Democrats Could Be History:In Kentucky, Recent Scandals Might Rewrite...

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In Kentucky, Recent Scandals Might Rewrite Tradition

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And when the attorney general returns home to Versailles at night and turns on the television set, he is reminded of more recent history -- the scandals that have engulfed the incumbent governor, Paul Patton (D), and appear to have given the Republicans their best chance in a generation to capture the governor's office when voters go to the polls Tuesday.

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Eight years ago, Republicans also believed that they were poised to win the governor's office, which Democrats have held since 1971. But a late surge by Patton shattered that dream. It has been a frustrating three decades for Republicans as they have watched Kentucky, like much of the South, become increasingly Republican but still cling to its Democratic heritage in elections for state offices.

This year, GOP officials vow, will be different.

"We were not prepared organizationally for what happened" in the 1995 campaign, said Ellen Williams, the Kentucky GOP chairwoman. "Ernie is by far the best candidate for governor that we've ever had, and we are better organized than the Republican Party has ever been in Kentucky."



Stories like these amaze me. :shrug:

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1. Link?

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here ya go
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44127-2003Oct30.html