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« on: December 08, 2020, 01:51:23 PM » |
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I think Blunt can be toppled in a primary but Greitens isn’t the guy to do it. It’s honestly remarkable how much Blunt's political career has been characterized by sheer luck (coronated as the R nominee in the 2010 Tea Party wave as a political insider involved in MO/national politics since the 1980s, riding the R wave to a big win over the Carnahan name in the general election after early polls had indicated a very competitive race, narrowly surviving the wave of anti-establishment sentiment in 2016, likely making it out of the primary in 2022 due to yet another absence of a well-funded primary challenger, and again surviving yet another general due to favorable trends/environment, etc.) in addition to obvious ambition and some skill at insider politics/negative campaigning. I still wish he’d retire, and I certainly hope that this will be his last term.
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