Jack Brammer writing for Bluegrass Politics says that Rand Paul made the time and drove 100 miles to attend a forum in Lexington designed to get more young people involved in the political process, while Trey Grayson phoned in with an excuse, and Daniel Mongiardo and Jack Conway just couldn't find the time.
Paul, who has been very serious in his delivery so far on the campaign trail took Grayson's absence as an opportunity to inject a little humor into the event. "He said he thought Grayson, a fellow Republican, may be “too busy reviewing the latest poll results” to attend the forum", Brammer writes. A new Survey USA poll shows Paul leading Grayson among likely republican primary voters.
Trey Grayson has been heavily involved in encouraging civic participation since being in office. Just look for all the news reports where he visits schools all the time to encourage kids to learn about the election process, about government, look at the initiative he has lead (CLIK-Civic Leadership in Kentucky), and so forth. Trey has a proven track record of involvement in this arena, so what if he missed ONE event? He has shown up time and again since at least 2005 and before. Rand Paul is more of a Johnny come lately to this topic than is Trey.
Posted by: Eddie | November 05, 2009 at 10:16 AM