Kentucky: Beshear

Bob Layton has the goods on the next possible move by Beshear to electorally castrate David Williams:
The speculation this summer had been swirling as well that Republican State Senator Tom Buford could similarly seek a higher position within the administration of Governor Steve Beshear. Since then, of course, Buford attended the Beshear-Abramson fundraiser at Nicholasville Republican R. J. Corman’s business location in Nicholasville, and both he and his wife have each contributed the maximum $1,000 contribution to Beshear’s re-election campaign.

None of this speculation comes from any source inside the Beshear adminstration, so it may be as accurate as predictions of the U.

Step #1: Mike Reynolds shocks the state with a blowout victory in the 32nd District Special Senate election in February.
Step #2: Beshear starts to show the first sign of political acumen and cutthroat will to match that of David Williams: deciding to start appointing Republican State Senators to positions and take on David Williams' majority and leadership position. He appoints Sen. Charlie Borders to the KY Public Service Commission, and Democrat Robin Webb wins a slim victory in the special election.
And now... welcome to step #3: Beshear is set to give Republican State Senator Dan Kelly a judicial appointment, setting the stage for yet another special election that could put David Williams one step closer to the minority.
Cutthroat competence from Steve Beshear? Yes, its been way too long of a wait, but I could get used to more of this.

So, what do you do when your candidate is caught on tape calling your boss, Gov. Beshear, a "whore", "son of a bitch" and the "worst Governor in KY history"?

Granted, this isn't an easy situation. But the strategy of the Dan Mongiardo camp has been a comedy of errors so far. The whole "I won't comment on a doctored tape" thing has only increased the curiosity of the KY and national press, and they aren't going to stop asking that question until he explains why he (obviously) said them.

But this new tactic from yesterday? OH MY. Check it out:

Yes, instead of finally putting this whole thing to rest by apologizing for his comments, and saying that he and the Governor have patched up their differences.

From Dan Mongiardo's email this morning:
Political Shenanigans

We want to take a moment to address the issue of audiotapes that were anonymously posted on an internet blog last week. As Governor Beshear said, this is nothing more than "political shenanigans." It is being orchestrated by political opponents to try and slow Daniel's growing campaign momentum. For anyone who heard them it is obvious that these are heavily edited snippets of audiotape that have been cut and spliced and pasted together with various sound effects added. Neither Daniel nor the campaign is going to give them credibility by commenting on their content.