Senator Ashley Judd?

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5. Why Republicans Are Getting Antsy Over Ashley Judd.....

National Journal
By Michael Catalini
Updated: February 7, 2013 | 9:32 a.m.
February 6, 2013

Do the GOP's early attacks against the Hollywood actress mean they're nervous about her potential candidacy?

Actress Ashley Judd hasn't declared if she'll challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in next year’s Kentucky Senate race. But from the way Republicans are acting, they sound a little bit jumpy about the prospect of her campaign.

American Crossroads spent $10,000 this week on a Web-only ad exploiting her myriad political weaknesses. The ad pointed out that Judd lives in Tennessee, not Kentucky; she's an actress--how could Hollywood stars relate to down-to-earth Kentuckians?; and, perhaps most damaging, she campaigned vigorously for President Obama, who's unpopular in Kentucky. "I will go wherever the president wants to go," Judd says in a sound bite from the ad.

"A lot of people are pumping a lot of hot air into the Ashley Judd trial balloon," said American Crossroads spokesman Jonathan Collegio. "This was designed to pin prick that."

But for an undeclared candidate whose liberal views make her candidacy vulnerable to attack, they’re doing an awful lot to dissuade her from running. Why not wait until she’s actually in the race before launching grade-A opposition research against her? Democrats believe that it’s a sign of how vulnerable McConnell is. Even his own polling, released in December, showed McConnell stuck at 47 percent against Judd, holding only a 4-point lead.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/why-republicans-are-getting-antsy-over-ashley-judd-20130206

I think there's a good chance of her taking that seat if she runs and I hope she does. Why else is the GOP spending such a huge amount of cash when she hasn't even declared yet.