A Vision From Kentucky

Some very interesting, and very positive, poll numbers have been released in regard to the 2010 US Senate race in Kentucky. Senator Jim Bunning, a Republican, has decided not to seek reelection which has caused 11 individuals, of whom 6 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats, to enter the race. In reality the contest is between only two individuals.

On the Republican side in a recent poll, Rand Paul garnered 42% of pending primary vote and leads all other Republican candidates with only Trey Grayson showing any real impact. Grayson received a 27% backing and the others jointly could only manage a backing of 10% of those polled. Almost the same picture is seen on the Democratic side with Daniel Mongiardo, the Lt. Governor, receiving a Democrat backing of 45% followed by Jack Conway at 27%. The other Democrat hopefuls combined to get 9% of the votes.

Most intriguing is that both polls showed that 19% of those approached gave the reply that they were to date undecided.

When a pollster had the leaders, Republican Paul and Democrat Mongiardo, placed in a head-to-head race, Rand Paul was victorious by a 51% to 34% margin.

So what is the early message being sent by the voters of the Bluegrass State? It would appear that even through the Democrats remains strong in local governmental matters and local pending elections, the bigger picture [what is best for the United States] continues to be a growing strength of the Republican Party.

Conservatives like Rand Paul, the son of Congressman Ron Paul who is an anti big government, almost libertarian politician as well as an unsuccessful but out-spoken 2008 Republican Presidential candidate, could well ride the current tide of American discontent right to the Senate. This same scenario of conservative politicians carrying the day has already been witnessed [Massachusetts, Virginia, New Jersey] and, with any luck, will be seen repeatedly in November of this year.