What was supposed to be an impressive coronation for David Williams as the GOP gubernatorial nominee on Tuesday night turned into something... well, less than impressive.
Leading up to the election, folks either dismissively mocked the Persons of Tea as a tiny fringe of the Republican Party that had faded since Rand Paul's 2010 primary victory, or assumed that David Williams was rabidly right-wing enough to win their support over Johnny-come-lately Phil Moffett. Either way, most assumed that Williams would breeze to a landslide victory over Moffett in a race that would be called soon after the polls in the central time zone closed.
That did not happen, as Lexington and Louisville returns started showing Williams taking a beating, registering less than 35% in both. Moffett won almost the entire golden triangle, hanging within 5 points of Williams statewide with 75% of returns in.
After the dust cleared, Williams managed to pull out a 10-point victory, registering only 48% of the vote. But what's least impressive about Williams' performance is the fact that only 68,528 out of 1,084,982 registered Republicans in Kentucky bothered to vote for him.
Yes, that is only 6%. No, that is not exactly intimidating, going into the general election.
And that's really saying something. Winning a primary with just six percent of the total number of registered voters in a Republican primary in Kentucky is borderline narcolepsy. I understand "Dems at the state level, Republicans at the national" is personified by the Bluegrass State, but this is downright sad.
Granted, as annoying as Dinosaur Steve is, I'll take him in a heartbeat over David Williams. But you think Williams could at least muster some amount of excitement among Republicans here. I don't think Dino Steve is in any real trouble here...at least not from the Republicans.
Now from a velociraptor attack...that's another story.
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