Moral Victory for Uncommitted

Moral Victory for Uncommitted


LEXINGTON, KY (AP): Fifty-two-year-old Harrodsburg businessman Arnold J. Uncommitted, who had never before run for public office, stood before a delirious crowd of supporters at his makeshift headquarters here last night, basking in his near-upset of President Obama's reelection campaign in Kentucky.

"Tonight," he said, "the people of the Bluegrass State have sent a message to the politicians in Washington, and we hope they hear it, loud and clear!"

In an overwhelmingly Democratic state, which usually supports Republican candidates for national office, Uncommitted’s last-minute insurgent campaign got 42 percent of the vote in yesterday's primary contest, a much higher figure than anticipated. (In nearby Arkansas, where Obama was opposed on the ballot by Tennessee attorney John Wolfe Jr., the president won the primary with 59 percent of the vote against Wolfe's 41 percent.)