Posted on 08/01/2007 8:35:03 AM PDT by Optimist
JEFFERSON CITY — Chris Koster, a Republican state senator and champion of stem cell research, is expected to announce today that he is switching to the Democratic Party.
Koster, a candidate for attorney general next year, will hold news conferences in Columbia, Harrisonville and St. Louis. In a news release, he promised "a speech that may transform the political landscape of Missouri."
Koster, of Harrisonville near Kansas City, resigned late Tuesday as chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus. His resignation letter, hand-delivered by Koster's secretary to the office of Senate President Pro Tem Mike Gibbons, gave no explanation. < snip > If Koster becomes a Democrat, control of the Senate will not change. Republicans outnumber Democrats 20-13. There is one vacancy, a St. Charles County seat vacated this summer by Republican Chuck Gross. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...
>>>> Benedict Arnold was reviled by both Americans and British alike.
Dem leaders are already backing away:
a) he worked against them in the senate
b) he was once a Republican-can they trust him to be liberal enough for them
c) they already had a horse in the AG race (pitiful as he is - at least he is theirs)
I had been just about to ping you. Don’t be modest. How do you REALLY feel about Koster???
Sounds like a RINO, good riddance.
Cato the Censor, I presume?
I smell opportunism and self-promotion in the morning.
He wants to run for higher office and decided how to get there. They teach that in “how to get MO deceased votes 101”.
Funny how the MSM missed out on the hundreds of switches from DEM to GOP that took place from 2000 until 2006.
And that differentiates him from every other politician how?
not only a RINO, but also a “Catholic in name only.
Drawn and quartered would be a good start. It will be interesting to see if the rodents repudiate him first, as they already have previously declared candidates in the race.
Interesting. The 31st district isn’t a suburban district that supported the stem cell initiative, it’s a mostly rural area south and south east of Kansas City. I don’t think it’s a great career move for him since he had a better chance of getting the nomination as a Republican. He’s been very outspoken in his support for stem cell research since he’s been in the legislature so that must really be his big reason for the switch.
It's a Saint Louis paper. Off hand I can't think of too many Missouri office holders that have made that switch recently.
“Those who join us in all sincerity, we welcome. Those who do not favor our cause, we don’t expect to enter our ranks in any case.” - Barry Goldwater, 1964 Convention
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By a matter of degree.The Former Twelfth Lady,for example,is willing to do *anything* to satisfy her ambitions.Other politicians aren't prepared to go quite that far...or,perhaps....nearly that far.
This clown was prepared to become a RAT.That indicates to me a basic amorality and/or a breathtaking level of ambition.
This guy is not my state senator, in fact I don’t even live in his state.
Furthermore, I have no interest, or even passing curiosity as to whether some politician in another state calls himself a republican, a democrat, or an independent.
Please don’t bother.
“he promised “a speech that may transform the political landscape of Missouri.”
Delusional that he is somehow important.
You belong on the don’t ping me ping list. We’ll see about getting you added to it.
/;?) Just kidding
Private messages also work to get removed from a pinglist. It’s much more civil.
And if they thought that their political life depended on it I'd bet that every Republican in the state legislature, or in Congress would do the same.
Calculated or not, he is a Marxist’s. IF he were a true conservative, he would never, ever even think of this move. It only proves that he was one all the time. Like the guy who says, acts in public, like Mr. Niceguy, but goes home, watches porn and beats his wife. He hid in the closet. Now he comes out.
I think we should be happy to get rid of all the RINOs and get the pubs back on track!
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