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Can you give us some anecdotal evidence? What makes you so sure that the talented Talent is going to pull this off? I agree with you, but I wanted to hear what someone from Missouri had to say about the dynamics of the race.

MOGirl,

As a fellow Show Me stater I hope you are right. My problem is I live in a subdivision that is almost entirely Republican, except for our one union AB guy, and I can't seem to convince any of them to rally around Talent. In point of fact, I have several who think it better we lose and comeback in '08 with traditional Republican values, such as smaller government and lower taxes. If I can't get these folks motivated, what happens to the marginal Republicans?

Hello,

Well, the polls here are from pro-Left papers, the national polls are (for the most part) as well. Also, there is Prop 2, the Stem Cell Constitutional Amendment. IMHO, the same voters that turned out to vote down Gay Marriage in MO will turn out on this one, in order to vote it down. Those are more conservative voters, and more likely Talent voters. If this passes, our elected representatives will not have a voice on this issue in the future, and by extension, neither will we.

The Foley "issue" seems to have ticked off the religious right, but not in the way the Libs/DBM wanted. It has been a combination of a Wellstone Memorial/Political Rally meets the Rather Forged Memos event.
Talent's opponent has made some HUGE PR errors, from using one set of talking points in the cities, and another in the rural areas (re; gun control) and stating that Bush wanted black people to die during Katrina.
Hey, I could be wrong, but I do believe at this point, that Talent will win.

Glad to be here, MOgirl