Meet Andrew Horne:
An Iraq war veteran unhappy with President Bush's handling of the conflict said Wednesday that he plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Anne Northup, a close Bush ally.
Andrew Horne, who returned home from Iraq last spring after a seven-month stint, said he was entering the 3rd District race partly because of his dissatisfaction with Iraq policy.
"It became a realization that we are less safe than we were, not more safe," said Horne, a longtime political independent who recently joined the Democratic Party.
Horne, 44, a Louisville attorney, will be making his first bid for elective office. If he gains his party's nomination, Horne will face a well-financed, campaign-tested Republican incumbent in Northup, who defeated her last challenger by 22 percentage points in 2004.
Northup's 2004 victory came against a weak candidate. In 2002, she squeaked by 52-48. She's not that dominant an incumbent.
Republicans claim they support the troops, yet those very same troops have returned home, and, given the choice, overwhelmingly chosen the Democratic Party.
What's that say about the Republicans' supposed "support" of the troops?
Update: More here, including the fact that Horne served with Hackett in Iraq.