MO-SEN 2018: The Megathread

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Wow. GOP Senate candidates all over are struggling with fundraising...

To be fair, Q4 was pretty brutal for the GOP. They were struggling to get anything done and the tax reform wasn't going very well.

Their fundraising numbers should go up for Q1 2018 now that they've done tax reform. But will it be by enough? We'll see.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

I'm surprised Austin Petersen isn't mentioned more, he has potential to be a new Rand Paul. From what I've heard so far he has the largest number of individual donors of anyone in the primary.

Rand Paul routinely underperforms so I hope Peterson is the nominee if he is like Paul.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Obama to fundraise for Claire in California
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-obama-coming-to-california-to-raise-1522379777-htmlstory.html#nt=card

the optics of claire fundraising money from california for a missouri senate race is not good lol

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Obama to fundraise for Claire in California
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-obama-coming-to-california-to-raise-1522379777-htmlstory.html#nt=card

the optics of claire fundraising money from california for a missouri senate race is not good lol

It’s not worth the money. These optics are horrible.

tbf it's not like josh hawley is getting small donor money either. ain't no regular people donating to his tuck ass lol

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Obama to fundraise for Claire in California
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-obama-coming-to-california-to-raise-1522379777-htmlstory.html#nt=card

the optics of claire fundraising money from california for a missouri senate race is not good lol

It’s not worth the money. These optics are horrible.

tbf it's not like josh hawley is getting small donor money either. ain't no regular people donating to his tuck ass lol

I can’t imagine any gettable Missouri voter is going to be swayed by something small like this, particularly when the current President lies about his relation with diplomats at a fundraiser for Harley doody

It absolutely sways people when McCaskill banks on reducing GOP rural margins to win.

Given that a whopping 128,000 people are donating money to Mccaskill in just 3 months, it's clear she has genuine grassroots support.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Yeah I think after this whole thing goes through, Hawley will be leading McCaskill by 2 instead of losing by 1. He's showing good leadership here and voters will like that. I certainly didn't expect Hawley to attack Erotic Eric.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

How did your lady’s RV trip go.  Did she get enough time on her plane.  Poor little rich girl. Just cannot stay away from her plane.  A real lady of the people.

These type of attacks are why Claire Mccaskill keeps winning in Missouri

Keep the attacks about policy, not petty sh!t.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

What do those who live in Missouri feel about the state of the race.  Is everything still up in the air... is one side pulling a little ahead, or do you have a feeling in general regarding who will pull out the win?

I have the race as Lean Hawley. That's the way the polling indicates it is playing out. I have a hard time seeing McCaskill being able to win any of the rural counties in the state, nor St. Charles or Greene Counties. She won't be able to overcome the strong R trend that was displayed in 2014 and 2016, and I don't see a Democratic "wave" coming in this year.

The limited recent polling we have clearly indicates a Tossup