Robert Novak's musings on Ky politics.

I do not know how much, if any, Conservative Columnist Robert Novak, knows about Kentucky politics -- though I admit he is an authority on politics in general -- but it was interesting that yesterday he took at look at the Governor's race in Kentucky. He acknowledges that Fletcher has problems with his re-election efforts, largely because of Stumbo's merit system investigation, but goes on to suggest that Billy Harper's reason for running -- "that Fletcher is unelectable" -- may not be a good reason to be elected himself. Apart from recognizing that Johnathan Miller may be the only top tier Democratic candidate, Novak seems to think that Steve Pence is the candidate who will "cause Fletcher to make a tough choice about whether it is worth his while to run again."
I have his complete verbatim commentary and will post the same if requested to do so.

On an unrelated topic, I think Trey Grayson's call to not require an excuse before a voter can cast an absentee ballot -- even up to 30 days before a scheduled election -- is an excellent idea that deserves to be implemented immediately. Requiring an excuse or even feigning one before casting an absentee ballot serves NO useful election purpose at all.