"HOLY SHIT!" is right. It appears that the scrambling among the statewide Republicans indicates that nobody saw this one coming.
Makes sense, though. Blunt was never popular. This is shaping up to be a bad year in general for incumbents and Republicans. Blunt trashed pretty much half the state as being a place where, in his words, "nobody wants to live anymore." His health care cuts raised the ire of his predominantly rural base. The fallout from the housing bubble likely will hit exurban St. Charles County, the other part of Blunt's base, especially hard.
The latest email destruction scandal is more like the icing on the cake.
Not a good time to be a Republican incumbent governor, especially if your name is Matt Blunt.
If you watch the video with the sound off, it's kind of creepy.
(And if you're not from Missouri, this likely means nothing to you.)
"You're not gonna have Matt Blunt to kick around anymore!"
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Here's a juicy little rumor from the pages of the St. Joseph Press-News:
Rep. Jim Guest, R-King City, predicts that U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missouri, also will step down soon for health reasons. If U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, Matt Blunt’s father, is appointed to the senatorial post, Mr. Guest said he believes the current Missouri governor will go after the congressional seat.
courtesy firedupmissouri.com
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