Democratic and Republican primaries for governor are being held in Kentucky where election day is a state holiday just it should be all over the country. I took my two daughters with me to the polling station as a civics lesson and said a couple of things about how important it was to vote.
In the Democratic primary, I voted for Steve Beshear for the same reasons I supported John Kerry. Beshear is a well-known name, he's solid, and he's electable in a year when the Republicans are fielding a weak incumbent in the hapless Ernie Fletcher.
Like Kerry, however, Beshear is far from being a lock to beat Fletcher and Daily Kos and MyDD are much too optimistic about his chances. Beshear is so colorless it's painful, seems to lack a killer instinct, and is an easy target for negative advertising because of his advocacy of casino gambling and work as a lawyer/lobbyist.
Worst of all, Beshear probably won't be able to match Fletcher's fund-raising.
But Beshear is easily the best candidate the Democrats can field. So, I'm going to swallow hard and support him as much as I can.
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Go Fletcher!
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