I think Blunt’s swift exit was pretty gutless on his part. Nixon isn’t invincible. He did lose running for the Senate. Hulshof is at a disadvantage, but he can still pull off an upset with some tough campaigning (he did manage to dispose of the well-entrenched Harold Volkmer in a poor GOP year). It also looks like we got the best candidate for his House seat, Blaine Luetkemeyer, and the Dem primary was pretty brutal.
We probably will hold Steelman’s office, and more than likely will also take Nixon’s open AG office (which we haven’t won in 20 years). The Republican had no primary opponent and the Dems had another vicious primary, with a backstabbing weasel former RINO (Chris Koster) declaring victory before it was certified. Koster’s ex-wife spent nearly a quarter million airing ads against him, so this guy is MAJOR damaged goods if his primary win holds.
Although it’s a long way off, Steelman might be better utilized in 2012 to run against the dreadful Claire McCaskill.
Too bad the primary in Kansas next door didn’t go so well.
I’ve been trying to decide if this was the primary, how did they come up with a presidential candidate? What was that election called?
Maybe he just wanted to leave politics behind and lead a normal life.
Blunt did a remarkable job of cleaning up one term bob’s mess. He said it himself, what more is there to do? The train is back on track, the mess is cleaned up.
It’s quite possible that Blunt thought that he was a goner and feared that his candidacy could damage other Republican candidates.
Sarah Steelman made a credible showing and will be heard from again if she still wants to seek public office. Who knows? Maybe Kit Bond will retire.