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FromtheWashingtonPost:
Kentucky:It'sneveroveruntilit'soverbutthisonesurelookslikeit'sover.Gov.ErnieFletcher(R)spenthisfirsttermbesetbyethicalquestionsand,despiteabriefrevivaltowinacontestedRepublicanprimary,lookslikeadeadmanwalkingatthemoment.Amid-SeptemberpollconductedfortheLouisvilleCourierJournalshowedformerLt.Gov.SteveBeshear(D)20pointsaheadofFletcher;ourconversationswithinsidersonbothsidessuggestthatnumberisaboutright.
FletcherhastriedanumberofattacksonBeshear--allegingthatBeshear"supports"casinogambling,thatheengagedinunethicalpracticesinrelationtothecollapseofKentuckyCentralLifeCo.--buttheysimplyhaven'tcaughton.VotersmadeuptheirmindsaboutFletcherawhileagoandBeshearisintherightplaceattherighttime.
--ChrisCillizza,WashingtonPostpoliticalwriterandblogger;courtesyofFrankLeidermann,AssociateEditor
EvenRepublicansareboltingtheFletchercampaign:Today(October10,2007),additionalprominentRepublicanleadersannouncedtheirsupportforSteveBeshear,DemocratcandidateforGovernor,intheupcominggubernatorialelection.
AtapressconferenceinLouisville,FormerRepublicanStateRepresentativeandSenatorLindyCasebierandformerStateRepresentativeBillLileendorsedBeshearintheNovemberelection.CasebierchairedtheSenateEducationCommitteeandLileservedasHouseRepublicanWhipforfouryearswhileservingintheKentucky GeneralAssembly…fromBeshear-MongiardoCampaign;courtesyofFrankLeidermann,AssociateEditor
FromIntrade(averyaccurateon-linepredictionmarket).Inrecentyears,thissite’saccuracyisover90%.)