Aunt Minnie McConnell has competition

Well placed sources say that Ashley Judd has decided to run against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, that chinless wonder that I like to call "Aunt Minnie."  Why, you ask?    Look at a picture of that droopy doughy face, the pasty complexion, the pursed lips;  picture it in a little lace cap.  Isn't he the spittin' image of your old Aunt Minnie?

So who better to run against him than beautiful Hollywood actress, environmentalist, women's rights advocate Ashley Judd?    She spent most of her childhood and college years in Kentucky and, according to Howard Fineman:  "She is smart, feisty and charming, and probably can, as one local here put it, 'out-Kentucky and out-country' the Louisville-based, owlishly professorial McConnell in a state where down-home, one-handshake-at-a-time style still matters."

No Democrat in Kentucky has better polls against McConnell than she does.   She has the backing of some politically important Democrats and the ability to raise a lot of money.

We might even just have the Democrats' saner, smarter answer to Sarah Palin:   A woman who captures your attention by her looks and charm but, unlike Palin, one who has something intelligent and progressive to say.  She's smart, quick-witted, and a fighter.   She also has a master degree in public administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and has experience as an activist for the environment, education, anti-poverty programs, and women's issues.   As an ambassador for the global YouthAIDS organization, she has traveled to Cambodia, Kenya, and Rwanda.

She can be down-home Southern (for courting the voters), or the Hollywood sophisticate (for raising money), or the global activist for good causes (for moral respect).  When asked whether she was tough enough to take on McConnell and the national GOP attack machine, Judd answered:  "I have been raped twice, so I think I can handle Mitch McConnell.”

Sounds like just what the Senate needs to join Elizabeth Warren, Patty Murray, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, Barbara Mikulski, Claire McCaskill, Tammy Baldwin, and the eight other Democratic women senators.

Wouldn't it be lover-ly to have another like them take down the most powerful Republican in the Senate?  It can happen.

Ralph