The Newshour on PBS profiled Missouri's Senate race tonight, honing in on how the stem cell ballot initiative will impact turnout in one of the nation's premiere races.
Reporter Kwame Holman tracks Jim Talent and Claire McCaskill at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. Holman notes how the Missouri Republican party is divided over the ballot initiative, and that Democrats "eagerly" hope to capitalize on the fracture.
While most polls show a majority of Missourians favor the stem cell constitutional amendment, Republican consultant and blogger Jeff Roe believes intensity is on the side of the amendment's opponents. Not surprisingly, lefty blogger Roy Temple at Fired Up Missouri disagrees.
Holman sums up his 9-minute piece (9 minutes!! . . . Isn't PBS great!) this way: "With the race expected to go down to the wire, both candidates will have a sharp eye on independent voters, a third of Missouri's electorate. How motivated they are by the stem cell initiative could decide who wins in November."
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