McCain won Missouri 49.36% to 49.23%, a difference of 4,000 votes.
Indeed - in the midst of a strong Democratic wind, McCain still carried this bellweather state...so arguing that McCain only “barely” won it is not an argument in favor of your point - quite the opposite. Up until now, there was no democratic wind and things were showing signs, indeed, of blowing in the direction of the GOP - MO was squarely in the GOP column...not even considered a top tier battleground state that was going to be focused on. Thanks solely to Todd Akin, he has given strong momentum to the entire Democratic ticket they otherwise did not have and would not have been able to achieve. I doubt the momentum is contained only within Missouri.
Extraordinary that the selfishness of a single person could bring down the very foundations of our Republic by keeping Obama and Harry Reid in power - and all of the policy implications that come with it.
“McCain won Missouri 49.36% to 49.23%, a difference of 4,000 votes.”
Not a valid argument. Indiana was an Obama state last time to the same degree MO was a McCain state...and Obama is a dead duck this year in Indiana. You’re really grasping at straws, I think.