Robbie Rudolph May Endorse Forgy Next Week; Will Make Pence Atone For Aiding Beshear

This will be a major development in the 2008 Senate race, and one that will not make the Louisville liberals smile. Reports are the Robbie Rudolph is furious with Mitch McConnell and Steve Pence for not doing enough in Louisville, and now for Steve "Peanuts" Pence actually serving on Steve Beshear's transition team!

Rudolph is expected to tell Republican activists at the central committee meeting on Saturday that he will not be endorsing Mitch McConnell. This should mean only one thing: Look for Rudolph to line up behind a true conservative, Larry Forgy!

Forgy Appears Ready To Run For Senate

It is clear that Larry Forgy is running the numbers and finding out that he can hold onto the bulk of Governor Fletcher's support and Billy Harper's support, while ceding the Louisville liberal vote to McConnell. However, McConnell wouldn't even help Governor Fletcher in his hometown of Louisville and even the McConnell loyalists there cannot be happy with four years of Governor Beshear. WHAS news reports:

So what's next for Kentucky Republicans after Ernie Fletcher’s loss?

Prominent Republican Larry Forgy says the party is fractured...

But prominent Republican Larry Forgy is not moving on to forgiveness just yet. “The party is fractured today, and it was fractured by a few people at the Republican headquarters in Louisville. This did not have to happen.”

Forgy says he is angry with Northup, Senator Mitch McConnell and Lieutenant Governor Steve Pence. He calls Northup's primary challenge a "fratricidal war," which drained energy and $5 million from the Fletcher campaign...

Forgy says the time for party unity was years ago, at the outset of the merit hiring investigation...

Meanwhile, Larry Forgy tells me he might run against McConnell next year.

Forgy Hammers McConnell On KET For Backstabbing Governor Fletcher

One thing is clear tonight. The Republicans need a true conservative to hold onto the U.S. Senate seat. Mitch McConnell cannot win reelection. He's alienated over half of Kentucky's Republicans by backstabbing Governor Fletcher and he just gave the liberals the Governor's Mansion.

McConnell is sending out his Louisville liberals to beg Forgy not to run. Maybe he should have thought about this before destroying Kentucky's Republican Party and turning his back on rural conservatives. Its a good thing this hypocrite is being exposed. It won't be long until Senator Forgy is sworn in. The Courier-Journal reports:

But Larry Forgy, the 1995 Republican gubernatorial nominee, blamed Northup, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Lt. Gov. Steve Pence, who chose not to run again with Fletcher, for the loss.

“It is the result of the primary. We spent $5 million among Republicans fighting over almost nothing except the desire of three or four people in Louisville and party headquarters — including Sen. McConnell, including Steve Pence, Anne Northup and others — to essentially run this man out of office.”...

Forgy said earlier tonight that he blames U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and other Republicans for dividing the party.

Williams, in an exasperated tone, pleaded with Forgy not to run against McConnell in the 2008 election.