Feds After Leading KY Gubernatorial Candidate

(One Update Below)

Don't you wish your gubernatorial races were this much fun?

Via Bluegrass report, Mark Hebert of WHAS-TV in Louisville is reporting that former Lt. Gov. Steve Henry's questionable campaign finances have been referred to the U.S. Attorney in Louisville.

Henry is - or was - leading the polls in the seven-way contest for the Democratic nomination for Kentucky governor. Henry, who was lite guv from 1995-2003, dropped out of the 2003 gubernatorial race to deal with charges of Medicare fraud in his orthopedic surgery practice.

For the past several months, Mark Nickolas at Bluegrass Report has been covering new accusations that Henry violated campaign finance laws in raising money for a Senate campaign that never got off the ground.

About now, his six competitors in the race are struggling to stop laughing long enough to answer reporters' phone calls.

I've said for years that Kentucky political shenanigans rank second only to Louisiana's. Looks like we might be moving to the top of the list.

The only question is whether the U.S. Attorney can get an indictment before the May 22 primary.

Update 1 - Via Kevin Drum at Political Animal, the fabulous Paul Krugman (damn you, TimesSelect!) covers a study showing probable anti-Democrat bias in the local corruption cases chosen by the shrub Justice Department. If the Henry case falls into that category, it'll be the first favor shrub has ever done for Kentucky Democrats.