[TheRealThing]

Aside from the healthcare reform which obviously splits the 2 sides to a pretty strong degree, I'm not sure why all the hate for Beshear.

Billions of dollars in new business investments leading to high paying jobs. I'll admit that the majority are outside of Eastern Kentucky, but if you take RIUTG's advice then suck it up and move to where the jobs are.

The State Entrepreneurship Index (SEI) ranked Kentucky fourth in the country for its ability to create businesses in 2014.

He governed the biggest increase in K-12 education funding in state history, which led to guaranteed pay raises for teachers and huge increases in technology funding. 4 year graduation rates increased under Beshear, along with college-career readiness rates. He made KY the 2nd state to adopt the Next Gen Science Standards, and made us 10th in the nation for our efforts to improve teaching, raise student achievement and many other variables related to public education.

He oversaw a huge increase in the bourbon industry that has nearly tripled its workforce thanks to giving them relief on taxes.

Kentucky is now the 3rd leading auto producer in the nation.

Increased broadband internet to rural areas of the state.

There's a lot of other positives, and like I said I know we're split on healthcare but I find it hard to criticize a lot of the others. If you're in EKY like most of us then I understand the frustration on losing the coal industry but a huge part of it has been the explosion in the natural gas industry.

By the way, I'm still curious about who Bevins is.

I'm sure you're curious about a great many things, but you can always go to the Obama website and get your opinion given to you afresh.

Beshear obligated the state to an incredible amount of debt in his blind allegiance to the Democrat cause, and more specifically as that would apply to ObamaCare. The natural gas industry as you put it, is under the very same pressure that was brought to bear on the coal industry, the result of which cost Kentucky far more in job losses than the gains you want to point out BTW, and that pressure is being exerted by the very same liberal loons who think their greatest calling is to eliminate the use of fossil fuels. At any rate, your list of positives doesn't do the citizens of Kentucky a lot of good when the negatives of ObamaCare outweigh them by 50 fold now does it?