMES OF SKILL, AND HOW THEY

537
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ACTUALLY WORK IS, FOR EXAMPLE,

538
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YOU'LL HAVE LIKE A 9-SPOT GRID,

539
00:21:01,666 --> 00:21:07,100
KIND OF LOOKS LIKE SLOTS, IT'S

540
00:21:04,933 --> 00:21:08,833
SORT OF, AND THEN STOPS, AND THE

541
00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:10,033
SKILL IS YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE

542
00:21:08,833 --> 00:21:12,200
WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO

543
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GET THREE IN A ROW, AND

544
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SOMETIMES IT EVEN WIGGLES AS ONE

545
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OF PEOPLE WHO WAS PLAYING IT

546
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TOLD ME, TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE

547
00:21:17,233 --> 00:21:22,866
TO PICK, BUT IT'S TIMED, AND THE

548
00:21:21,166 --> 00:21:25,133
HORSE RACING INDUSTRY, OF

549
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COURSE, IS ADAMANTLY AGAINST

550
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THIS.

551
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THEY OPERATE HISTORICAL RACING

552
00:21:26,833 --> 00:21:29,933
MACHINES, WHICH ARE THE

553
00:21:28,833 --> 00:21:32,133
SLOT-LIKE GAMING THAT THE

554
00:21:29,933 --> 00:21:33,200
LEGISLATURE HAD TO LEGALIZE A

555
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COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND THEY

556
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WANT TO SEE THESE GAMES -- THEY

557
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SAY THIS IS ILLEGAL GAMBLING

558
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FLAT OUT, AND SO WHETHER THE

559
00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:46,166
LEGISLATURE BANS THEM, REGULATES

560
00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:46,666
THEM OR DOES NOTHING, THOSE ARE

561
00:21:46,166 --> 00:21:47,766
THE OPTIONS.

562
00:21:46,666 --> 00:21:48,066
>> Bill: SO WE'LL SEE ON

563
00:21:47,766 --> 00:21:49,600
THAT.

564
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ALL RIGHT.

565
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,700
KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION

566
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SECRETARY JIM GRAY TOLD ME NOON

567
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INTERVIEW THIS WEEK THAT HE HAS

568
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,133
SOME REAL CONCERNS ABOUT FUNDING

569
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HIGHWAY MAINTAINS AND EVEN LOCAL

570
00:21:58,133 --> 00:22:00,000
STREETS AND ROADS IN THE

571
00:21:59,566 --> 00:22:01,966
FUTURE.

572
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:04,100
RIGHT NOW IT'S THE GAS TAX THAT

573
00:22:01,966 --> 00:22:05,966
FUNDS THOSE EFFORT, BUT AS WE

574
00:22:04,100 --> 00:22:06,700
ALL KNOW, THE PUSH IS ON FOR

575
00:22:05,966 --> 00:22:09,633
ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

576
00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:11,133
>> EVERYONE IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN

577
00:22:09,633 --> 00:22:12,900
KENTUCKY, IN PUBLIC OFFICE NEEDS

578
00:22:11,133 --> 00:22:15,666
TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE

579
00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:18,033
THE GASOLINE TAX FUELS THE

580
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REVENUE SHARING THAT GOES TO OUR

581
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COUNTIES AND OUR CITIES AND OUR

582
00:22:20,033 --> 00:22:24,566
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE

583
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STATE, AND THIS GENERATES

584
00:22:24,566 --> 00:22:29,366
SOMEWHERE IN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE

585
00:22:25,933 --> 00:22:32,300
OF AROUND $800 MILLION A YEAR.

586
00:22:29,366 --> 00:22:34,066
>> Bill: SO IT'S AN

587
00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:34,600
800 MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION

588
00:22:34,066 --> 00:22:36,133
GOING FORWARD.

589
00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,000
>> Chris: THAT'S WHAT THE GAS

590
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TAX GENERATES.

591
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,733
THE SHARE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES

592
00:22:38,633 --> 00:22:42,900
IN THE STATE, LET'S BE CLEAR, IS

593
00:22:40,733 --> 00:22:45,633
STILL REALLY SMALL.

594
00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:47,266
NOT ARGUING WITH THE SECRETARY,

595
00:22:45,633 --> 00:22:48,833
I'M SURE THIS WILL BE AN ISSUE

596
00:22:47,266 --> 00:22:51,033
THAT THE STATE WILL HAVE TO DEAL

597
00:22:48,833 --> 00:22:53,633
WITH, BUT I THINK THE OTHER

598
00:22:51,033 --> 00:22:55,400
QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN RAYED

599
00:22:53,633 --> 00:22:56,666
BEFORE AND I HAVEN'T HEARD

600
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,300
ENOUGH ABOUT IT LATELY IS

601
00:22:56,666 --> 00:22:59,133
WHETHER THE GAS TAX SHOULD BE

602
00:22:58,300 --> 00:23:01,433
RAISED, AND AS YOU KNOW VEHICLES

603
00:22:59,133 --> 00:23:03,066
ARE GETTING MORE FUEL EFFICIENT

604
00:23:01,433 --> 00:23:05,000
AND WE'RE SEEING TOYOTA DO A TON

605
00:23:03,066 --> 00:23:07,400
WITH HYBRIDS, SO ELECTRIFICATION

606
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,066
IS CAUSING PEOPLE TO USE LESS

607
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,400
FUEL, SO IT'S NOT AS JUST

608
00:23:09,066 --> 00:23:13,100
ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

609
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,900
BUT THEY ARE A TINY SLICE OF THE

610
00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:17,066
AMOUNT OF VEHICLES IN THE STATE,

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00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:17,933
AS WELL AS NATIONALLY, ONLY 5%

612
00:23:17,066 --> 00:23:18,866
OF NEW CAR SALES.

613
00:23:17,933 --> 00:23:20,233
>> Bill: ANOTHER THIS POINT.

614
00:23:18,866 --> 00:23:23,366
I THINK GRAY IS TRYING TO LOOK

615
00:23:20,233 --> 00:23:23,700
FORWARD ON THIS AND RAISE SOME

616
00:23:23,366 --> 00:23:24,766
ALARMS.

617
00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:25,833
TRADER JOE'S IN ST. MATTHEWS

618
00:23:24,766 --> 00:23:27,433
HELD A UNION VOTE.

619
00:23:25,833 --> 00:23:28,533
>> Chris: RIGHT.

620
00:23:27,433 --> 00:23:28,866
THE THIRD TRADER JOE'S IN THE

621
00:23:28,533 --> 00:23:31,566
COUNTRY.

622
00:23:28,866 --> 00:23:32,500
IN LOUISVILLE, THEY ARE

623
00:23:31,566 --> 00:23:34,666
UNITIZING.

624
00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:36,000
IT'S PART OF THE BROADER SERVICE

625
00:23:34,666 --> 00:23:37,233
SECTOR PUSH WE HAVE SEEN

626
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,600
RECENTLY TO UNIONIZE.

627
00:23:37,233 --> 00:23:39,966
COFFEE SHOPS, BOOKSTORES, PLACES

628
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,366
LIKE THAT.

629
00:23:39,966 --> 00:23:43,566
>> Bill: OLIVIA, THE SPECIAL

630
00:23:41,366 --> 00:23:45,100
ELECTION TO REPLACE NOW

631
00:23:43,566 --> 00:23:46,300
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN MORGAN

632
00:23:45,100 --> 00:23:49,666
McGARVEY IN THE STATE SENATE

633
00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:50,966
IS NOW APPARENTLY SET AFTER

634
00:23:49,666 --> 00:23:52,633
CONCERNS ABOUT POLLING AND A

635
00:23:50,966 --> 00:23:52,900
COUPLE OF CANDIDATES ARE FACING

636
00:23:52,633 --> 00:23:53,600
OFF.

637
00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:55,600
>> Olivia: RIGHT.

638
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:58,133
SO THERE IS INITIALLY THE GAME

639
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,500
PLAN WAS TO HAVE FOUR POLLING

640
00:23:58,133 --> 00:24:00,966
LOCATIONS.

641
00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:01,733
THAT GOT SHOT DOWN BECAUSE IT

642
00:24:00,966 --> 00:24:04,466
JUST WASN'T ENOUGH.

643
00:24:01,733 --> 00:24:07,766
THEY BROUGHT IN MARTIO POLIO,

644
00:24:04,466 --> 00:24:08,066
SORTED OUT SOME THINGS WITH

645
00:24:07,766 --> 00:24:09,033
JCPS.

646
00:24:08,066 --> 00:24:10,466
NOW THEY HAVE EIGHT SCHOOLS THAT

647
00:24:09,033 --> 00:24:11,033
ARE GOING TO BE OPEN FOR A TOTAL

648
00:24:10,466 --> 00:24:12,033
OF 12.

649
00:24:11,033 --> 00:24:15,100
THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO

650
00:24:12,033 --> 00:24:15,433
BE WORKABLE AND THAT'S GOING TO

651
00:24:15,100 --> 00:24:17,533
HAPPEN.

652
00:24:15,433 --> 00:24:19,266
WE HAVE DEMOCRAT CASEY CHAMBERS

653
00:24:17,533 --> 00:24:20,300
ARMSTRONG WHO IS A COUNCILWOMAN

654
00:24:19,266 --> 00:24:22,233
IN LOUISVILLE, AND SHE'S GOING

655
00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:23,866
TO BE FACING OFF AGAINST

656
00:24:22,233 --> 00:24:27,600
REPUBLICAN MISTY GLENN WHO IS

657
00:24:23,866 --> 00:24:28,900
BEST KNOWN FOR RUNNING FOR

658
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,200
JPSCAL SCHOOL BOARD OVER THE

659
00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:34,433
FALL.

660
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:34,733
THAT AREA IS SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC.

661
00:24:34,433 --> 00:24:36,366
BUT --

662
00:24:34,733 --> 00:24:38,566
>> Chris: I THINK PROBABLY

663
00:24:36,366 --> 00:24:38,866
CASSIE CHAMBERS AS THE ADVANTAGE

664
00:24:38,566 --> 00:24:40,700
THERE.

665
00:24:38,866 --> 00:24:41,300
SHE'S WELL-KNOWN.

666
00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:42,933
SHE'S ALREADY ELECTED.

667
00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:44,566
SO THAT ONE SEEMS LIKE A SAFE

668
00:24:42,933 --> 00:24:45,600
BET FOR HER.

669
00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:47,900
>> Bill: ANOTHER SPECIAL LEEKS

670
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,566
THAT WILL COME LATER IN THE

671
00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:50,933
YEAR, SPECIAL ELECTION.

672
00:24:48,566 --> 00:24:51,833
>> Austin: TO REPLACE

673
00:24:50,933 --> 00:24:53,466
SENATOR RALPH ALVARADO WHO IS

674
00:24:51,833 --> 00:24:55,000
LEAVING FOR TENNESSEE

675
00:24:53,466 --> 00:24:57,000
ADMINISTRATIVE POST.

676
00:24:55,000 --> 00:25:00,433
IT'S A PRETTY RED DISTRICT, AND

677
00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:02,366
THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT GETTING RED

678
00:25:00,433 --> 00:25:05,200
AGAIN WENT UP A LITTLE BIT WHEN

679
00:25:02,366 --> 00:25:06,533
THEY SCHEDULED THE PRIMARY OR

680
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,833
THIS ELECTION ON THE SAME DAY AS

681
00:25:06,533 --> 00:25:10,600
THE PRIMARY, AND REPUBLICANS

682
00:25:07,833 --> 00:25:12,233
HAVE A LOT MORE INCENTIVE TO

683
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,000
TURN OUT TO BIC THEIR

684
00:25:12,233 --> 00:25:14,166
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE.

685
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,800
>> Bill: WE TALK A LOT ABOUT

686
00:25:14,166 --> 00:25:18,033
THE NEW PROM SENSE OF

687
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,166
CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMER, AND YOU

688
00:25:18,033 --> 00:25:20,666
DID AN ARTICLE AND STARTED IT

689
00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:23,300
OFF WITH THE FACT THAT THERE'S A

690
00:25:20,666 --> 00:25:23,833
PHOTO OF MITCH McCONNELL IN

691
00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:24,600
COMER'S OFFICE.

692
00:25:23,833 --> 00:25:28,000
>> Austin: THERE IS.

693
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:29,366
IT'S OF MITCH McCONNELL AND A

694
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,266
COLLEGE-AGED JAMES COMER.

695
00:25:29,366 --> 00:25:33,866
THAT'S WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT OF

696
00:25:31,266 --> 00:25:35,500
THE FFA IN KENTUCKY, THE FUTURE

697
00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:37,500
FARMERS OF AMERICA.

698
00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:39,600
AND McCONNELL WROTE A LITTLE

699
00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:40,933
MESSAGE SAYING HE HOPES HE HAS A

700
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,300
BRIGHT FUTURE, AND I GOT TO SIT

701
00:25:40,933 --> 00:25:44,300
DOWN WITH McCONNELL LATER.

702
00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:47,000
AND HE SAID THAT VERY MUCH CAME

703
00:25:44,300 --> 00:25:48,766
TRUE WITH COMER WHO IS NOW RISEN

704
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,466
WHO CRAZY NATIONAL PROMINENCE.

705
00:25:48,766 --> 00:25:52,000
HE'S ONE OF THE TAUPE PROBABLY

706
00:25:50,466 --> 00:25:54,033
THREE OR FOUR REPUBLICANS WE

707
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,400
HEAR FROM WITH HIS OVERSIGHT

708
00:25:54,033 --> 00:25:55,466
COMMITTEE.

709
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,066
SO THERE ARE LOTS OF QUESTIONS

710
00:25:55,466 --> 00:25:58,466
ABOUT WHAT HIS FUTURE MIGHT LOOK

711
00:25:58,066 --> 00:25:59,800
LIKE.

712
00:25:58,466 --> 00:26:00,600
COULD HE GO FOR GOVERNOR AGAIN

713
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,000
IN THE FUTURE?

714
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,366
COULD HE RUN FOR SENATE IN

715
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,866
2026?

716
00:26:03,366 --> 00:26:06,733
OR COULD HE JUST RISE THROUGH

717
00:26:04,866 --> 00:26:08,133
THE RANKS AND MAYBE BECOME HOUSE

718
00:26:06,733 --> 00:26:10,566
LEADER AT SOME POINT?

719
00:26:08,133 --> 00:26:11,433
>> Bill: 99 DAYS TELL THE

720
00:26:10,566 --> 00:26:15,600
KENTUCKY DERBY, AND THEY ARE

721
00:26:11,433 --> 00:26:16,500
WORKING HARD TO GET SOME MAJOR

722
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:16,866
RENOVATIONS PARTIALLY

723
00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:17,566
COMPLETED.

724
00:26:16,866 --> 00:26:19,000
THEY WILL BE TOTALLY COMPLETED

725
00:26:17,566 --> 00:26:20,833
NEXT YEAR.

726
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,700
THIS WEEK MARKS SIX MONTHS SINCE

727
00:26:20,833 --> 00:26:23,266
THE FLOODING IN EASTERN

728
00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:25,100
KENTUCKY.

729
00:26:23,266 --> 00:26:25,866
THE HISTORIC FLOODS TOOK 44

730
00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:26,166
LIVES, DESTROYED HUNDREDS

731
00:26:25,866 --> 00:26:27,400
HOMES.

732
00:26:26,166 --> 00:26:29,466
THE RECOVERY, OF COURSE, IS FAR

733
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,700
FROM OVER BUT KENTUCKIANS HAVE

734
00:26:29,466 --> 00:26:31,900
SHOWN THEIR RESILIENCE AND

735
00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:33,366
COMPASSION AFTER CHALLENGES LIKE

736
00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:34,333
IN IN REASON YEARS.

737
00:26:33,366 --> 00:26:35,066
THAT'S "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY."

738
00:26:34,333 --> 00:26:36,266
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

739
00:26:35,066 --> 00:26:36,266
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD