I think this may very well backfire, particularly in the rural areas in the eastern part of the state.
McCaskill's a real, honest-to-G-d, ditz. There's no way to play the ''Katrina card'' -- which is nothing other than an unsubtle and unimaginative version of the ''race card'' -- to a Democrat's profit in Missouri. Black citizens of Missouri (I refuse to use 7 syllables when 1 syllable is entirely descriptive) already vote for a statewide Democrat on the order of 91-92%.
Talent's no prize; he's a self-important weenie, the chap you wanted to punch out in high school for being an officious dork. Even at that, he's far to be preferred to McCaskill.