Honey Boo Boo is a child. She rose to fame for entering and winning pagents. But her television fame came to her because of her family. They now have a following of adoring fans. In the child pagent setting she does well. In the freak show category of reality TV she is thriving. But she's not ready for the big leagues.

Headlines continue to talk about Alison Lundergan Grimes as a candidate for the United States Senate. She rose to fame in the pagent known as Frankfort Kentucky politics. Her television fame came to her because of her family. She now has a following of adoring fans. In the microcosm of Kentucky Democratic politics she does well. In the vacuum of better candidates she is thriving. But she's not ready for the big leagues.

Just this week Alison Lundergan Grimes bungled her very first opportunity to discuss the Senate race by failing to have an adequate answer for the only question she knew would come. She couldn't answer a question about whether she condoned the illegal recordings of a private meeting at Senator McConnell's campaign offices, despite every Democrat of significance condemning the actions before her.

Here's the WHAS segment in which she fumbled the opportunity to condemn the recording:

If this is the preface for what is to come, Ms. Grimes is certainly not ready for prime time, in the big leagues.