Andy Beshear should/could be next president.

[elleng]

(Listening to him on Amanpour.)

[marble falls]

1. At the rate that TACO is going, I'd settle for Soupy Sales.

[mountain grammy]

2. Always liked his dad and Andy too

Good people. For the people.

[Greg_In_SF]

3. How is he

in the name recognition department? That's where it all starts.

If I asked anyone I know who the Governor of Kentucky is, no one would even have a clue.

[elleng]

4. Electorate will have to learn a thing or two.

[leftieNanner]

5. Nobody knew Obama's name either.

The fact that Andy has won twice in Kentucky says a lot.

[Big Blue Marble]

7. Had you heard of the Governor of Arkansas in 1989?

Most of the country had not.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

12. I keep thinking he's the doctor on Deep Space 9. n/t

[question everything]

6. Democratic Southern Governors have won the Presidency

[Midwestern Democrat]

10. Yes - although at a time when most Southern Governors were Democrats rather than it being a novelty

On paper, Beshear looks like an attractive candidate, but he has the following things against him - none of which I think are deal-breakers: an early lack of name recognition, he most likely won't carry his own state or his entire region in the electoral college, and his list of accomplishments is pretty thin because his power is severely limited by Republican super-majorities in the state legislature.

[Big Blue Marble]

8. Andy is the perfect antidote to Trump.

Brillant, good looking, and a deeply compassionate person...oh and all so very honest.

[speak easy]

9. Newsom; He has a mean streak,

and a lengthy record with Latinos. I am sick and tired of playing nice with these monsters.

[JI7]

11. Beshear also has a mean streak