Friday, 18 January 2008
Louisville: 0 - 2 In Last Two Elections
« Crony Express IX | Main | National Fred Day »In 2006, Louisville elected Yarmuth! to Congress and what did they get in return? Nothing. Yarmuth! has been unable to acquire any additional funds for the faltering bridge project. A project that is imensely important for Louisville's growth.
In 2007, Louisville played a huge part in electing Beshear. What are they going to get in return? I bet you can guess. Yup. Nothing. Beshear's administration has decided they are no longer going to fund the bridge project.
Facing tough times for Kentucky’s road fund, Transportation Secretary Joe Prather said today he favors alternative ways of paying for the Ohio River Bridges Project and other large road and bridge ventures.
I think it is funny that Louisville has voted Democratic in the last two elections and now the bridge project is receiving zero funding. That doesn't seem like a very good return on investment.
Interestingly enough, it appears that Louisville might get a chance for redemption this year. Leading Republican Congressional candidate, Erwin Roberts, has been called up by his Army Reserve unit and will not be able to seek election. On Thursday, Roberts officially withdrew from the race.
These unexpected developments has opened the door for a Northup comeback. She is seriously contemplating jumping into the race which would set up a potential rematch with Yarmuth!.
Early polling shows that a race between Yamuth! and Northup would be as tight as it was two years ago. I am sure the prospects does not make team Yarmuth! all that happy.
I would love to see Norhtup retake her seat. She is a wonderful person and a hard worker. In addition her moderate politics are a perfect fit for Louisville. I wish her the best of luck.
For years Northup ran ads talking about the money she brought back to the 3rd district.
My memory might be a little fuzzy, but what conservative principle does that represent?
I never claimed she was a liberal. She is a center/right candidate. Nothing wrong with that. She is a perfect representative for the district. And the best a staunch conservative like myself can hope for from the 3rd.
would you prefer that we send money to the federal government and never get it back, only to see it get spent elsewhere - in other states like california, to build infrastructure for their people and economies?
i think the pertinent claim here is that she votes to cut taxes. once the gov't has the money, what's wrong with getting it spent in one's district?
i'm fine with saying earmarks are a gateway drug to higher federal spending, but blaming the people who control spending (after it has already been collected by the gov't and tax cuts have been voted on) is pointless and counterproductive.
your use of the exclamation point is great, but saying "her moderate politics" is not great. she never once ran as a moderate.