Grayson Leads By Just 4
A new Bluegrass State poll shows Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson leading Bruce Hendrickson by just four points heading into the final week of campaigning.
As I reported last night, Grayson realizes he's in a dogfight but says he's done all he can to try and keep from going down in flames with party mate Ernie Fletcher, assuming Fletcher loses big. Grayson told me yesterday that he's not mad at Fletcher saying he couldn't have won in 2003 without Fletcher at the top of the ticket. Grayson considered running against Fletcher in this year's republican primary but says he doesn't regret that decision.
Meanwhile, Hendrickson has begun running radio ads while the Kentucky Democratic Party is running ads on urban stations using a bogus allegation that Grayson is trying to keep residents from voting by barring the use of provisional ballots.
Comments
Pure demogoguery designed to scare African American voters in L'ville. We already knew Hendrickson couldn't get the endorsement of his own profession, teaches. We also knew that he was defeated for reelection as Mayor of Pineville by a landslide. And we already knew that not one single paper, including the Bell County paper, will endorse him.
Now we know he's a LIAR!
Posted by: Cyberhillbilly | November 1, 2007 8:28 PM
Grayson's a good guy. Win or lose, his political career is not over by any means. It's just that he's hogtied by dint of his party affiliation to Fletcher this year, and anyone would have a tough time escaping that morass.
I don't get the whole provisional ballot thing Hendrickson is trying to play up. My understanding is that Trey couldn't use those even if he wanted to, although the reason escapes me.
Posted by: J. Newkirk | November 1, 2007 9:01 PM
"the Kentucky Democratic Party is running ads on urban stations using a bogus allegation that Grayson is trying to keep residents from voting by barring the use of provisional ballots."
A policy enacted under the watch of a previous Democrat officeholder, not Trey Grayson.
Posted by: Anon | November 7, 2007 8:58 PM