Politics/Big Blue: the only poll that matters

Kentucky Wildcat basketball players favor Kerry to Bush 54% - 39%!

Kentucky might be a Red state, but I'm glad the Big Blue is keeping the Blue in Bluegrass. Also of note: the Bush supporters are a list of the most prominent underacheivers on the team, w/ the exception of Bobby Perry.

Seven of the 13 UK players polled said they favored Kerry. Four UK players supported Bush. Patrick Sparks and Ravi Moss declined to reveal their presidential preference. And we didn't get to Kelenna Azubuike, Shagari Alleyne and Sheray Thomas to ask the Bush/Kerry question.

Newcomers accounted for the bulk of Kerry's popularity. Freshmen Randolph Morris, Rajon Rondo, Ramel Bradley, Joe Crawford and Eric Allen favored Kerry.

"I just see a lot of negative things about Bush," Bradley said. "I'd rather go with the positive than the negative."

Senior leader Chuck Hayes and Brandon Stockton also favored Kerry. "I've got mixed emotions about that," Hayes said. "You want revenge (for the 9-11 attacks), but it's caused problems."

UK players for Bush were Josh Carrier, Preston LeMaster, Bobby Perry and Lukasz Obrzut. They cited the not-changing-horses argument.

"I go back and forth," Perry said. "When you boil it down, I'd probably vote for Bush because if you start a job, you should finish it."