The Wall Street Journal: on Environment

Greg Orman: Rein in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Matt Bevin: I don't support cockfighting, but don't criminalize it

"I am genuinely sorry that my attendance at an event which, other than my comments, appears to have primarily involved a discussion of cockfighting, has created concern on the part of many Kentucky voters. I understand that concern," Bevin said. "I am not and have never been, a supporter of cockfighting or any other forms of animal cruelty."

Bevin had initially said he wasn't aware the event was a cockfighting rally, but a video uncovered by Louisville's WAVE-TV showed that Bevin was asked directly about whether cockfighting should be legalized--it is not now legal in Kentucky. He replied: "Criminalizing behavior, if it's part of the heritage of this state, is in my opinion a bad idea. A bad idea. I will not support it."

Rex Rammell: Raised elk for antler velvet and for hunter's trophies

Part of the herd escaped in the summer of 2006. Gov. Jim Risch issued an emergency order to shoot the animals, arguing it was necessary to protect Idaho's wild elk herds from genetic impurities and disease. 43 elk were killed.

Rammell has sued the state of Idaho and Risch over the elk slaying. Rammell claims the elk killing was intended to curry favor with anti-elk-ranching voters. Risch said he had "no choice" but to shoot the elk, given the risk to wild herds in three states