Paul Patton

The lexicon in the office of Governor Steve Beshear (D-Lexington) may be changing with the arrival of Adam Edelen, who took the helm as Beshear's new chief of staff last week.

In an interview with PolitickerKY.com conducted last Friday, Edelen says he is bringing the lessons of his experience in the private sector with him into Beshear's office, noting he wants the administration to become more "customer service oriented" in its dealings.

"It's important to note I am not a political professional. I would bristle at the term," Edelen said. "I am a businessman who has been involved in politics and not the other way around."

Edelen joins Beshear's staff after a stint heading Kentucky's Office of Homeland Security. With Beshear already having faced a fair share of struggles in his first 6 months in office - including stalls in the legislature on his proposed expanded casino gaming and tobacco tax initiatives - Edelen has his work cut out for him in the high-pressure chief of staff role.

Still, the 33 year-old University of Kentucky graduate - who began his career working as an aide to former Democratic Governor Paul Patton - says his business training and his close relationships with many of Frankfort's prominent faces will help him push Beshear's agenda forward.

In the interview below, Edelen says he plans on helping Beshear "invert the pyramid" of traditional leadership models by having the governor bring his policies to the people of Kentucky more frequently, with the expectation that Beshear will be increasingly visible across the state

The Kentucky campaign of Presidential candidate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) announced it had collected endorsements from four former Kentucky governors today.

Former Governors Wendell Ford (D-Owensboro), Paul Patton (D-Pikeville), Julian Carroll (D-Midway), and John Y. Brown (D-Lexington) all were revealed as supporters of Clinton's candidacy in a release dispatched by the campaign.

State Sen. David BoswellState Sen. David Boswell (D-Sorgho) is seeking the Democratic nomination in Kentucky's open Second Congressional District with the support of three former Governors of the Commonwealth.

The Boswell camp also says recent internal polling shows their candidate with a "substantive" double-digit lead over primary opponent and Daviess County Judge/Executive Reid Haire.

Bill Clinton in Pikeville - Photo by Trey Pollard, Politicker.com

PIKEVILLE -- After being introduced by former Governor Paul E. Patton, former President Bill Clinton was loudly greeted by the crowd here in Pikeville. Clinton immediately kicked into a discussion of the politics of the race itself, addressing suggestions that Senator Hillary Clinton should withdraw from the campaign.

"One of the things I like about Kentucky is that I've always found this to be a pretty straightforward and no bull-place," said Clinton. "There have been any number of suggestions by members of the political elite - mostly by the media and people supporting the other candidate - that there is no point in letting the people of Kentucky vote."

PIKEVILLE - A nearly-full exposition center in the Eastern Kentucky town of Pikeville is awaiting the arrival of former President Bill Clinton this evening.

Hillary Clinton's state campaign chair Jerry Lundergan has confirmed former Governor, Pikeville resident, and longtime Clinton supporter Paul Patton will introduce the former President at the event.

Clinton is scheduled to address the crowd at 6pm EST.