As I predicted, Herald-Leader endorses Northup & Beshear for Governor.
As I earlier predicted here, the Lexington Herald-Leader has endorsed the candidacy of Anne Northup for the Republican primary and Steve Beshear for the Democratic primary.
On Northup, the newspaper found that "Northup's skills make her best pick" and concluded that "Fletcher's lackluster record, though, would be overwhelmed in a fall campaign by his ethical vulnerability. Questions about indictments, blanket pardons and his practice of handing out tax dollars with one hand while collecting campaign contributions with the other would dominate the airwaves. [It is] [h]ard to believe the Democratic and independent voters who elected Fletcher in 2003 would be attracted to him this time around."
The newspaper also called Fletcher's ad, which took Northup to task for voting for "the biggest tax increase" (according to Fletcher's ad) to fund KERA, a "reprehensible ad".
On Beshear, the newspaper found that "Beshear knows how to do the job, ... knows how to work with the legislature. He understands government. He is eager to use the governor's power to get things done. Kentuckians are hungry for that kind of leadership after four years of bumbling and ethical travesties by the Fletcher crew. ... [and he] embodies his opponents' best qualities: House Speaker Jody Richards' long public service and Democratic Party ideals; Bruce Lunsford's experience in the private sector; Gatewood Galbraith's directness. And Beshear's running mate, state Sen. Dan Mongiardo, would bring a physician's perspective, like former Lt. Gov. Steve Henry, to Kentucky's health problems."
I expect many other big city newspapers (like Owensboro, Elizabethtown, Ashland, Danville, Henderson, Hopkinsville, some Eastern Kentucky papers and Paducah(?) to do the same). I also expect Bowling Green's paper to endorse Fletcher or remain neutral and other smaller newspapers, like Grayson County 's, to also endorse Fletcher. If you have a newspaper in mind let me know and I'll venture a guess, too.
Any thoughts?
On Northup, the newspaper found that "Northup's skills make her best pick" and concluded that "Fletcher's lackluster record, though, would be overwhelmed in a fall campaign by his ethical vulnerability. Questions about indictments, blanket pardons and his practice of handing out tax dollars with one hand while collecting campaign contributions with the other would dominate the airwaves. [It is] [h]ard to believe the Democratic and independent voters who elected Fletcher in 2003 would be attracted to him this time around."
The newspaper also called Fletcher's ad, which took Northup to task for voting for "the biggest tax increase" (according to Fletcher's ad) to fund KERA, a "reprehensible ad".
On Beshear, the newspaper found that "Beshear knows how to do the job, ... knows how to work with the legislature. He understands government. He is eager to use the governor's power to get things done. Kentuckians are hungry for that kind of leadership after four years of bumbling and ethical travesties by the Fletcher crew. ... [and he] embodies his opponents' best qualities: House Speaker Jody Richards' long public service and Democratic Party ideals; Bruce Lunsford's experience in the private sector; Gatewood Galbraith's directness. And Beshear's running mate, state Sen. Dan Mongiardo, would bring a physician's perspective, like former Lt. Gov. Steve Henry, to Kentucky's health problems."
I expect many other big city newspapers (like Owensboro, Elizabethtown, Ashland, Danville, Henderson, Hopkinsville, some Eastern Kentucky papers and Paducah(?) to do the same). I also expect Bowling Green's paper to endorse Fletcher or remain neutral and other smaller newspapers, like Grayson County 's, to also endorse Fletcher. If you have a newspaper in mind let me know and I'll venture a guess, too.
Any thoughts?
Labels: Democratism, Kentucky politics, Public Service, Republicanism
posted by KYJurisDoctor at 8:49 AM
4 Comments:
You are like Nostradamus. No one could have got that one right. Hey, next can you predict if the sun will come up tommorrow? I can't get anyone to venture a guess on that one.
Yes, it will. I'll be glad to answer any other questions you have, but please remember to try using spell check, would you? Tomorrow has one "m"!
You are doing a great job OSI !!!
Thank you. These guys don't like the message so they think they ought to "shoot the messenger"!
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