In SW Missouri the big news is that Roy Blunt, majority whip, and Jim Newberry FINALLY squared off in a "candidates forum" yesterday at the Ozarks Press Association conference in Springfield MO.
It's a start, although it was a hasitly planned event that was engineered by Roy Blunt on Tuesday after he repeatedly turned down debates offered by Drury University and appeared to be trying to avoid the whole "debate" thingy altogether. Conveniently, it was not open to the public. Although, KY3 was allowed to televise it after protesting the original plan that was to not allow television cameras.
Here are links to news stories about the debate:
Springfield News-Leader:
http://springfield.news-leader.com/news/today/0912-Starkdiffe-177183.html
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Joplin Globe:
http://www.joplinglobe.com/story.php?story_id=131100&c=87
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KY3 TV:
http://www.ky3.com/newsdetailed.asp?id=6708
This was only round one: the next debate is October 1st at SMSU in Springfield. This one is also apparently closed to the public, but will be televised on KOZK public television as well as several regional radio stations.