Jim Bunning wants $10 million for re-election (Wizbang Politics)

Is it only two years till the 2010 mid-term elections. From McClatchy-

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning warned GOP activists Saturday that he'll soon need help amassing at least $10 million to fund his campaign for a third term, which he expects will draw fierce Democratic opposition.
Then he laid down the gauntlet to any would-be Democratic challengers. "I'm telling you right now, we're going to kick butt in 2010," said Bunning, the Hall of Fame pitcher and two-term senator who hails from Northern Kentucky.

Maybe the GOP should start holding bake sales for Bunning.

All snide remarks aside, Bunning hasn't had a easy time winning election in Republican Kentucky. He was elected to the Senate in 1998 by a vote margin of a little over 6,000 and re-elected in 2004 by a margin of 25,000. The Democrats have good reason to see Bunning as vulnerable in 2010.

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