She is by no means a shoe-in for the primary win. Akin is immensely popular in St. Charles county (western part of St. Louis) where he has been the 2nd District congressman since 2001. He is typically scored ideologically as a far-right Republican which plays well in St.Charles - Missouri's largest conservative enclave. You don't win St Charles, you don't win the primary no matter how popular you may be in Jefferson City. Akin's GOP rivals are portraying him as an "Establishment" Republican although that seems to have little resonance around here.
Brunner is a former Marine officer and CEO of Vi-Jon, a private-label personal care products manufacturing company founded in 1908 by his grandparents (Germ-X hand sanitizer is their biggest seller although they manufacture over 6,000 different products). He is the "anti-establishment" candidate and well-funded.
The upshot is that any of the three would be a vast improvement over Air-Claire, but after they get done busting each other up over the primary they'll have precious few resources remaining to take on the insanely funded and experienced McCaskill. Even though Missouri broke for McInsane (barely) in the general in 2008, St. Louis and Kansas City inner-city Dim fraud is rampant and well organized. As a matter-of-fact, it was her shenanigan's with the polls in St. Louis city that put her over the top in her defeat of Jim Talent in '08.
The inability of the MO GOP to rally around a single candidate (Akin is the best of the lot, in my estimation) probably spells doom and will guarantee another 6 years of this woman in the Senate, unfortunately.
“they’ll have precious few resources remaining to take on the insanely funded and experienced McCaskill.”
Air Clare has been sending me solicitations for $$$ for the last several months. I’ve been sending back her prepaid mailers with shingles, junk mail, pennies and other assorted heavy items.
What ever gave you the idea she was?
She is the Tea Party candidate.
Yea, the GOP doesn't know how to run a primary, or anything else unfortunately.
If Steelman was a shoo in, there would be no need to help her out.
Your assumptions are a bit over the top.
Love Liberty, promote the Tea Party Canididates!
Oh and relating to another comment of yours, I doubt the GOP cares if the nasty lying dem wins.
After all, McCain all but voted for Obama some three.5 years ago
Don’t panic. All 3 leading GOP candidates for the seat are acceptable and they all lead the execrable McCaskill. She is as good as gone.