Burnt Orange Report

Missouri on the Line

By Byron LaMasters

For everything you need to know and more about today's Missouri Democratic primaries, check out Archpundit or more specifically, Archpundit's Blog Saint Louis. Three big races in Missouri today. First is the race to succeed Dick Gephardt. The son of former Guv. Mel and former Sen. Jean Carnahan, Russ Carnahan seems to be the favorite, but the progressive / blog folks seem to be for Jeff Smith. In the Guv primary, incumbent guv Bob Holden seems poised to lose to Claire McCaskill. The conventional wisdom is that Holden is unpopular and would likely lose reelection to the Republican, whereas McCaskill would be able to run on a reformist message of change that would coordinate well with Kerry's message in a swing state. So, I'll be hoping for a McCaskill victory out of Missouri tonight. Archpundit offers his endorsement of McCaskill here. The third race of interest is vote on gay marriage. Basically, gay marriage is already illegal in Missouri, but it's critical that in order to save marriage that they have a vote to make it more illegal. Follow that logic, or read Archpundit's take on the matter. Anyway, I'll try my best to get some results posted tonight.