Like I said before, advocate for your candidate, but don’t expect too many people to fault anyone but Hulshof for losing this race.

Both Steelman and Kinder spoke at Neosho, and Steelman was a much more impressive speaker. Kinder seems like a nice enough guy, but he could put a two year old to sleep.

A friend of mine is our local treasurer and she seemed to know Steelman when we were together last fall. I think I’ll call her and get her take on this issue.

This of the destruction that will happen to this country if this happens? When was last time any party has held 60 seats in senate?

Watch out I am willing to bet someone Grassley retires next.

John Conryn had better be hands on in recruiting candidates; he already has KS and now MO to deal with

Sarah’s husband is also a trial lawyer and she against any sensible tort reform, meaning any possible restrictions on lawsuit abuse would be impossible.

The other reason why she is a bad choice is she is a horrible public speaker and against someone like Robin Carnahan she will come across as uninformed.

The best choices are LT. Gov Peter Kinder, Congressman Sam Graves, or State Senator Charlie Shields.

Newsflash: that’s a conservative.

- JP

Also, even though Steelman just recently hired on at MO State U, she also taught at Lincoln University in Jeff City,

- JP

Then something happened, dont ask me what, and everything just went down hill.

So the truthful answer is yes and no.

As to the “let em sit on the sidelines for a while” comment - it shows me that you know very little about Roy outside of what you might read on firedupmissouri or the post dispatch.

While I disagree with some of the things he has done in his personal life a few years go - policy wise the man is very wise and does something that a few others dont know how to do.

Listen.

In fact, in you completely missed my point.

When the primary started she was down about twenty points and decided to attack Hulshoff, (and seemed to take pleasure in it) many of which were not even relevant to the race and how either one of them might govern.

She even went as far as to buddy up to David Catanese of the local TV station and used a quote from his political blog.

For those who dont know, the guy is a complete political hack who pretends to write hard news and is known for his love of Claire McCaskill and other Democrats. Yet Steelman found time to coddle with the guy at every turn.

In case you missed it, I labeled her as a political opportunist and she is and in my mind continues to be.

Lets be clear, she did the job well and was considered by a moderate. Steelman was a good person and could have helped secure the State Treasurers office.

Instead her ego trip cost the party (and the state of Missouri because of the positioning of Democrats now in state wide offices executing their liberal whims) quite a bit.

I do grant you that the Hulshof campaign was a mess to say the least, but they spent most of their time trying to recover from the mess which Steelman made while trying to close the gap in the polls.

Steelman did not cost Hulshof the Gov seat. He and his campaign cost him the Gov seat. No one outside of Republican insiders and those who lived in his district had a clue who he was. He has about as much personality as a piece of dry white toast.

Go ahead and back your candidate, but try to pick a better criticism of Steelman.

[Oh, and if you want to pick someone to blame for this outside of Hulshof, look to the person currently occupying the Gov mansion. His timing was what put the party in disarray.]

While in the State Senate, she fought tort reform. It just so happens her husband is a personal injury lawyer and would be personally affected by this legislation.

She also supports the unions. She has been endorsed by the unions almost every time she has run, including the Carpenter’s Union this last election.

She has done a great job of making herself look like a conservative when she is truly not.

I do have a lot of respect for Kinder.

He may not have a lot of flash and do-whop, but at least he is a steady hand and consistent.

I went to Mizzou, so I’m familiar with the area. The outside-Columbia offset didn’t seem to take this past election, but like I said before, the Obama coattails probably didn’t hurt there. Furthermore, it appears that more colleges are encouraging their students to vote on campus rather than absentee back home (my kid ran into that in Kirksville). I suspect they are more able to sway them if they vote in town.

There will be a lot of discussions over the next couple of months on who is best capable of winning.

Columbia is not a hopeless morass - I live there and work at Mizzou. It is left leaning, but other parts of Boone County, especially north of Columbia, offset the city to a certain extent.

The question would be if she could overcome Robin Carnahan in rural Missouri by going into urban areas. The Carnahan name is pretty popular in some rural areas.

I will admit I dont know a lot about her save what I have seen on GB.