amen ansell2 !
Aiken talked himself out of a senate seat when “ a ham sandwich could beat Clair McCaskill” .
Palin was pushing Steelman for the primary race, but
Missouri voters chose Aiken.
Aikens wife was his campaign mgr. / I dont think they even
own a TV. Aiken was MIA in Western Mo. for the run up to
the November election too.
Would not be surprised dems crossed over in the OPEN Primaries
to pick a loser for the Repubs.
There were EIGHT (8) GOP candidates in the MO primary.
Just like 2008 & 2012 in the GOP Pres. primaries:
“My conservative is better than your conservative.”
Then we end up w/ McCain & Romney.
Why didn’t the “real” conservatives get together & put their full support behind Brunner or Steelman?
Close to 29,000 voters supported one of the five bottom feeders (would have put Brunner or Steelman within 7900 votes of Akin).