I have been talking some about Greg Stumbo, potential Senate candidate for Mitch McConnell in Kentucky the last several weeks. Recently, Greg Stumbo hired a pollster to guage his support, and to determine whether his chances were good enough to beat McConnell for him to run. Well, over the weekend it seems some of the results started coming in, and the news looks good for Stumbo and his supporters!!

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Yesterday posts appeared on Kos and MyDD telling of the disasterous new numbers that have been polled for Mitch McConnell recently. While these numbers were music to my ears, I noticed that only one link to one potential challenger of Mitch McConnell, Crit Luallen was linked in the story.

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After Tuesday's Kentucky election where Democrats greatly benefited from the scandals of the current GOP Governor, attention has immediately turned to who will run against Senator McConnell in November '08. We need to focus on who is the best candidate for the job, and who is the best candidate in a matchup against Mitch.

It seems that the new leadership of the Kentucky Democratic Party is split over two names Lt. Col.  Andrew Horne and  Crit Luallen. While Crit Luallen does has decent name ID, she is liked amongst small Democratic circles and has some things to offer a voter keen to dismiss McConnell, she will not appeal to the necessary majority nearly enough to grant her McConnell's Senate seat. I like her a LOT, but she is not ready to take on the McConnell machinery. I wish that were not the case, but McConnell will rip her to pieces in a general and win yet another term.

The Question Democrats in Kentucky have to answer, Lt. Col. Andrew Horne or Crit Luallen?

For the sake of brevity, I will lay out the top ten (of many) reasons why I believe that Lt. Col. Andrew Horne is the one and only candidate that can give Sen. McConnell a real run for his money.

http://DraftHorne.org

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(crossposted at BlueGrassRoots)

A poll out today from the Herald-Leader makes it clear:

Kentuckians don't like Mitch McConnell, and he is VULNERABLE in 2008.

Just as the last two Survey USA polls have shown, Kentuckians are starting to sour on their Senior Senator. Mitch McConnell's approval rating has fallen to 45%, while his disapproval rating has risen to 46%, the first time that any poll has shown his disapprovals eclipsing approvals.

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We all know that earlier this week President Bush showed his true colors by vetoing a bill that would expand the SCHIP program to cover millions of uninsured children. Although it had several Republican supporters, Mitch McConnell was not among them. Not only did McConnell vote against this bill, but encouraged Bush to veto it, and then cheered when he did. He and President Bush share the same desire to protect big insurance profits even over children. Unfortunately for them, Americans don't agree.

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