https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/04/11/missouri-ag-chris-kosters-d-cynical-fight-against-obamacare/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:32:19 -0400<![CDATA[He&#8217;s not fully joining the fight against Obamacare &#8211; Koster has issued an amicus curiae brief in modified support of the Florida Obamacare lawsuit, instead of joining it &#8211; but he&#8217;s easily the most prominent Democrat on the state level to break with his party on Obamacare.  This is partially probably due to Missouri&#8217;s emphatic rejection of Obamacare last year (via Proposition C), and partially probably due to Koster&#8217;s own desire to survive politically; Koster switched parties in 2007, when it looked like the promised forty-year dominance of the Democratic party in America might actually last, well, forty years.  As it stands, Koster is up for re-election next year, and as it&#8217;s promising to be a bad year for Missouri Democrats who like Obamacare&#8230; well.]]>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:00:02 -0400<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/04/11/missouri-ag-chris-kosters-d-cynical-fight-against-obamacare-n38641