MO-MOScout: GOP leading Senate and Auditor's race, Hawley at 50%

[Meatball Ron]

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This is awesome. I think McCaskill's certainly at a disadvantage, but if she paints her opponent as an out-of touch, Ivy elite, she just might get the margins she needs in the rural areas of the state to win.

[Meatball Ron]

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This is awesome. I think McCaskill's certainly at a disadvantage, but if she paints her opponent as an out-of touch, Ivy elite, she just might get the margins she needs in the rural areas of the state to win.

It makes no difference if Hawley is an Ivy-league outsider. People vote for personalities, not policies. The only thing McCaskill has going for her is that Hawley is as low energy as her. The guy is like a politician straight out of central casting trained like a seal with Koch brothers sound bites. He's also terrible at dishing out the racist innuendos and red meat to the base which is basically a must for today's GOP candidates. If Trump keeps getting mired in scandal, fails legislatively (which is bound to happen), and the economy starts slowing down then I doubt GOP voters will show up in droves for this guy while the RTW ballot initiative might serve as McCaskills third electoral lifeline.

Isn't the Ivy-league outsider thing more of a personality issue than a policy issue? In any case, I see what you're saying though and generally agree.