MO-SEN 2018: The Megathread

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Sarah Steelman or Catherine Hanaway can beat McCaskill in 2018.

Not likely. Those two are exactly the sort of retread candidates that the GOP desperately needs to avoid in 2018.

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Anyway, regardless of who wins the primary, I think it's far more likely for McCaskill to lose by double digits than it is for her to win reelection.

That was the assumption in 2012, too, and the MOGOP is hardly short on repeats of Todd Akin.

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Anyway, regardless of who wins the primary, I think it's far more likely for McCaskill to lose by double digits than it is for her to win reelection.

That was the assumption in 2012, too, and the MOGOP is hardly short on repeats of Todd Akin.

2012 is, politically speaking, a century ago. Can you imagine a Republican candidate running in a red state saying something similar to Akin's "legitimate rape" rape comment and actually losing to their opponent? They're literally beating up reporters on election day eve and still winning fairly comfortably.

From what I understand, most of the vote was already in by the time Gianforte had his, ah, little moment. Also, until I'm proven wrong, I'm holding onto the possibly naive hope that Trump's win was a metaphysical glitch in reality and won't be repeated.

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McCaskill's husband is in the ICU for heart surgery per her twitter. I hope he gets better. If doesn't, I could see McCaskill retiring. Morbid, I know, but something to consider.

She might retire anyway, considering she's already had one medical curveball to deal with (see above). I don't think it's tremendously likely, since - and I say this with all the respect in the world for her - McCaskill is sort of the ultimate career politician, but I also wouldn't be surprised if this made her finally step out of politics.

If she does, our best candidate is obvious. Considering how close he came to unseating Blunt in the ultimate banner year for Missouri Republicans, Kander would probably beat anyone the MOGOP put up against him.

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Looks like McCaskill found her candidate.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/gop-senate-candidate-flips-womens-rights-want-come-home-cooked-dinner-every-night/

And Trump found his.