Posted on 09/08/2023 1:19:54 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
...Cameron was supposed to be a United States senator.
It turns out that was mostly a media narrative, fueled by gossip around the timeline of McConnell’s eventual departure and the genuine excitement Cameron has generated as an avatar for Kentucky Republicans.
In choosing to pursue this campaign for governor, Cameron has selected a more arduous political pathway, given Gov. Andy Beshear’s popularity and how rare it is to defeat an incumbent governor anywhere. (Just one incumbent governor in the country fell in 2022, none lost in 2020.)
But at 37, Cameron is a man in a hurry – something that was apparent to those who worked with him early on.
“All of us understood when we hired Daniel that he would be in public life somehow, someway, someday,” said Tom Lee, a Nashville attorney who hired Cameron as a litigator out of the U.S. Senate. “He’s a very confident guy and that’s apparent by his political path so far.”
If Cameron defeats Beshear this November, he would become the first African-American Republican governor elected since Reconstruction, the nation’s youngest governor and an immediate national icon in a party starved for youth and diversity.
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Beating Beshear
But to get there he will have vanquished a well-liked incumbent who is part of a commonwealth family dynasty. Which means it’s imperative he makes the next two months more about his opponent and why Kentuckians should believe they’ve been hoodwinked by Beshear’s moderate, temperate sheen.
“This governor...has not been leading. He’s been following,” Cameron told McClatchy in an interview. “He’s now trying to take credit for the tax cuts that originally he did not back. He’s trying to take credit for all sorts of things.”
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“... in a party starved for youth and diversity” Kind of sounds like the Dems with ones like Pelosi, Biden, Hillary, and Feinstein.
As long as Abortion Andy is going heavy with the dem position on this issue, he should have Illinois Gov JB Pritzker’s cousin Jennifer campaign for him as well.
Is he going to look out for all Kentuckians, or “his people” like all black politicians do.
KY voters are retarded
Got kin in KY. They like Cameron. Hope he wins.
I’m in KY; a relative newcomer at about 3 years. But I’m getting accustomed to the political landscape, at least around my corner of KY.
My take on Cameron: ambitious beyond achievement, a protege of Mitch Mc, really wants Mitch’s seat. He’s part of the state’s party machine, and the machine is much more RINO than I would have expected.
The populace is conservative in general, but Beshear won due to a bad candidate and relatively moderate stances (and a legistlature than can do whatever they want irrespective of Beshear; i.e. he’s not that relevant).
Cameron who?
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