Blogging the Bluegrass

A WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF POSTS BY KENTUCKY'S POLITICAL BLOGGERS

• Jessamine County Attorney Brian Goettl, who blogs at The Conservative Edge, is considering a run for Attorney General, according to David Adams at Kentucky Progress.
• Meanwhile, Goettl is highly critical of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and U.S. Rep. Anne Northup, two leading state Republicans who haven't publicly endorsed Fletcher's re-election bid. He goes so far as to call McConnell Kentucky's Wizard of Oz.
• Just because Gov. Ernie Fletcher can't win doesn't mean that Democrats can't lose, says KYKurmudgeon Larry Dale Keeling.
• Fletcher's former press secretary, Brett Hall, launched a new site Saturday called KyPolitics.org. In his opening column analyzing the governor's race, Hall has this to say about Fletcher's political nemesis, Attorney General Greg Stumbo:

The AG may have some very well-known personal and ethical flaws, still he possesses as sharp a political sense as anyone in Kentucky, with the notable exception of U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell. In the waning hours of a campaign, votes can shift as the sharper instincts shift into gear. It’s akin to watching two coaches battle it out in the final quarter of a basketball game. The winning coach may not have the best team but he knows how to use the clock and his opponent’s weaknesses to his advantage.

Greg Stumbo, with the exception of Governor Ernie Fletcher, reportedly wants to be governor more than anyone in this race. He’ll do whatever it takes to win. Bet on it.

• Jonathan Miller is the preferred Democratic gubernatorial hopeful of UK Dems.
• Mark Nickolas says Bruce Lunsford is a charlatan on BluegrassReport.org.
• At N. Ky. Politics, Pat Crowley wonders why so many Northern Kentucky  Republicans love Ernie.
• McConnell is surrendering his conservative principles by conditionally backing a minimum wage hike, according to Martin Cothran at vere loqui.

- John Stamper

Comments

[Brian Goettl]

Two things about your post. First, I have not been critical of Anne Northup. I have been critical of her campaign manager, Ted Jackson. Second, David Adams did not include these facts in his post. I am seriously considering a run for Attorney General because Governor Fletcher has personally asked me to, on two seperate occasions, and Stan Cave met with me to talk about it as well.

Sincerely,

Brian Goettl