Bunning deflates troop surge idea, Luallen files for re-election.

Louisville Courier-Journal is reporting that Senator Jim Bunning, one of President Bush's staunchest supporters and who was one of two Senators to vote against Robert Gates as Defence Secretary, is "skeptical" about a rumoured troop surge in Iraq (President Bush will reveal his plans for Iraq in a news conference tommorrow) and "would rather see us maintain our current level and get them out of harm's way and put Iraqi security forces in harm's way." Bunning now joins a growing number of dissenters of mostly Democrats, who are threatning to withhold funding for the surging troops. Senator Mitch McConnell, on the other hand, says he intends to support the President and Senator John McCain makes a case for troop surge.
Meanwhile, we also learn that Crit Luallen, who turned down a bid for the Governor's race, has filed papers today for her re-election.