Fletcher’s First Shot

Fletcher has no choice. Voters have no choice.

The Governor must amplify his campaign. Voters must endure Northup-Fletcher fratricide. Thus, commences the cycle… Polls, ads, rebuttal, mailers, calls, spin… Anyone hate politics?

From Pol Watchers:

Gov. Ernie Fletcher will launch the televised portion of his re-election campaign next week with a 60-second commercial instead of the standard 30-second spot. The ad buy is a particularly expensive one, costing more than $300,000 to run on the major network stations in Louisville and Lexington next week. For instance, the Fletcher campaign paid $50,560 for 89 spots that will run March 13 through March 19 on WKYT-TV, Channel 27 in Lexington, according to political ad records made available to the public at the CBS affiliate. The ads are also scheduled to run on WBKO-TV, Channel 13 in Bowling Green, station manager Brad Odil confirmed Tuesday.