Wednesday, December 20, 2006

National Journal's "Show-Me" State Lesson

The National Journal's Chuck Todd offers his 50 Lessons for the Political Soul in a fun column published today.

The lesson from the Show-Me State is that Missouri remains the nation's bellwether.

"I've been a believer that Missouri was on its way to permanent red status, but given the current governor's '08 vulnerabilities and the effective populist message incoming Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) sold, the state showed me it's still the country's bellwether."

The lesson from Arkansas is that it could become a potential battleground pick-up for Dems in the 2008 presidential election.

"Democrats should still believe in a place called Hope, because Arkansas is still bluer than the rest of the South."

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