Posted on May 14, 2021
Missouri Republicans move to block Greitens in key Senate race
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“Gov. Eric Greitens is dominating this race and everyone knows it. He’s going to win and there’s nothing that politicians in [Jefferson] City can do to change that,” said Dylan Johnson, Greitens’s campaign manager. “This is just a sad, desperate attempt by the swampy establishment to try to subvert the democratic process. They will fail miserably.”
Missouri Republicans have been burned by a divided primary field before. In 2012, then-Rep. Todd Akin (R) won the GOP primary with just 36 percent of the vote ahead of former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman (R) and businessman John Brunner (R) — and with the help of then-Sen. Claire McCaskill (D), who took the unusual step of advertising against Akin during the primary, labeling him the “most conservative” candidate in the race, a de facto boost ahead of an election in which each candidate was trying to paint themselves as the most conservative.
McCaskill went on to beat Akin by a 15-point margin, the last time a Democrat won a Senate election in an increasingly Republican state.
Missouri Republicans have been burned by a divided primary field before. In 2012, then-Rep. Todd Akin (R) won the GOP primary with just 36 percent of the vote ahead of former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman (R) and businessman John Brunner (R) — and with the help of then-Sen. Claire McCaskill (D), who took the unusual step of advertising against Akin during the primary, labeling him the “most conservative” candidate in the race, a de facto boost ahead of an election in which each candidate was trying to paint themselves as the most conservative.
McCaskill went on to beat Akin by a 15-point margin, the last time a Democrat won a Senate election in an increasingly Republican state.
Missouri Republicans move to block Greitens in key Senate race
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Glad I'm no longer there. I certainly don't miss the shenanigans of the Missouri GOP.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC Kevin B. "Missouri Republicans" i.e. those with a Memory Longer than a gnats remember that Greitens was forced to Step down in a Sex and Corruption Scandal and it won't take long for both to Resurface.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC Kevin B. I'm sure some will Latch on His "Warrior" Credentials as a Navy Seal though.
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SrA John Monette
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - all of the orange man's devotees, for sure. maybe McCaskill will come out of retirement
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Another example of a “quality” candidate for the MO voter. This yo yo got caught with his pants down with some bimbo and got caught lying about it. Resigned in disgrace after his AG buddy Josh Hawley threw him under the bus. If Greitens get the GOP nomination, I’d love to be the dem campaign manager for whomever runs against him. Oh God, the fun I’d have with that. Greitens and Hawley deserve each other
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Ha chip, please name a few things Biden has done to support the middle class and those of us on fixed incomes. You must have something to brag about? It isn't the environment because sending our jobs and manufacturing offshore to countries like China, India, Vietnam.ECT Only hurt mother earth and destroy our economy. So if your active military and you hold conservative values or you supported Trump in the past you'll need to have some reeducation training or your carrier is over! Isn't that something like a loyalty test the Commie bastards of the USSR did to those that didn't conform? What have your Dems been doing to our rights and freedoms. And being a true patriot that upholds his OATH of enlistment to the constitution and the rule of law that looks like a reason to wreck them and stop them from staying in for 20.
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