Stories from Missouri

Thanks to Gdweasel for the following article. It discusses the people of Missouri and their attitudes about this Presidential Election and Obama.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1848469,00.html

Here is a story over at 538 regarding the ground game in Missouri

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-st-louis-county-missouri.html

This is of course the Time article from the other days post re: Missouri's ground operation

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1847473,00.html

The home page for the Missouri campaign for Change

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/mohome

Pollster.com MO page
http://www.pollster.com/polls/mo/

St. Louis Post Dispatch endorsement for General Election
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-platform/campaign-2008/2008/10/sunday-editorial-barack-obama-for-president/

we consider questions of character, life experience and intellect, as well as specific policy and issue positions. Each member of the editorial board weighs in.
On all counts, the consensus was clear: Barack Obama of Illinois should be the next president of the United States.

John McCain has served his country well, but in the end, he may have wanted the presidency a little too much, so much that he has sacrificed some of the principles that made him a heroic figure in war and in peace. In every way possible, he has earned the right to retire.

(Obama) his countrymen are weighing his talents, his values and his beliefs,
judging him not by the color of his skin, but the content of his character.

That says something profound and good — about him as a candidate and
about us as a nation.

Many of these sentiments were expressed in my previous post.
http://mysteryj.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccain-00-vs-mccain-08.html posted on Sunday, August 17, 2008

I have frequently thought that McCain could be a principled compromise as a presidentail candidate even considering some of the truly conservative positions he has clung to. We must remember though that he lost the primary in 2000 and badly. It seems he isn't as slow learner as we thought. He has showed an amazing ability to bend truly hardened principles for political expedience and hide behind his built up reputation of honor while throwing bombs radomly at Obama. The spotlight needs to turn back to who is John McCain and what does he stand for.

I have been meaning to compile a more organized and thorough posting regarding Missouri's place in this election and the Obama ground game. Until I do use the above as an insight into the daily grind of trying to change the world.

Judy Baker pulls a 4 point lead in latest MO-9 US Rep race.
http://dccc.org/blog/archives/mo_09_poll_shows_baker_with_4_point_lead_over_luetkemeyer/

I have said before that I expect Baker to be helped by Obama at the top of the ticket. We have discussed at length the ground game Obama is building in MO. This is a case where trickle down will benefit Baker. It won't hurt that she is a woman when people work their way down the ballot.