The subject of today's column by Pat Crowley is our own Arnold Simpson:
Northern Kentucky statehouse watchers and political activists increasingly view Simpson's oratorical skills as way to help boost or kill legislation...
"Arnold has become an increasingly effective and compelling legislator in his House floor speeches, so don't consider him 'just one vote' because his effectiveness with his colleagues stretches far to both ends of the state," [Stan] Lampe wrote.
Suffice to say that when Arnold Simpson speaks in Frankfort, people are going to listen.