Saturday, 3 June 2006
Lt. Governor Pence Resigns From Ticket
« Fletcher Gets a New Judge | Main | Fletcher Picks Rudolph for Lt. Governor Spot »In a weird turn of events, Lt Governor Steve Pence has decided he will not seek re-election as part of the Fletcher team. I am guessing he doesn't want to go through the slime that will be part of the next gubernatorial election.
Bizarrely, he resigned his post as Secretary of Justice Department, but will continue to keep his job as Lt. Governor. Which means his job for the next year will be to sit around and see if Fletcher dies. Personally, if you are going to disengage yourself from the current administration, I think you should resign from Lt. Governor so Fletcher can get in a right hand man that will work to see the administration succeed.
If it turns out he is doing this to run against Fletcher he is making a big mistake. I don't think the Republican party will nominate a turn coat. At least I would hope they wouldn't.
Of course the slime in the media along with the Democratic party are getting a kick out of this.
Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Lundergan said in statement that Fletcher should demand Pence's resignation as lieutenant governor because Pence "essentially gave up his job, but not his salary."
Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said Pence's decision suggests the Republican Party is "getting ready to wave bye-bye" to Fletcher.
"I can't imagine the Republicans re-nominating him if they want to win," Sabato said.
I also hope that the Republican party doesn't take Sabato's advice for two reasons. One I think he is wrong about Fletcher's chances and secondly, that would be a very "Democrat" thing to do for the party. I say that because it was the same greedy party members who rode Fletcher's coat tails into the Governor's mansion and eventually got Fletcher into this hiring "scandal". Fletcher then pardon's these scoundrels and now they might turn around and stab him in the back? We will just have to wait and see what happens.
