trail, let s start with you. give us an idea why clinton chose kentucky for this first 2014 campaign stop? well, first of all, this race is very close. democrats are very excited about the prospect of unseating the republican leader. he has been in the senate almost 30 years. it will be very hard to do. as for why bill clinton chose this race. he goes way back with the candidate s family. almost 30 years, in fact. allison grimes father, jerry lundergrand was twice the chairman of the kentucky democratic party and also chaired hillary clinton s campaign in the state and has a catering company called lundy s and catered some of the inaugural events in 1993. i believe we have a picture of allison grimes giving some flowers to bill and hillary clinton from 1993. more recently, he catered chelsea clinton s wedding. there is a lot of loyalty here. paul steinhauser, on the