Comments on: McCain Carries Missouri

By: Rationality and Science Education

Rationality and Science Education — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:48:57 +0000

Boring long winded article in the Kansas City [Falling] Star saying the same thing in 628 words!

Ah, the Dead Tree Media…….*

Don Lake, Ruskin [KCMO] and U of Misery…….

* http://www.kcstar.com

By: bonncaruso

bonncaruso — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:14:59 +0000

Time to play the funeral dirge.

MO loses it’s coveted position as bellwether of the nation, and must give the crown up to OH.

Boo-hoo.

By: D.C. Finegold-Sachs

D.C. Finegold-Sachs — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:45:15 +0000

Dear Eric Dondero,
According to D.C.’s Political Report, which has been keeping track based on official and unofficial returns posted on state web pages, Bob Barr has received 515,935 votes for 0.40% nationwide. That number is sure to increase and additional states release their numbers, but is unlikely to climb higher than 520,000.

BTW, D.C.’s Political Report includes reported write-in votes and returns from Guam.

By: Roger Grant

Roger Grant — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:31:13 +0000

I didn’t vote for McCain; but, I think he deserves respect and gratitude for trying to do the impossible. I expect Biden to be President within a month after Obama takes office.

By: Eric Dondero

Eric Dondero — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:11:25 +0000

Seriously, does anyone know for sure if we have a finaly Bob Barr vote total?

Does it include Missouri?

How about the votes from Guam?

How about write-in votes?

You could almost say Barr’s total could be anywheres from 511,200 votes to 520,000 votes.

It does make a difference. Cause some have been saying that his vote total was mediocre. 520,000 is much better than the originally reported 500,000 figure everyone was using for that assessment.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:30:29 +0000

Missouri politics has become a family business. In several rural areas being the State Rep and or State Senator is basically handed down from generation to generation. Statewide we have the two major political parties being led by two families. In one corner, wearing red trunks and stuck in second gear are the Blunts. Yep, that’s Roy Blunt, former Republican Whip of the House and his son Matt…….former Governor. In the other corner, wearing the blue trunks and also stuck in gear are the Carnahans….former US Senator Jean, wife of deceased Governor Mel, their daughter Robin, now Secretary of State and Russ, US Rep.

FYI, Mel Carnahan was killed in a plane crash while running for US Senator…even from the grave he defeated John Ashcroft. Needing a job, W made him Attorney General.

Put this together with term limits and what we get is not necessarily the creme of the crop politically in the Show Me State.

By the way, there were several trouble spots election night in St Louis and St Louis County.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:04:37 +0000

I suspect Tom Knapp did vote for Barr, since the Boston Tea Party did not have write-in status in Missouri and Tom knew that (I know he knew, since he’s the one who told me).

By: Michael Seebeck

Michael Seebeck — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:03:47 +0000

Nope, Knapp didn’t vote for him, so it’s stuck at -20.

By: Eric Dondero

Eric Dondero — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:36:48 +0000

Did Bob Barr’s vote total go up slightly due to the late Missouri reporting?

By: Michael Seebeck

Michael Seebeck — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:19:17 +0000

Spam aside, call it a consolation prize for McCain, and it only really matters for the record-keeping.