Coal Counties Angry at Obama to Sway Kentucky Senate Race

President Barack Obama’s decision to propose tougher limits on power-plant emissions poses a threat to Democrats amid the coal-rich mountainsides of Kentucky and to his party’s efforts to keep control of the U.S. Senate.

“The president seems willing to sacrifice Democrats for his legacy,” said Bill Bissett, president of the Kentucky Coal Association in Lexington. “Any linkage to the president in a coal-producing state is a tremendous liability.”