It never ceases to amaze me the tactics that other women will use to try and drag Hillary Clinton down.  Here's an excerptfrom an article summarizing Senator McCaskill's comments on Senator Clinton

 "Missouri voters are won and lost on passion, who is motivated to come out and vote and if people are motivated for change, there is a good result. If Republicans are motivated, whether it's fair or not, no one motivates the Republicans in Missouri like Hillary Clinton."

   The GOP, she said, was "in chaos. The only thing I can see right now that excites the very conservative base of the Republican Party in Missouri is coming out to vote against Hillary Clinton and that worries me."

Mike Allen [from Time] reported that he was talking to a senior White House official who said that Bush was getting ready to do a 180 on climate change and describe it as in the old cliché as a Nixon in China moment. The actual quote that appeared was that only two oil men could get all the players to the table, including the oil and auto industry, to broker some large and grand compromise on this.

And I've heard separately from people who have had casual lunches or dinners with Bush recently that one of the things he's changed his mind about was environmental issues.

More analysis on the flip...

We couldn't have done it without you.

There's plenty of evidence to suggest that President Bush may have been the deciding factor that killed the GOP's momentum in some key Senate races over the last week. One Republican consultant is convinced that Bush's last-minute visit to Missouri on behalf of ousted GOP Sen. Jim Talent did the incumbent in. According to the network exit polls, Democrat Claire McCaskill crushed Talent among those late-breaking voters who decided in the final three days (a full 11 percent of the electorate). Bush also made a last-minute trip to Montana, where anecdotal evidence indicates the president's rally for Republican Conrad Burns stopped the incumbent's momentum in Billings.

"You have elected . . . "

Missouri has spoken.

I really don't know what to think.

Thank you God.
Truly thank you God.

"For those who did not vote for me, I will stand up for you too!

Show me bitches!!

Barton and Dade County are completely reporting.

Barton County goes from 79/19 Blunt in 2004 to 71/25 Talent.

Dade County goes from 72/27 Blunt to 61/34 Talent.

As well, Claire is only down 6 while results are in from what should be Talent's strongholds.

Oh yes, 20K in from St. Charles County and Talent is up 50/48. If you're from Missouri, you'd know more about the significance of a Republican stronghold being so weak for Talent.

More under the fold, including updates

Well, T minus eight hours until the big GOTV slog tomorrow (I've committed to working all day, from six a.m. until seven p.m.).  I'd love to say I was really looking forward to it, charged up for a glorious battle to retake democracy.  But I'm basically a lazy sod at heart (shocker, given my screen name, I know) and I'm not a morning person either.  The idea of getting up at 5:30 to go walk god knows how many miles knocking on doors just doesn't thrill me, I confess.  But I'm going to grin and bear it because I know it's an important race, and I keep hearing about what a great "GOTV machine" the GOP has in this state--so we've got to do what we can to counter it.

I'll be looking forward to getting to the end of the long day, hitting the local Democratic watering hole with the rest of the volunteers, and tossing a few back as we watch the returns come in on the big screen.  

Good hunting, everyone.

Imagine the struggle a paralyzed person has to go through, just to get out of bed. My son Roman Reed is paralyzed, a quadriplegic. And maybe he can't close his fingers, and maybe his legs don't work.

But nothing on earth will stop him from voting tomorrow.

Most of these trade amendments list German chemical giants BASF Corp. or Bayer CropScience as the "proponent," in reports issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) that estimate over $10M per year in U.S. Customs revenue loss.

A classic example of pork barrel politics, this election cycle Talent has received over $600,000 in campaign contributions from the agribusiness sector, almost 25% more than even Senate Agriculture Committee head Saxby Chambliss (R-GA).

If I had to come up with a reason for my lack of posting, it's pretty simple, really. If I'm going to post something, I want it to be more substantial than simply saying, "What Keith said...." Keith Olbermann's special comments seem to be the words I want to say, but he seems to be able to put them together in a much more forceful way than I can. That's not to say that I don't think I'm a good writer. I do. Keith is just in a class all his own, the Edward R. Murrow of this generation.

I'm going to try to talk about a few issues that are in the news as far as Missouri politics (a lot of it is national in scope), as well as Kansas, our neighbor to the west.

Dive in after the flip.

TENNESSEE  CORKER 53
            FORD  45

 IT LOOKS LIKE FORD IS GOING TO LOSE

VIRGINIA TIED AT 49

LOOKS LIKE ALLEN HAS GAINED  WEBB IS DOWN A LITTLE
ANYONES RACE   GOTV WINS

MISSOURI   MCCASKIL   49
           TALENT    48

NO CHANGE   THIS ONE MAY TAKE DAYS TO FIGURE OUT

ALSO  ILL: BLAG  44
           TOP   37
       WHITNEY   14

 ALASKA    PALIN  48
        KNOWLES   43
        HALCRO    5

SO THERE IT IS  TO BAD ABOUT FORD LOOKS LIKE RACISM WINS IN TN.        

The Talent for Senate committee has taken contributions from 11 different executives of UniGroup, Inc., a $2B Missouri-based federal contractor whose biggest client is the Department of Defense.

Because Sen. Jim Talent (R-MO) is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which oversees defense funding and procurement, the contributions violate Senate ethics guidelines and, potentially, campaign finance laws that prohibit candidates from accepting donations by persons performing contract work with the federal government.

UniGroup's current president has personally donated over $4000 to the Senator's campaigns, including $500 on 12/20/2001 while Talent was registered  with Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin, and Kahn as a lobbyist for his company.

But I have no use for that man anymore, or for any rage that his words inspire in me.  He's a clown, a buffoon whose words should be mocked rather than seriously contemplated or debated.

Of course, there's also this response ad, which misses the point entirely, given that Fox was NOT commenting on the proposed Amendment.  He was targeting Jim Talent and his voting record specifically.  So, the question is now burning in my head ... the question that, if the roles were reversed, every talking head on TV would be pounding down McCaskill's throat if, oh say, Michael Moore had pulled a similar stunt.

THE QUESTION:  Does Jim Talent stand by the comments of Rush Limbaugh, or will he publicly denounce such hateful rhetoric?  Is he a Rush Limbaugh Republican?

Tickets were available at the local GOP headquarters. My wife and I went down there signed up and got 4 tickets.

Little did I realize it at the time, but that simple act has given me hours of enjoyment since. I am now part a targeted member of the GOP GOTV effort here in Missouri.

(more after this)

But I'm afraid it won't - and you'll have Missourians to blame for it.