McCaskill-1,055,255 votes. 49.6%
Jim Talent-1,006,941 votes. 47.3%.
A difference of 48,314 votes
Folks, 48K ain't an insurmountable target!! Go back to fall of 2006. Bush pounded on terribly by media. Third Battle of Fallujah commenced in Sept. and ongoing through election. IEDs. Car bombings. Casualties. Bush seemed off his game, even to those who supported him.
In MO, Jim Talent, almost professorial like in actions, demeanor seemed disengaged.Michael J. Fox came to MO and voiced his calls for stem cell research.
Ma rode in on wave of anti-Bushism. And yet she won by less than 50K votes out of more than 2 million cast!
Come on people! Get out the vote. Otherwise, it's six more years of hearing Ma squawking on TV. Read:Nails on a chalk board.
Should ad source for my numbers:Missouri SOS.
Also, don’t forget that a portion of McCaskill’s 48K vote margin came from ACORN’s voter fraud!
Cheers