by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
The days when I don't get two or three desperate entreaties from Claire McCaskill begging for a campaign donation are rare days indeed. The senator is relentlessly on the beg for campaign cash as she stokes the fears of Missouri citizens and Democrats nationwide. The fate of the nation hangs by a thread, and that thread is Claire. Those evil Trump Republicans have painted a big target on her backside, and if she loses, the country is doomed. Doomed, she tells us!
The sky is falling and only Claire McCaskill can save us!
One thing Claire McCaskill fails to mention in all of her desperate and shameless begging is that, as of yet, she does not a credible Republican opponent. Republican Governor Eric Greitens has said he will not run against McCaskill, as have U.S. Representatives Vicky Hartzler and Ann Wagner. State Treasurer Eric Schmjdt has also said that he is not interested in taking on McCaskill. Tony Monetti, a relatively unknown retired bomber pilot and college professor is running, and so is Austin Petersen who ran as the Libertarian candidate for President in 2016. Both Monetti and Petersen are running as Republicans, and neither has much of a campaign organization. Also, neither pose a serious political threat to the wily McCaskill.
McCaskill's most likely GOP opponent is Missouri's newly-elected attorney general, Josh Hawley. All living former Republican senators from Missouri are openly encouraging Hawley to challenge McCaskill, and he seems to be the most promising horse in the right wing of the state's political stable. Josh Hawley, however, is hobbled by a campaign promise from his 2016 race for state attorney general, a promise that he made to voters to be focused on that job and not use it as a ladder for higher office.
But a politician's gotta do what a politician's gotta do - and Hawley recently announced an "exploratory" committee to look at a run against McCaskill. That move was not lost on Claire. She immediately sent out an appeal for more money. An "exploratory" committee! OMG, the sky really is falling!
McCaskill sold her soul to Hillary early in the last election cycle, undoubtedly hoping to secure a cushy cabinet position so she wouldn't have to come back to Missouri and press the flesh in yet another Senate campaign. But that plan crashed and burned, and now if she wants to stay relevant she will have to struggle to hold her senate seat.
So far I have been able to resist all of McCaskill's unhinged begging, and I will stand firm at least until the two major parties select their candidates. If the choice is - as it is likely to be - between Claire and some Trumphead, I will vote for Claire, - and maybe even send her a dollar or two - but not many. I would be more generous if Claire's office had better constituent services or if she could resist the urge to get involved in Democratic politics in other states, but those patterns are fairly well established and unlikely to change any time soon.
The Republicans will nominate Hawley or some other Trumphead, and The Donald will rush into Missouri and try to control the election. He's popular here, especially in the rural areas, and will have an impact on the election. Claire McCaskill is likely to lose.
But that doesn't have to be the case. Missouri has a much stronger senate candidate waiting in the wings, one who could and would defeat the strongest GOP challenger. Jason Kander, Missouri's former secretary of state came within a hair's breath of defeating established Senator Ol' Roy Blunt in 2016 - in the same election in which Donald Trump trounced Hillary in Missouri by over eighteen percentage points.
Kander, of course is expressing no interest in putting up a primary challenge to McCaskill, which is sad because he is by far the more dynamic candidate of the two. McCaskill, for her part, would have little room to whine about a primary challenge because she took on Governor Bob Holden, a Democrat, back in 2004 and defeated the incumbent in a primary. She later lost the general election to Ol' Roy Blunt's sensitive son, Matt.
So, for the time being, Democrats in Missouri are stuck with Claire, while Republicans are still mulling the situation over. But, the sky is falling - make no mistake about that - and Claire desperately needs those dollars!
Citizen Journalist
The days when I don't get two or three desperate entreaties from Claire McCaskill begging for a campaign donation are rare days indeed. The senator is relentlessly on the beg for campaign cash as she stokes the fears of Missouri citizens and Democrats nationwide. The fate of the nation hangs by a thread, and that thread is Claire. Those evil Trump Republicans have painted a big target on her backside, and if she loses, the country is doomed. Doomed, she tells us!
The sky is falling and only Claire McCaskill can save us!
One thing Claire McCaskill fails to mention in all of her desperate and shameless begging is that, as of yet, she does not a credible Republican opponent. Republican Governor Eric Greitens has said he will not run against McCaskill, as have U.S. Representatives Vicky Hartzler and Ann Wagner. State Treasurer Eric Schmjdt has also said that he is not interested in taking on McCaskill. Tony Monetti, a relatively unknown retired bomber pilot and college professor is running, and so is Austin Petersen who ran as the Libertarian candidate for President in 2016. Both Monetti and Petersen are running as Republicans, and neither has much of a campaign organization. Also, neither pose a serious political threat to the wily McCaskill.
McCaskill's most likely GOP opponent is Missouri's newly-elected attorney general, Josh Hawley. All living former Republican senators from Missouri are openly encouraging Hawley to challenge McCaskill, and he seems to be the most promising horse in the right wing of the state's political stable. Josh Hawley, however, is hobbled by a campaign promise from his 2016 race for state attorney general, a promise that he made to voters to be focused on that job and not use it as a ladder for higher office.
But a politician's gotta do what a politician's gotta do - and Hawley recently announced an "exploratory" committee to look at a run against McCaskill. That move was not lost on Claire. She immediately sent out an appeal for more money. An "exploratory" committee! OMG, the sky really is falling!
McCaskill sold her soul to Hillary early in the last election cycle, undoubtedly hoping to secure a cushy cabinet position so she wouldn't have to come back to Missouri and press the flesh in yet another Senate campaign. But that plan crashed and burned, and now if she wants to stay relevant she will have to struggle to hold her senate seat.
So far I have been able to resist all of McCaskill's unhinged begging, and I will stand firm at least until the two major parties select their candidates. If the choice is - as it is likely to be - between Claire and some Trumphead, I will vote for Claire, - and maybe even send her a dollar or two - but not many. I would be more generous if Claire's office had better constituent services or if she could resist the urge to get involved in Democratic politics in other states, but those patterns are fairly well established and unlikely to change any time soon.
The Republicans will nominate Hawley or some other Trumphead, and The Donald will rush into Missouri and try to control the election. He's popular here, especially in the rural areas, and will have an impact on the election. Claire McCaskill is likely to lose.
But that doesn't have to be the case. Missouri has a much stronger senate candidate waiting in the wings, one who could and would defeat the strongest GOP challenger. Jason Kander, Missouri's former secretary of state came within a hair's breath of defeating established Senator Ol' Roy Blunt in 2016 - in the same election in which Donald Trump trounced Hillary in Missouri by over eighteen percentage points.
Kander, of course is expressing no interest in putting up a primary challenge to McCaskill, which is sad because he is by far the more dynamic candidate of the two. McCaskill, for her part, would have little room to whine about a primary challenge because she took on Governor Bob Holden, a Democrat, back in 2004 and defeated the incumbent in a primary. She later lost the general election to Ol' Roy Blunt's sensitive son, Matt.
So, for the time being, Democrats in Missouri are stuck with Claire, while Republicans are still mulling the situation over. But, the sky is falling - make no mistake about that - and Claire desperately needs those dollars!
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