Rumors appear to be true: Anne Northup expected to run for Kentucky Governor.

Over the past several months, there have been rumors about an ANNE Northup campaign for Governor. The rumors escalated after it was reported that Sen. Jim Bunning refused to endorse Gov. Fletcher's re-election bid, but instead hinted of (or invited, if you will) an Anne Northup or Hal Rogers challenge. Now it appears that Anne Northup is going to take the hint (or accept the invitation, if you will -- again) and run. At least that is what his former Chief of Staff and confidante, Terry Cammack, is saying. It is also being reported that Mrs. Northup has approached Rep. Jeff Hoover, the House Minority Leader, to be his running mate and I fully expect Jeff to accept. On my last post here entitled Believe it or not, I stated -- when others suggested otherwise -- that the departure of Mrs. Northup's campaign manager and chief of staff made it more likely that she would run because she would want to start afresh with a new crew and that the the poll that counts is not the one reportedly showing Anne Northup besting the Gov., but it will be the one poll by a man named Mitch. Now it appears that I have been proven correct on both counts and that Mrs. Northup will run and the man named Mitch must have done his "Mitch poll" and has given his "formidable" endorsement to Anne Northup by suggesting that "Anne Northup would be a formidable candidate and could win both in the May primary and the November election."

In another related story, Jack Richardson iv, a vocal critic of the Gov., is reporting to the media that Stan Cave, the Gov.'s Chief of Staff, approached him for advise.

In yet another related story, the Lexington Herald-Leader, is reporting that Franklin Circuit Judge, Reed Rhorer, has ordered that all evidence gathered in the Merit System hiring probe should be turned over to the U. S. Attorney General's office, the state Personnel Board, the Executive Branch Ethics Commission and the Bar Counsel office of the Kentucky Bar Association.
Stay tuned as ALL of this are bound to get VERY interesting VERY QUICKLY.