Fletcher plans Commonwealth address on Feb. 6th and hires campaign manager.

Gov. Fletcher plans to give his state of the Commonwealth address on February 6th at 7 p. m. at the Capitol. He also has hired Marty Ryall as his new campaign Manager. Ryall has an impressive list of successes managing other campaigns, according to the prepared statement announcing his hire, although Ryan Alessi at polwatchers dampens this enthusiasm by quoting the New York Times as source for a report that Ryall "resigned as Arkansas Republican Party chairman in 2003 and saw four of his five staff members fired in relation to a Federal Election Commission's investigation."

Meanwhile, the Gov.'s opponent, Billy Harper has taken issue with the poor performance of Kentucky schools in the Quality 2007 study reported here. Harper says they can do better.