Blunt in 08
During my visit to Jefferson City last week, I found a remarkably strong bipartisan following to the scenario that Governor Matt Blunt might not run for re-election.
Support for this theory came from: 1. His poll numbers are so bad, yet he's not taking any bold or energetic action to lift them. 2. He has connections to make a graceful exit. 3. There's no political motive for not announcing his re-election intentions, so he must really be undecided.
In the Governor's office itself, these rumors are laughable. They actually laugh about it. They're running in 08. And they make two other points: 1. They claim that their internal polling has them running about 8 points above the widely-cited SurveyUSA polls. 2. They think the talk will die down when people see their April fundraising numbers which will not show a governor sitting on his hands, but one obviously preparing for his re-election.
Rod Jetton, Peter Kinder and Sarah Steelman all are poised to run for governor should Blunt decline. It would be a brawl.
While I respect Dave's political opinions (don't agree with them most of the time, though), I agree that no one inside the office of the Governor nor any of his close political allies are talking about him pulling out of the '08 gubernatorial race. They are moving full speed ahead to position him for '08. February of '07 marked his mid way point of his first term, so even though on a Presidential level there is a lot of pre-campaigning going on, our Governor has a state to run. Campaigning will come later.
Posted by Red Leader on Tue., Feb 6, 2007 at 8:08 AMI sure hope Blunt runs; if anyone ever deserved to be trounced it's him!
Posted by Adam on Tue., Feb 6, 2007 at 11:02 PM
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