Posted on 03/16/2012 3:56:54 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Election 2012: Missouri Senate
Sarah Steelman (R) 51% Claire McCaskill (D) 41% Other 4% Not Sure 4%
Election 2012: Missouri Senate
Todd Akin (R) 50% Claire McCaskill (D) 43% Other 4% Not Sure 4%
Election 2012: Missouri Senate
John Brunner (R) 49% Claire McCaskill (D) 42% Some other candidate 4% Not sure 6%
Election 2012: Missouri Senate
Tom Schweich (R) 47% Claire McCaskill (D) 43% Some other candidate 4% Not sure 6%
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You make a good point, but if you look at Schweich’s biography, it’s more suited for the U.S. Senate than the Governorship.
http://www.tomschweich.com/about/
I have concerns about his being too much the insider with establishment support. But I’ve read about this guy and he has a tremendous intellect with encyclopedia-like knowlege of important issues, including the current financial crisis (he predicted it before most others did). He is also an experienced author and speaker, which means he’s not likely to make big mistakes on the campaign trail.
Well, at least he can run without giving up his office (although if he wins the nomination and the race, and Nixon retains the Governorship, he could merely turn around and re-appoint McCaskill back to her old job without missing a beat — and that’s the big downside to Schweich’s candidacy). I’m more concerned about having three first tier candidates (Akin/Schweich/Steelman) along with the self-funder (which could make him a 4th first tier) all in the running and the potential damage we could sustain as a result coming out of an ugly primary. The fiasco of the Hulshof-Steelman Gubernatorial primary of 2008 comes to mind.
What’s most important now is that the Republican primary to unseat McCaskill doesn’t turn into a circular firing squad.
Patty Murray of WA is pretty dim.
I wish someone would run for Governor besides random millionaire Dave Spence.
I hope Kinder loses the primary or else we may lose his office. He has 2 meaningful challengers and 2 nobody challengers (one a former small town judge and “R”ealtor.) I hope the split doesn’t result in Kinder’s renomination. State Sen Brad Lager is probably the guy to beat him, he lost the Treasurer race in 2008 by 3 points (it would have been 1 point if not for the Constitution party candidate).
We’ll probably get the Sec of State post that Robin Carnahan is vacating.
Ed Martin quit the CD-2 race a couple months ago to run for AG against RINO turned rat traitor Chris Koster. I very much hope he is victorious.
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