I hopped in my truck to drive home from work the other day, and what should be the first thing that comes on our local talk radio station, but a news report playing a recording of Claire McCaskill (sp?) speaking in the Senate. To hear a senator from my state propagandizing on "greedy oil executives" and "windfall profits taxes" got the radio turned off the rest of the way home.

Missouri, for the most part, is a red state. In the last state government election, I remember republicans winning just about every position accept for state treasurer. My fiancée being an intern for the campaign of our now governor Matt Blunt had me along with her in Jeff City on election night. Our now senator ended up loosing to Gov. Blunt with more than a narrow margin, and seeing the results for all the positions come in was quite heartening. The only opposition came from Urban areas like St. Louis, Kansas City, and the college town of Columbia.

Rush and some National Review writers have recently been noting the leftists' game plan to try and promote the ideas of defeat and shame and pin them on republicans. I wonder how much of this national media effort plays into state politics...

So, raise your hand and say it with me if you want to make admit your state has a problem:

"Hi, I'm Dan, and the citizens of my state elected an idiot unrepresentative of our people to Congress."

The next step will be to educate others to our problem to get some conservatives back in Congress.

Well, McCaskill herself is a Democrat, so her statement should be no surprise.

She won her seat as part of the 2006 elections that saw a lot of people fed-up with the inaction and ineptitude of Republicans in Congress. I only pray that Missourans (Missourians?), and citizens of many other states, wake up and elect Conservatives next time around.

Hi, Dan. I'm PaleoCon and my state elected a bigger idiot RINO to congress for nearly 14 years. But, I have been "sober" for at least 3 election cycles.

My Blue Dog, elected in 2006 by running as a conservative, has voted alongside Nancy Pelosi on every single issue.  He is now running again as a conservative.  He's going to be reelected.  People in this state are too stupid to check out his voting record because they are too busy with their guns and bibles..     Pennsylvania is going Navy Blue and will undoubtedly go for Obama in November.  

My newly elected Democrat Senator, Bob Casey, is attempting to become even more to the left than Ted Kennedy.  He sponsored the latest bill to tax the profits of the oil companies.  Oh, and then there is Arlen Sphincter.  He's busy crucifying the NFL in between his chemo treatments.  

Don't talk to me about being shamed and pissed.  There is a big L on my forehead for moving here.

At least my RINO rep has quit. I guess he milked it for all he could and decided not to run again. The new Republican candidate actually seems to be a conservative. I expect the character assassination to start any day now.

I am considering helping his campaign but I have to be careful that I don’t hurt him with my anti-McCain stance. Therefore, I am only going to help with events centered around him and not when he might be appearing with other local GOP candidates who I cannot support.

It will be a difficult balancing act, even for someone as talented and gifted as me!