Fischer's entry into the race will set up a tough democratic primary with the winner taking on Mitch McConnell in the fall. Fischer is a wealthy Louisville business CEO and the son of well-known Louisville businessman and former Brown administration cabinet secretary George Fischer. One would expect Fischer to personally fund most of his campaign.

His main competition is Andrew Horne, a Louisville attorney and Iraq war veteran. Horne has some political experience, having lost the democratic primary for 3rd district congress to John Yarmuth last year. This will be Fischer's first run for public office. Neither Horne nor Fischer is well known outside Jefferson County and Fischer is hardly known inside the Louisville Metro limits.

Horne says, if Fischer runs, he'll discover the same thing Bruce Lunsford has, that money can't buy a win in a democratic primary race. Horne says, since he announced his campaign a couple of weeks ago, he's gotten positive responses across Kentucky. His biggest problem will be fundraising and articulating his positions on issues other than Iraq. As you've seen in a posting earlier today, most Kentucky voters think the economy and health care are the top two issues in the presidential race, not Iraq. We look forward to finding out Fischer's views.