I was always used to thinking of MO as a fairly good, sane state...
maybe because of Truman.

Boy has it changed!

I have no faith in the citizens of this country at all. The fact that a fucking moron like Akin can even be close in an election anywhere just shows how broken and fucked this nation is. Obama's going to win but we're still fucked.

Akin will be defeated by "the women's vote." I've seen that meme so many times and seen it go down in flames when in reality the Akin types win, that it just disgusts me. When will we learn that in many states there are enough women who don't buy into our arguments (for whatever reason) that we lose again and again.

I'm not saying it isn't worth the fight. I will always fight. But please, let's not continue to think that just because the Akins of this country say outrageous stuff about abortion and rape, that all these women will suddenly become enraged and vote accordingly. Often, they just don't do what we "think" they should do.

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and so she has been off the campaign trail for a bit.

That said, there are a lot of racist, sexist, and firmly entrenched republicans here in MO. Mostly the rural areas. In and around Kansas City and St Louis there is a heavy concentration of more liberal and/or Democrats. I'm really hoping we get McCaskill for another term. I despise akin probably even more than the average republican. Surprisingly not because of the rape comment or his views on women. I despised him way before all that came out.

according to a poster on the site you've linked to.

Was there a reason you needed to post this misleading poll that makes all Democrats look as if they're losing?

You could argue that saying McCaskill is winning, might inspire some people to let up and maybe not even vote because they think they have it in the bag.

In theory.

Considering how "lazy" Democratic voters can be (I'll never forget mid-term elections 2010), I can see the point.

repuke skewing polls

The next time that the Post swings to the left will be its first.

Almost all of the Missouri polls have shown McCaskill with a steady 6-10 point lead since the end of August. They have also shown Obama consistently drawing closer to Romney, up to within a couple, three points of Romney.

Nobody in this state takes the Post seriously anymore, except for its sports section. An example of a once great newspaper going to the dogs.