He was leading Gov. Carnahan at the time of the plane crash. The sympathy vote was VERY real. It made it nearly impossible for him to attack anything about her.
And don't forget the vote fraud in democratic areas.
I think part of why he became AG is because the fraud in Missouri was so evident.
When I say that, I am actually being kind. Some people . . . George Bush . . . rise to the occasion magnificently. Some people . . . Cheney . . . have always BEEN on top of the intellectual/leadership world. Some overrated people . . . Powell . . . are down about on the level that I have long expected. And Ashcroft is definitely not the man that Meese (horror of horrors), [even] John Mitchell, or Bobby Kennedy were. Mr. Ashcroft is either not bright or is evil. I can see no other characteristic to explain his actions (well, fear combined with not being bright and having a job bigger than he is).