That’s incorrect. It was an amazing to see democracy operate for a good candidate even if he came up 2,000 votes short. And there are a gazillion stories to relate over the next few days. For those who remember me promoting Jeff Smith for Gephardt’s seat, well, it didn’t quite end like I hoped, but Jeff won the County and City of Saint Louis, but outstate votes won it for Russ Carnahan. I know some readers helped him out and I want to thank you.
So the thing now is to recover from the hangover and move on. I don’t recommend kung pao chicken for breakfast. No, I really really don’t….
Unfortunately now another useless politician using family connections has a good chance to go to Washington and represent a district that has long had effective leaders – like Gephardt.
Jeff Smith and even Steve Stoll would have been a 1000% better Congressman than Russ Carnahan can ever even imagine to be. I hope that some of these 10 candidates will continue their hard work for the people and also run against Carnhan in 2006 should he win the general election.