Beshear Throws Kentucky Under The Bus?

That's the headline at Hot Air.  Here's their reasoning:

There are some interesting goings on to watch in Kentucky this year, mostly centering on the “centrist” Democrat Governor, Steve Beshear. Some little birds in local politics have whispered in our ears, indicating that Beshear is looking for a place to land after [his term is up] and is hoping for an appointment in Washington from Barack Obama. Of course, that’s a bit different face than the Governor showed after winning his last election, when he promised a lean government, an ability to work with Republicans and distanced himself from Obama as much as possible.

But that was then and this is now. With an eye to the future, one would think that Beshear and Barack Obama are BFFs after the State of the Union address where he was singled out for his excellent work on Obamacare.

Not only that, with the threat of election defeat behind him, Beshear has also been reaching out to the EPA, with policies on the table which are very dangerous to the coal economy of Kentucky.

This all certainly seems very convenient for Governor Beshear in terms of cozying up to the White House and getting a high profile shout out at the SOTU. And it may just land him a job further down the line. But what happens to the people of his state who are left behind? They get stuck with the wreckage of Obamacare and more jobs leaving the state as the EPA decimates the energy industry there.

The leopard seems to be changing his spots rather quickly here. Keep this name in your Google search drawer and remember this if he shows up with a plush new job in the Obama administration.

Oh, and add to the pot the political capital Beshear is struggling to capture for himself by helping Obama defeat the strongest opponent of his runaway socialist agenda, Mitch McConnell.

Beshear has to be calculating into his future what he could score for himself if Alison Lundergan Grimes becomes the reliable vote for Obama that Michelle said she would be.

Don't for one minute think that these parasites aren't in it for themselves.

Comments

[Michael Plummer]

Thats the most uneducated "opinion editorial" ive ever read. Beshear helping his mortal enemies the Lundergans? Beshear saddling KY with Obamacare? Beshear DID follow the law YOUR Congress passed and garnered 6.5 billion dollars for Ky residents with the new law. Why do we comtinue to elect supposed right wing "conservatives" who fight wasteful spending LOL when they represent one of the POOREST states in the nation? Ky you can be prolife you can be progun you can be profamily but these idiots who get elected and fight " guvernmunt spending" when all the damn money could be coming HERE rather than Mississippi or Alabama just defies sense