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Missouri Heat
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder takes us behind the scenes of America’s hottest gubernatorial race.
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Some in local media murmured that Elmer might have had an ulterior motive in writing that letter because his first cousin is married to Sarah Steelman, a Missouri politician once floated as a potential 2012 gubernatorial candidate. “That’s ridiculous,” Elmer replies. “Quite frankly, that irritates me a great deal.”
Elmer doesn’t doubt Kinder’s leadership, only his post-scandal electability. He knows as well as anyone that Kinder created and led the Republican Senate majority that now stands at 26 to 7 (to go along with a Republican House majority that expanded by 17 seats in 2010), and that he served effectively for four years as second-in-command under Governor Matt Blunt (2005-2009), the son of friendly but so far non-endorsing U.S. Senator Roy Blunt.
“I’m thrilled to get a $25,000 check from Emerson [Electric Co.], headquartered in Ferguson, Missouri. I’m thrilled to get a check from Enterprise Rent-a-Car.” He rattles off a list of corporate donors that sound nothing at all like law firms, and a whole lot like potential local job-creators.
“I think people in Missouri, for the most part, are not paying attention to what the national media is saying,” says Kinder.
After all, they’ve known him for years, and in the last gubernatorial election less than three million votes ended up being cast. Are the doomsayers at the Washington Post accurate, or merely bored?
“This is a very early point in what is going to be a late-deciding race,” says Kinder. “I’m going to keep traveling the state and visiting with Republicans.”
And no, he won’t be speaking with the governor.
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ConantheContrarian| 9.26.11 @ 10:22AM
Is there a picture of the hussy? Just for research purposes, of course.
Petronius| 9.26.11 @ 10:40AM
I haven't seen any polls, but Pete has a tough nut to crack. He will be running against Nixon's long record of consumer advocacy and his crusade against telemarketers. In this state, people care about issues that affect them personally and little else. If they cannot immediately perceive any damage or unwarranted expense laws have on their lives they pay no attention. The problem Kinder has apart from voter passivity, is that he didn't stop those salesmen calling them at dinner time.
TheNervii| 9.26.11 @ 11:04AM
As a Missourian, I feel the government of the state is not really for its citizens, but for the connected power brokers in the business community and the legislators in the Capitol. They decide in back rooms what is good for the state, or good for their connections, anyway...tailored tax preferences given without transparency or accountability in the name of the latest crisis "not being allowed to go to waste," which would be jobs creation and its fierce urgency of "now".
The politicians posture and preen, but there really isn't much difference between the R's and the D's at the top. No one at the bully pulpit speaks about state sovereignty, for example. Isn't nullification of onerous federal regulations and mandates a valid proposal for attracting businesses? But no, that idea doesn't get an airing. Although the central government is essentially broke, our state must continue its suicidal supplication for federal handouts.
Thus ends my focus-group rant, and I'll look for evidence in a speech somewhere that anyone in the state government of Missouri was listening.
Fred| 9.26.11 @ 1:16PM
Yeah, well, the big news in Missouri politics is that the Republicans in the Legislature have p*ssed off just about everybody in the state, from their overturning of the puppy mill law that a huge majority of voters approved, to their recent attempt to take away tax credits for the poor, disabled and elderly while, at the same time, proposing huge tax breaks for the wealthy. 2012 is looking to be a poor year for the GOP in this state.
Petronius| 9.26.11 @ 2:59PM
That damned puppy mill law was written and shoved down our throats by HSUS activists from California with the intention of putting hunting dog breeders out of business via fines for violations of petty regulations. Champion blood line retrievers cost four figures and training costs more. An investment of that magnitude is not made lightly. Legitimate breeders police themselves very well, and should not be subject to arbitrary rules inflicted by their enemies and sentimental fools who see their lies advertised on TV. And sub-roob voters like this proves my point. Most problems in this world are caused by predators, perverts, and parasites. The rest are caused by idiots.
Southern_Comment| 9.26.11 @ 7:50PM
Couldn't you have just said 'My problems in this world are caused by liberals.'. :)
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