McConnell Calls for Backup at Fancy Farm Picnic

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has placed robo calls to GOP voters in Kentucky urging them to attend the Fancy Farm picnic next week.

The picnic doubles as a raucous political showdown between Republicans and Democrats during an afternoon of stump speeches. It's especially important to McConnell this year because he's running for re-election, and he will have to share the stage with Democratic contender Alison Lundergan Grimes.

McConnell said he will kick off his re-election campaign at the picnic, which he billed as "the summer event you won't want to miss."

The political speeches are part of a fundraiser for St. Jerome Parish that typically draws some 10,000 people and generates about $250,000.