to make sure she is in office.

Why can't we get rid of her? They never run another Dem to replace her and she isn't leaving.

I held my nose and voted for her the last election - mostly because I wanted her "legitimate rape" opponent to get beaten by those WORDS!

And he did.....

Think about that. To improve her chances of winning, they were willing to risk that the worst Republican around would be your Senator if she lost.

I couldn't vote for the other guy either. I wish we had a better Democrat (see I don't really consider her one), but they never have anyone run against her.

to run against that blockhead Blount.....

would love to see it.


Is some of Bernie's self-assertiveness inflecting the MSM?

and she was rather cranky and needed a nappy.



http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/mccaskill--bernie-is-too-liberal-to-win-471130691652

early today based on a 'Politico' article that drew a good amount of negativism about Bernie from what I recall. Thanks.

(a NPR) interview. might be a long grumpy cranky silly season---lots of nappies will be needed.

The state of this country requires way more than 'grumpy' and thankfully we now have someone who knows that and who expresses it appropriately, rather than the mealy mouthed weaklings who say things like 'we have to something about (fill in the blank) reading from a script, with no passion.

That is why people are drawn to him as soon as they get to know him. He is now at 22% in Iowa, in just one month.

People like honesty, and the get so little of it from DC that when they see it, it is like finding gold.

who won't coddle the repukes instead of standing up to them and letting people know what they are trying to get from us. Someone who won't give away Social Security or food stamps, etc.
I want someone to be angry with them as we are, that's Bernie.

For some reason we aren't allowed to defend our guy.

was angry with the money changers. Do you think Jesus needed a nappy?

And McCaskill is easy pickin's.

doesn't criticize her. Hillary's campaign sent out McCaskill to do the dirty work for her.

Expect more attacks on Bernie to come from other HRC supporters.

What this is suggesting to me is that HRC is getting concerned by Bernie's popularity, his rise in the polls and the crowds he's drawing everywhere he goes. They have to do something to take Bernie down - because he represents a threat to her because he doesn't vacillate and is not wishy washy. He tells it like it is and he's been saying the same thing his whole career.

There's very little they can hold over Bernie. The 'socialist' moniker seems to be their only tool.

This is going to get interesting. I hear Bernie is closing in on HRC in New Hampshire based on CNN's new poll numbers.

a VEEP wannabee - inside-the-beltway hack

He came out of nowhere with that message that is supposed to appeal to progressives.

.... using the "socialism" moniker as an attack....

He's my congressman.

Think so.

over TPP and a few other things let's remember how they treated obama in 2008.her people were basiclly calling him drug dealer.
he wasn't qualified for job.dismissed his wins.

now with bernie rasing in NH they are dismissing NH and saying he is only gaining because it's mostly white state.And it borders
Vermont.Iowa,and Vermont mostly white states picked obama over hillary.and with NH these mostly white states voted obama over
Mccain and Romney.

Hillary supporters dismissed bernie.calling him fringe like Kucinich.dismissing vermont.Saying bernie doesn't care about immigrants
or race.This is son of immigrants and guy who was part of civil rights movement as young man.Now he doesn't care about those
killed by Guns.Bernie gets F or D by NRA.

McCaskill today shows why I think they are worried.There Internal polls could be worse is they go after bernie and he has no chance according to what MSM wants us to think.Of course they said same thing about Obama no matter what people think of him now.

You can't blame HRC or her supporters for this. Your own intolerance says a lot about you.

…as opposed to what? Her ???

Fucking joke.

She seems very out of touch with the suffering of the average person. How can she be elected again?

actually a very divided state. Parts are very blue, parts are very red. McCaskill is actually a very canny politician and knows how to cater to both factions.

That said, I have long been highly skeptical of her actual Democratic credentials, in that she seems extremely conservative for a Dem.

and therefore I think what Bernie says in his many POPULIST stances will resonate even moreso with that state than what she claims to be liberal that they don't like.

I bet quite a few Republicans want the banksters to be taken to court and to get rid of the TPA as many of us on the left do. This will resonate with Missouri, and I think will hurt McCaskill when she tries to explain her "critique" of Bernie to them.

on the Kansas side of the border. I moved away seven years ago, so I'm not going to be completely up to date on things there. But despite having a Democratic Governor, their House and Senate are very strongly Republican. I have no idea to what extent the Tea Party has taken over, unlike Kansas where we know it's running the show.

I do hope that enough Missourians are sufficiently populist and sufficiently sick of what the Republicans have been doing to this country the past 35 years, to go to a genuine liberal/socialist/populist.

that typically is heavy democrat in the large cities (St, Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, etc). It's the rural part of Missouri that goes GOP. Total votes for the state usually go GOP.

you need huge turnout in large cities.That was why Obama almost won here In 2008.

Mcaskill herself was elected tos enate due to large turnout in cities.that is why she needed a weak opporent in 2012

The only reason she won re election here is because her GOP candidate was too dumb to run to the center. He ran to the rhythm and stride of the TeaParty, turned his brain-mouth filter off for the wrong 60 seconds, and it won her the election.
her only redeeming quality in the whole process was that she almost got to hand-pick the dumbest opponent she could find, and 'backed' him in the GOP primary. She's the best kind of professional politician to the marrow of her bones, and that's not necessarily a complement.

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because she was running against a total idiot.


Remember what this idiot said.
Akin was leading McCaskill in the polls until he said in August that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant, because the female body "has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." Akin was defending his position that abortion should be illegal, even in cases of rape.

I thought she was at least 1/2 Democrat.

It go Repuke at the drop of a hat...she was lucky last time..

Missouri is actually a great place to live.

Touchy, touchy.

I've been through the state and it is beautful

he meant no good. he is no friend to democrats, in fact I believe he is a republican. he tries to show democrats in a negative light all the time. if you think he won't attack Bernie, just wait. all we are going to get from Missouri is a conservative democrat. we could have another blount.

Just about the last person I would expect to say anything to 'defend' Bernie.

happen on? But yeah, it's a fluke.

He was playing devil's advocate, because he knew her attack didn't hold up, he anticipated the very real comeback that Bernie's positions poll well, and wanted McCaskill to make a more airtight case against Bernie. I could be wrong but that was my impression, he is certainly no friend.

Bill Clinton and Wes Clark campaigned hard for her in Missouri when she first ran for Senate. The Clintons remember all this stuff. In some cases, maybe they should. Claire is most likely trying to gain lost ground.

Clintons come off like nixon or mobsters in regard to holding grudges and only supporting those who supported hillary in 2008.A case can be made she is doing their dirty work now to get in good with them.

Unfortunately, I feel the same about Howard Dean. He's been out in the cold since Obama's election in '08 despite his great talent and willingness to be a team player.

Two years of working for the "Ready For Hillary" Super-PAC surely incurs some "expenses and fees"

Goddammit!!!

He wants to give everybody healthcare insurance...OMG the horror of that socialist policy idea!

When she was literally whining, "Bernie, Bernie, Bernie" I couldn't believe it. There was something else that really struck me too, but I can't remember. She sure looked like she had no idea of any policy at all and was just trying to make stuff up when she got that unexpected question.

She was trying to diss Bernie but all she did was make herself look stupid and uninformed. She came across like most Republicans do, with a talking point but no substance or knowledge.

found that I am with Bernie 97%, and am with Hillary 87%. Interestingly, O'Malley was just 67% with me.

On the Repug side, I was with Rand Paul for 37% and (I'm going to get sick on this one) Christie 34%.

I didn't know that...

her a DINO! LOL, Thespian 2!

that's when she said he want's medicare for all and he's not worried about debt. Anyone that has listened to Bernie Sanders knows that he wants to raise taxes on the rich.

Imo, she just showed what a tool she is.

He got 2 things.

That Alien Life Form is giving you the "Stink-Eye".

Bernie is up against overwhelming odds in sycophantism and punditocracy. But the substance of the issues will win out.

Too bad we won't be seeing more of Claire. She flamed out too early like the other guy, what's his name.

Otherwise, she might end up like Lori Klausutis.

before Joe Scarborough along with Mika Brezezinski bailed her out, agreeing with her, Bernie the fringe Socialist that drawing large crowds because he's a novelty spiel..

This is how Hillary's campaign will attack Bernie. Avoid specific issues, and paint Sanders as an extremist. Bernie's against trade, wants government handouts for everyone, he's not a serious candidate and the media needs to stop cutting him slack.. Won't be long before you can't trust Bernie to protect this country from terrorists... It's not that we're against his populist ideals Hillary's for those as well..

Hillary is for those? She is a corporatist, not a populist, sorry if I misunderstood your statement if so please clarify.

Anyway I agree the OP mischaracterizes the McCaskill/Halperin interaction, it was really a group mugging of Bernie. More to come, I'm sure.

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win"

McCaskill was suggesting Hillary is an electable populist... I can't wait for the debates when Hillary has to talk about specifically how she's going to deal with too big to fail banks and raising taxes on the ultra rich, cutting the military budget... etc

She is probably saying to her funders in the background that she may have to say a few things they don't want to hear in the primaries, but that they should not worry.

I can understand why you'd be confused since you wouldn't expect her to be as progressive as Bernie.

Now when she addresses an audience. She makes vague statements that imitate Bernie's. The statements are vague enough so that when/if she were to be elected she can discard them for her right wing centrist corporate agenda.

But they're designed to sound progressive enough to fool people who aren't paying close attention.

Hillary- trying to have it both ways

You are officially doing it wrong. ..

I've lost any remaining shred of respect I may have had laying around for McCaskill.... which wasn't much to begin with....

When asked if Hillary wasn't copying Warren (duh), McCaskill actuallly made a face, like a three year old who had just had a spoonful of unpleasant tasting medicine.

She embarrassed herself. Halperin is too smug and too far right for my taste, but I'm glad he labeled what she was doing.

I could not have greater contempt for Claire McCaskill.

This is starting remind me of the 2008 election. In that election smears of this kind were proven to be counterproductive.

"I take him at his word."

Here, Fluffy! Nice girl! Hasn't got the training or the teeth for it.

OMG...perfect!

jerk (trying to be a little nice here)...

and a Republican....

I sent her a note calling her out on her blatant lie that Bernie is against trade. She needs a lot of push back.

My browser, Firefox, is saying "This Connection is Untrusted

You have asked Firefox to connect securely to www.mccaskill.senate.gov, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.

Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified."

Usually this only means that the certificate expired. But safe browsing practices dictate concern.

"Untrusted Connection" is the title of the error page. That type of error message could happen to anyone, but it's funny enough to share, imo.

frack herself.

They don't want us to have our party back. Deep down, they must fear the Democratic agenda. Their dreams of becoming multimillionaires (well, those who aren't already) don't like rubbing against fair tax rates.