Tuesday, 25 August 2009
KY Senate Special Election Today
Today voters in Robertson, Bracken, Mason, Lewis, Carter, and Greenup counties (northeastern Kentucky) go to the polls today to vote in a special election to fill the vacated seat of Republican Charlie Borders. Borders stepped down as senator when offered a position on the PSC making 6 figures. A position offered by Beshear in attempt to use appointments to wipe out the Republican majority in the state senate. As such, the special election has become a bit of a zoo. Top names from both parties have flooded the area helping each candidate campaign. Hundreds of thousands of dollars and long hours are being spent to win the seat.
Today is the culmination of all the work . We will learn today if Beshear's plan has succeeded or if it is yet another one of his mega flops. Personally, I think Ditty will win for a couple of reasons. First, the Democrats have been blatantly lying about Ditty. It was so bad that West Virginia television stations pulled the advertisements. That can't help the Democrats credibility in the election. (I know both sides say crap about their opponents, but to have your television ad pulled is pretty sad) Especially with the people who are paying attention. In a special election they are the ones who are going to vote. On top of that, the district is not in favor of Beshear's only issue, expanded gambling. A fact that comes out when Webb talks about gambling.
Throw in discontent at the Democrats on the national level and I wouldn't be surprised at all if Ditty wins and Beshear once again ends up with egg all over his face. We will find out this evening when results are tabulated. The other loser if Ditty wins might be Republican Majority Leader Dan Kelly. If Beshear loses this round, he may not be so eager to give Kelly the District judgeship this fall. Unless he has finally run out of cronies to appoint.
Today is the culmination of all the work . We will learn today if Beshear's plan has succeeded or if it is yet another one of his mega flops. Personally, I think Ditty will win for a couple of reasons. First, the Democrats have been blatantly lying about Ditty. It was so bad that West Virginia television stations pulled the advertisements. That can't help the Democrats credibility in the election. (I know both sides say crap about their opponents, but to have your television ad pulled is pretty sad) Especially with the people who are paying attention. In a special election they are the ones who are going to vote. On top of that, the district is not in favor of Beshear's only issue, expanded gambling. A fact that comes out when Webb talks about gambling.
Webb said the election has little to do with gambling, and she defended her vote in the special session as a way to restrict gambling to places where it's already allowed, like racetracks.Webb's quotes are hilarious on two fronts. First the fact that she contradicts herself within the same sentence. She is against expanding gambling but voted to expand gambling at existing venues. Both of her statements can not be true. The fact of the matter is that she did vote for some form of expanded gambling. Maybe not universal gambling but some additional gambling. Secondly, to make such a farcical statement means that the district is probably not in favor of expanded gambling. Expanded gambling is the primary reason everyone is fighting so hard for the seat. I imagine the voters in the district are smart enough to figure it out and will probably vote no to expanded gambling.
“Some people are for it, some people are against it,” she said. “I'm not for expanded gaming, I don't think what I voted for was expanded gambling, I think what I voted for was an option at an existing venue.”
Throw in discontent at the Democrats on the national level and I wouldn't be surprised at all if Ditty wins and Beshear once again ends up with egg all over his face. We will find out this evening when results are tabulated. The other loser if Ditty wins might be Republican Majority Leader Dan Kelly. If Beshear loses this round, he may not be so eager to give Kelly the District judgeship this fall. Unless he has finally run out of cronies to appoint.
Posted by at 2:23 PM in Kentucky Politics
