JSojourner
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« on: January 19, 2008, 04:43:08 PM » |
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Weasel,
I hope you're right. But I don't think so. I think Missouri is lean or even likely Republican. While voters through out Jim Talent, he was hardly a good Senator or a smart campaigner. He looked horrible in the debates with McCaskill. And didn't she come from a well-known Missouri family?
Plus, I think some states tend to vote one way for Senators, Governors and Congressmen -- and another way entirely for President. North Dakotans keep sending Dorgan, Conrad and Pomeroy back to D.C. But they vote consistently for Republican Presidential candidates. I am just not sure how a state votes for Gubernatorial or Senate candidates necessarily translates into the Presidential race. But like I say, I sincerely hope I am wrong. I am so hoping for the days when there are more reliably Democratic states and Missouri would definitely be one of the ones I want us to pick up.
As to Louisiana, I think Hurricane Katrina displaced a large number of the folk who might have made a Presidential race competetive there. And even before Katrina, Louisiana was going for Reagans and Bushes and Doles. There's another North Dakota. Until Breaux left office, it had 2 D Senators.
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