Posted on 03/01/2013 12:25:55 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
While some Kentucky Democrats have been skeptical of a potential Ashley Judd candidacy for U.S. Senate, House Speaker Greg Stumbo is no longer among them, saying Thursday he would encourage her to run.
“When I talk to her I’m going to encourage her as I would any other candidate that this is a winnable race,” he said. Stumbo went on to blast Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, calling him “Dr. Doom” and “the father of gridlock.”
Stumbo and Judd have traded phone messages in recent days. He said she left him another message on his work phone last night.
Stumob dismissed the notion that Judd might hurt conservative Democratic legislative candidates if McConnell paints her as being too liberal for Kentucky.
He acknowledged that it might “be tough” for Eastern Kentucky Democrats to support her because of her statements against mountain top removal. He said he does want to talk to Judd about the importance of coal and show her examples of development as a result of mountaintop removal, such as the housing development and golf course at Stonecrest in Floyd County where Stumbo has a home.
But he also said that process of mountain top removal is a “dinosaur” and on its way out.
McConnell’s campaign manager Jesse Benton said the speaker’s comments indicate that he is more concerned with promoting his party than his home region.
“If we wait enough, Speaker Stumbo may oppose and then support just about anybody if his political party runs out of options. I guess he decided that protecting coal country takes a back seat to naked partisanship,” Benton said.
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Don’t flush him in the primary for somebody who isn’t ready to face the media. We tried that in Indiana and got 6 years of an Obama ally.
The MSM is the only thing that can keep Judd in the race, they have to make sure her craziness is not heard
SO much for that dignity of office Pelosi was going on about
I’d prefer to Raylen Givens to ashley
Considering Lugar was a “favorite Senator” of obama’s,what the difference?
It’s not popular to say on FR, but I’ll take an 80% Republican (which all the data says Lugar was) over a 97% Democrat any day. Now we’re stuck with Joe Donnelly until 2019. A devastating tradeoff when we’re desperate to slow the Baraqqi hordes.
Just like Al Frankenstein
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