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Democrats Appear to Resurge in Kentucky
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Nov 04, 2007 09:00pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Monday, November 5, 2007 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 4, 2007; Page A05
CADIZ, Ky. -- Republicans are making Steve Beshear's life look easy.
Beshear, a Democrat, is expected to sail past the GOP incumbent into the Kentucky governor's mansion Tuesday, and Republicans in the Bluegrass State are already concerned about next year, when the White House is in play and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) faces reelection.
No wonder Beshear bounded into the Cadiz Restaurant on Main Street last week, all smiles and confidence, his tie knotted tightly and his penny loafers gleaming. A new statewide poll showed him with a 23 percentage-point lead over Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R), an ordained minister whose ethical challenges have merged in voters' minds with frustration over Republican leadership in Washington.
Beshear joked to an equally upbeat crowd that Fletcher is now called "the great unifier": unifying Democrats, Republicans and independents who want to throw him out.
Four years ago, when Fletcher became the state's first GOP governor in three decades, the mood in Kentucky's political parties was reversed. Kentucky appeared reliably Republican and the Democrats were scrambling to field winners. But recent results indicate fresh doubts. |
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