Cut and Run: Kinder Losing Longtime Staffers As He Begins Gubernatorial Campaign

Lt. Governor Peter Kinder's chief of staff, Rich AuBuchon, is on his way to the Chamber of Commerce, and Deputy Lt. Governor Jerry Dowell left the office last month.

One would think that a gubernatorial candidate's senior staff would stick around to have the inside track on key positions in a new administration... if they thought their boss would win.