It’s official, ladies and gentleman. Mitch McConnell’s worst nightmare has become a reality. And we’re the first to bring the news to you. Andrew Horne is announcing his candidacy for the United States Senate. The months-long and successful draft movement is over. The Democratic Party’s consensus candidate is here.
This is a first for Kentucky and a signal that the blogosphere is increasingly relevant. Welcome to campaign 2008.
From Horne’s announcement:
“I’m running for U.S. Senate because it’s time for a change and because Senator Mitch McConnell is more than part of the problem. He IS the problem. It is time for Kentuckians to take our government and country back. We should not be told to take a backseat to the wealthy and powerful. It’s time to tackle the challenges facing our country instead of passing them off to our kids. It’s time for leaders who’ll take the right stand.”
“Mitch McConnell, the Republican Leader, symbolizes everything wrong with Washington. He bows to big business, practices the worst kind of politics, and doesn’t take a stand when faced with tough issues. Simply put: Mitch McConnell carries George Bush’s water on Iraq; I carried a rifle in Iraq.”
As you’ll see in the video announcement below, Andrew Horne is a true statesman. The first in a generation.
Visit Horne’s campaign website here. Read his press release here.
13 responses so far ↓
1 Andrew McMichael // Dec 13, 2007 at 11:08 am
A few days ago I set up an ActBlue account to raise money for Horne’s run. This one’s winnable, but it aint gonna be easy.
http://www.actblue.com/page/horne4senate
2 CWash // Dec 13, 2007 at 11:28 am
We are delighted, at last, to have a major opponent for the obstructionist McConnell. We wish Horne much success, as he mounts a multi-issue campaign to show the people of Ky. how little Mitch cares about the day to day concerns of the average person he is supposed to be representing.
Mitch has given us a very large target lately. He is dead wrong on many popular issues, not just the military. I’m glad to see that Horne actually took aim, and shot Mitch down on the Children’s Health Insurance issue in his opening salvo. We hope he keeps using Mitch for target practice, scoring bull’s-eyes on all the issues.
3 Yellow Dog // Dec 13, 2007 at 11:37 am
And not just a true statesman, but a canny politician, too – setting up the Herald-Leader (and me, too, I’m afraid) by announcing a meeting with Greg Fischer to discuss the race.
Well played, sir.
4 jake // Dec 13, 2007 at 12:10 pm
YD:
It’s just that dirty liberal media taking you for a ride. You know how they conspire to control the world and all.
5 KYJurisDoctor // Dec 13, 2007 at 12:22 pm
… but is he ready to feel the “BOULDER”?
http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2007/12/andrew-horne-succumbs-to-david-hawpes.html#links
6 MediaCzech // Dec 13, 2007 at 12:50 pm
KYJD was shivering so bad that it took him an hour to type that.
7 Yellow Dog // Dec 13, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Jake: Wait, I thought WE were conspiring to take the world away from THEM.
Did I miss a meeting? ;-)
8 Cyberhillbilly // Dec 13, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Is this on slow motion… maybe something’s wrong w/ my computer. Or maybe Horne is just that uninspiring.
9 UK College Democrats » Blog Archive » Andrew Horne Runs For Senate // Dec 13, 2007 at 1:26 pm
[...] Horne is officially running for Senate. Jake Payne from Page One was the first to break the news, followed quickly by BlueGrassRoots, DitchMitchKY, and finally [...]
10 jake // Dec 13, 2007 at 1:29 pm
First– not sure how anyone could consider McConnell more inspiring than Andrew.
Second– if, by “boulder” you mean someone who is effectively a draft dodger chicken hawk? Then, yeah, he’s ready for the boulder.
11 The Cat // Dec 13, 2007 at 3:24 pm
I think this is a mistake.
12 jake // Dec 13, 2007 at 4:38 pm
What’s a mistake? Not running paid-for hacks parading as Democrats?
13 jake // Dec 13, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Or running one of the strongest candidates Kentucky has ever seen?
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