If anything, "Geppie" would have killed Kerry's chance of winning Missouri. Just a native son's opinion.
"If anything, "Geppie" would have killed Kerry's chance of winning Missouri."
If Gephart could have delivered the electoral votes of Missouri, there is absolutely no doubt that Kerry would have picked him. Despite the optimism they exhibit in public, the Democrat strategists know that Kerry's BEST hope is a narrow electoral victory. Kerry has to flip a major state that Bush carried in 2000. Missouri's eleven electoral votes would loom large in that scenario since the "Show-me" state is probably the most likely Bush state to switch sides.