Kentucky Senate Race Weirdness

The Bad News: State Senate president David Williams, (R-obstructionist) will not run for Jim Bunning's U.S. Senate seat next year, thus depriving us of some entertaining repug primary fratricide.

The Good News: Williams spat in the face of both Bunning and presumptive repug primary front-runner Trey Grayson by semi-endorsing Louisville philanthropist Cathy Bailey.

Williams, R-Burkesville, said he thinks Republican incumbent Jim Bunning will stay in the race.

Asked if he will be endorsing anyone in next May’s GOP primary election, Williams said, “The most qualified challenger that has appeared at this particular juncture and someone I would be very excited about seeing in the United States Senate is Cathy Bailey.”

She is a former ambassador to Latvia and is a Louisville-based philanthropist, fund-raiser and charity organizer.

Williams said it would be interesting to have a qualified woman in the United States Senate from Kentucky, “someone who has the international experience that she has, and she presents herself very well.”

But Williams added that he was not endorsing any particular candidate.

“I’m not going to get too involved in primaries,” he said.

No, not too involved.