Andy Beshear is on MSNOW live right now and he is very impressive

[senseandsensibility]

First, I liked his response to Graham's passing. He was respectful, and said he feels for Graham's family, his sister, and loved ones. He said he never met him, and that he disagreed with his policies except Ukraine, and left it at that.

He then went on to aggressively continue calling for transparency from McConnell and his staff. He says he has heard absolutely nothing from him since first demanding this days ago. The failure to respond raises serious concerns about his capacity to serve.

He said that this all because the Rs in his state fear the possibility that he could appoint someone to fill McConnell's seat, and he thinks the Kentucky State Constitution allows him to do so.

Bottom line, this guy has a way of communicating with common sense, plain speaking, and conviction. I can see how he wins in a red state!

[mopinko]

1. he shd go ahead and appoint whoever he wants, and let them try to stop him.

[senseandsensibility]

2. I was surprised to be honest

He seemed pretty bullish about it and he obviously thinks he has the constitutional right to do it. So we'll see, I guess.

[onenote]

14. The Repubs in the Senate have the votes needed to refuse to seat anyone appointed by Beshear

Unless, of course, it was a mega republican.

So he wouldn't try it and based on reports, he would look foolish since apparently McConnell is alive.

[Ms. Toad]

3. And shortly after that interview, McConnell emerged. n/t

[senseandsensibility]

4. Noticed that.

Strange timing.

[BattleRow]

8. And how in the world is pneumonia a justifiable reason for the MIA scenario.

According to his statement he had a touch of pneumonia..puhleez!
This info was from BBC online ,btw,dated today.

[Tasmanian Devil]

6. And yet, no mention of Lindsey Graham?

This still stinks. In what universe would he not have mentioned Lindsey Graham?

[surfered]

5. Similar to Talarico in that it's non threatening .

[senseandsensibility]

7. I suppose so

but Beshear has seemed more aggressive than I gave him credit for when I first started hearing about him. He does have that kind of understated way of talking, but what he says is not wishy washy at all.

[Amaryllis]

9. I have always been impressed with him. The part I could never understand is how KY managed to come up with two such

opposites as Turtle and Beshear.

[kentuck]

12. The same way they came up with Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis...

born about 100 miles apart.

[jmowreader]

10. Andy Beshear looks like a good choice as our 2028 presidential candidate

There's a very important reason for that besides the fact that he's a good governor: he is a good governor of an extremely red state. The problem we face is there are quite a few states that Al Capone would carry if he ran as a Republican. ("But Al Capone was a criminal!" "So is Donald Trump, and they elected him twice." ) Because of this, we must run the table on all the states that traditionally go blue. Andy Beshear would get us all the states we traditionally get AND some of the states that generally break red.

[Pesky1]

11. And guess what...

Gov. Beshears is a Vanderbilt University graduate who has the ability to talk to the yokels in a very red state.