Thursday, 13 December 2007

Crony Express VI

The train keeps on rolling! Gov Beshear today selected Adam Edelen as the executive director of Kentucky Office of Homeland Security.

Edelen, whose firm manages area Applebees restaurants, returns to government where he worked as an aide to former Democratic Gov. Paul Patton. He also has served as vice president of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce. (emphasis added)

Once again we are treated to another Democrat crony. I am wondering if the press is EVER going to question him about his appointments. He has selected 1 Republican. And that was for adjutant general. Does anyone even know what that position is or does? This is ridiculous! The vast majority of his appointments have been cronies from previous administrations.

Beshear spent the majority of his time during his inaugural address talking about unity. Yet while he says one thing he does another. He is filling his administration with nothing but Democratic partisans from previous administrations. This is a far cry from Fletcher's appointments. There is a massive disconnect here and I am surprised the main stream media hasn't noticed it as well. Oh wait, Beshear is a Democrat. That is why the press have turned a blind eye.

Posted by brians at 6:00 PM in Kentucky Politics

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McConnell's Re-election Bid

A few months before the election, I said that McConnell wouldn't have much trouble getting re-elected for three reasons.

He would have a huge war chest over 10 millon dollars.
The war in Iraq would no longer be a major issue. Things would be either much better or we would be withdrawing troops.
Hillary would be the nominee and would be an albatross around the Democratic candidate's neck

Then the November election came and Fletcher got trounced by Beshear. The Democrats puffed up their chests. They talked about the election being a turning point. A new era of Democratic rule in this state. They even talked about defeating McConnell in 2008! Stumbo and Crit Luallen where both looking at running. McConnell's poll numbers had slipped. His approval rating was below 50%. I had to laugh.

Now we are half way through December and where is the shining knight that was going to ride down McConnell? Luallen has backed out and it is beginning to look like Stumbo is as well. All they are left with is Andrew Horne. I am sure he is a nice guy, but he got trounced in the third district primary. He ran a horrible campaign. Now all of a sudden he is going to run a terrific campaign and be a threat to McConnell? This is the best the Democrats can do? What happened to all of the bravado after the election?

I'll tell you what happened. Reality set in for these folks. McConnell dipped into his war chest and began running positive ads about his accomplishments. Guess what? His numbers have bounced back upwards and he no longer looks as vulnerable as he did in November when the left was running a lot of negative ads against him. If he was able to get a bounce that easily with just a little bit of money. What do you think will happen when he begins to really spend money on the race.

Secondly, the war in Iraq is becoming less of an issue. Our recent successes have caused it to fall off the radar for most people.

Lastly, the Democrats have to realize that the presidential nominee of their party will not win Kentucky. It doesn't matter if it is Hillary or Obama. Both are much more liberal than the average Kentuckian. McConnell has already talked about tying the nominee to his opponent.

I think both Crit and Stumbo both looked at it and decided it wasn't worth the risk to run a race they most likely lose. It is much easier to be patient and wait for Bunning's seat in 2010. While no race is assured, I like McConnell's chances better every passing day.

Posted by brians at 5:37 PM in Kentucky Politics

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