By Gabe Bullard
Filed Friday, October 12, 2007 at 11:00 AM
TOO MUCH FUN INDICTING - U.S. Attorney and former Speaker of the Missouri House Catherine Hanaway says she is not going to run for Attorney General, leaving the path to the Republican nomination clear for Kirkwood Senator Mike Gibbons, who'll be making his official announcement Saturday Morning. On the Democratic side, the word is that the blue candidates (even the recently-turned-blue frontrunner Chris Koster) like their chances against Gibbons much better than Hanaway.ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS - Next week is going to be all about who's got the duckets and from whom said duckets came. After raising $121,738 in the last three months, Lt. Gov candidate Sam Page now has a reported $350,000 in the bank. After raising just $1,675 this quarter, possible state senate candidate Tom Villa now has $27K on hand. As we reported earlier, Shamed Dogan raised over $12,000 this quarter.CALLING ALL POETS - Matt Blunt is looking for a poet laureate for Missouri, and he wants your help. Citizens have until December 1st to nominate their fellow Missourians for the position. The laureate is responsible for promoting arts in Missouri through appearances at libraries and schools. Click here to submit your favorite local wordsmith.Labels: Attorney_General, Fundraising
5 Comments:
You forgot to disclose that Koster is paying you to design his website.
Also, I highly doubt Koster is the frontrunner. Raising a million with $300,000 that needs to be returned and the rest by laundering it through legislative committees does not make a frontrunner.
10/12/2007 9:30 PM
Rick Sullivan should apply for the poets job.
10/12/2007 10:47 PM
From the Governor's Poet Laureate Release:
"A Poet We Shall Appoint"
Is Matt Blunt channeling Yoda?
10/12/2007 10:56 PM
Last time I checked there was no actual "front runner" in the attorney general race, indicating your absolute bias in covering the story (perhaps a bit of Koster affection?). Money alone does not dictate frontrunner status, usually that is determined by actual support. To date, Koster officially has none since he's not even an official candidate. The frontrunners are by far the real Democrats in the race, Harris and Donnelly.
10/13/2007 10:31 AM
I beg to differ. Frontrunner status in any race is usually determined by fundraising (which Koster leads by far) and endorsements. I think most political journalists across the state would agree that Koster's strong union support and sizable cash advantage makes him the candidate to beat.
10/13/2007 7:07 PM
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