I can't wait for the morning of November 8th, not only to see the DUmmies need straitjackets, but to hear the crickets from the media poll worshippers and doom and gloomers on FR.
The webb/Allen race reminds me of the Allard race in 02, when the doom and gloomers on FR were saying that Allard was going to lose and that he was behind in the polls. Allard won by 5%.
A lot of people on one side or the other are going to be eating a lot of crow, that's for sure.
The webb/Allen race reminds me of the Allard race in 02, when the doom and gloomers on FR were saying that Allard was going to lose and that he was behind in the polls. Allard won by 5%.
Allard put together a great campaign, there is no doubt about that. Part of his success was picking up close to 30% of the Hispanic vote by supporting programs that benefitted them. Talent's campaign, on the other hand, has been respectable but so has McCaskill's. Neither side has made any major mistakes. But if Talent loses then I think it'll be due to two things - the Stem Cell Amendment and the fact that Talent has downplayed his being a Republican. He chose to follow the tactic of emphasising his bi-partisan efforts and working across party lines and supporting give-away programs like the Prescription Drug plan, and has said almost nothing about supporting the president. Take a person totally unfamiliar with Missouri politics, show them a series of campaign commercials for Talent and McCaskill, and I think they would be hard pressed to identify Republican from Democrat.