Russ Carnahan gunning for Lacy Clay?
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« on: January 20, 2012, 05:19:36 PM »

http://www.rollcall.com/news/Russ-Carnahan-Lacy-Clay-Missouri-Congress-2012-211639-1.html?pos=hln

Did an aide to Rep. Russ Carnahan hint that the Congressman is running against fellow Missouri Democratic Rep. William Lacy Clay?

The St. Louis CBS affiliate reported this morning that a Carnahan aide said the Congressman was running “in the district he lives in.”
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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2012, 05:12:56 AM »

One would hope they find some new, Black, candidate to defeat Clay with Carnahan's tacit support instead. Evil
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« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2012, 12:13:55 PM »

Carnahan won't win in the 1st district, but I'd love to see him beat Clay, who I personally despise. Maybe the 2nd is where he's running
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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2012, 11:00:06 AM »

http://www.politico.com/blogs/david-catanese/2012/02/carnahan-filing-against-clay-115778.html

Rep. Russ Carnahan is filing for reelection Tuesday, setting up yet another member vs. member primary in Missouri with Rep. Lacy Clay.
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« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2012, 10:42:03 AM »

I never understood why Carnahan was so opposed to running statewide.
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« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2012, 10:52:55 AM »

I never understood why Carnahan was so opposed to running statewide.

Missoury is rather difficult state for Democrats now (except for very good Democratic years). Even McCaskill is not heavily favored right now, despite her incumbency and money advantage..
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2012, 11:11:36 PM »

I never understood why Carnahan was so opposed to running statewide.

Because the guy's an awful campaigner who survives based on name recognition alone. Hell, when Carnahan originally tried to run for the Congressional seat he held for a while, he barely beat out a public school teacher in the primary who was running on fumes the whole time. There's an amazing documentary about that particular primary, actually. You can watch it for free online somewhere.
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« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2012, 02:29:32 PM »

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/lacy-clay-ad-uses-hip-hop-campaign-song-with-joyner/article_2ab8755c-db5a-11e1-b3c3-0019bb30f31a.html



Wow.
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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2012, 02:45:39 PM »


And he'll probably win too Sad
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« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2012, 02:49:43 PM »


Probably. I never knew this, but Russ Carnahan is really, really, really awkward.

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/417353/august-02-2012/better-know-a-district---missouri-s-3rd-or-1st---russ-carnahan
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« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2012, 02:34:12 AM »

Saw Carnahan on Colbert. Seemed kinda dumb. I guess that's nepotism for you...
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« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2012, 02:38:00 AM »

Saw Carnahan on Colbert. Seemed kinda dumb. I guess that's nepotism for you...

Lacy Clay effectively inherited his seat, but he's always struck me as more competent than one might expect given that. I could be wrong about that.
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« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2012, 01:50:21 PM »

They're both nepotists. Which is why
One would hope they find some new, Black, candidate to defeat Clay with Carnahan's tacit support instead. Evil
except the tenses are wrong now. Or maybe I'm talking about 2014.

Of course, John D Dingell inherited his seat, in another age when the world was young, and still holds a much-enlarged version of it.
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« Reply #13 on: August 09, 2012, 07:43:43 AM »

Inheriting seats isn't itself some sort of unforgivable evil, it just means that we should subject those office-holders to perhaps a little more scrutiny regarding their credentials and bona fides.
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« Reply #14 on: August 09, 2012, 09:16:25 AM »

Remember how the Carnahan's were supposedly political gods in Missouri? One of my favorite political myths.
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