Have an easier time winning. It actually works the same for republicans from a blue state.

Like the voters in Kentucky.

gerrymandered as hell. Republicans have a much tougher time in statewide elections.

Like in NC.

Any others?

Nixon and Reagan were California, but maybe before CA was blue. Ford was Michigan, but he never won election.

And he's been GREAT for Kentucky. I get emails every day from his office talking about some new company that's moving to KY, and how many jobs its going to bring. Bevin (who everybody hated, both sides,) had huge deficits, and left office that way. Gov Beshear has consistent budget surpluses. Last one I saw was over $1B.

People like him. He's the most popular Dem governor in the country. I have seen clips of him being righteously fired up. He's personable, compassionate, and not bad looking.

He can do this.

Watching his daily briefings.

One of the things I loved best was his willingness to own his decisions, admit when they’re not going to be popular (and more importantly , when he got something wrong) but stand by their necessity.

Sometimes I feel like he’s not wholly comfortable in the national interviews and worry about how consultants may try to fix that. You can see the transition from speaking from the heart to the rote talking points.

Overall I’m a huge fan and even have a “Y’all Can’t Be Doing That” mask 😂

than Newsome. Not saying Newsome is bad but anyone from California would have a tough time.

Obviously he's running.

I'd personally vote for a rabid marmot before a Republican so whomever comes out on top has my vote.

How about Eric Swallwell as VP?

we need a frontal attack to shitcan MAGA, and everything it stands for. Think FDR and LBJ. Hugely divisive times - they took no prisoners. We can think about healing after the chemo.

It needs aggressive tactics to remove and insure there is no recurrence.

I have been paying close attention to what Beshear has been doing as Governor, and Kentucky has been very lucky to have him. I'd certainly trade OUR governor for him.
I hope he does run for President!

That would be a hard no from me.

Kentucky ranks 34th in Education, 46th on quality of life issues. Those are issues that should appeal to a broad base of voters, but there is no upward movement on these issues within the state, so his appeals for bipartisan work on these issues are falling on deaf ears.

"Kentucky lawmakers returned to Frankfort this week for the final two days of the 2025 legislative session — where one of the biggest priorities for the Republican supermajority was overriding vetoes from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear."

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/28/kentucky-legislature-2025-veto-overrides-andy-beshear/82650391007/

They even overrode him on requiring masking for public places during Covid. We had signs on the doors of retail stores for about 2 months before they repealed it.

I grew up in KY, left for a while but back now for 10 years. Andy has been wonderful for our state but running for President is not the answer. He can't win. He needs to run for Mitch's senate seat. And, I think he would prevail.

They have done to much damage.