Ky. governor loses bid for 2nd term

[Suzie]

Ky. governor loses bid for 2nd term (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/ap_on_el_ge/eln_election_rdp;_ylt=Aj8wx6J7hKNbrs3zQgddHMiyFz4D )

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AP - 10 minutes ago Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher, a Republican whose lone term was dogged by a hiring scandal, lost badly Tuesday despite an election-eve effort to woo conservative voters by displaying the Ten Commandments in the state Capitol.

[Venus de Smilo]

The 'pubs national guv committee should have dragged Fletcher kicking and screaming from the idea of a second term and found somebody else to run. There was no way he could win.

[DesertFox]

SID syndrome -- Self Inflicted Defeat.