Comments on: Write-in rules in Missouri https://thenewneo.com/2012/08/22/write-in-rules-in-missouri/ A blog about political change, among other things Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:53:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 By: Gary Rosen https://thenewneo.com/2012/08/22/write-in-rules-in-missouri/#comment-403585 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:53:07 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19222#comment-403585 “Maybe he would like to be an ambassador to New Zealand”

How about Pluto?

]]> By: Mr. Frank https://thenewneo.com/2012/08/22/write-in-rules-in-missouri/#comment-403537 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:17:17 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19222#comment-403537 Someone needs to make Akin an offer he can’t refuse. Maybe he would like to be an ambassador to New Zealand.

]]> By: Fuzzy Face https://thenewneo.com/2012/08/22/write-in-rules-in-missouri/#comment-403516 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:26:01 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19222#comment-403516 And it’s too late to run Steelman as a 3rd-party candidate. The filing deadline was end of July. So the only hope is a write-in for somebody like former Sen. Kit Bond.

]]> By: Teri Pittman https://thenewneo.com/2012/08/22/write-in-rules-in-missouri/#comment-403503 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:42:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19222#comment-403503 Well you could be in Washington state, where the top two vote getters face a run off. And that means we get a lot of Dem vs Dem elections.

I don’t really understand why this can’t just be decided by the folks in Missouri. From what I’m reading, McCaskill’s been pretty awful. Are we really to the point where a statement like this disqualifies someone from office, regardless of how effective they might be as a legislator? His comment actually made more sense in the context of the interview, although I can’t say I agree with him.

]]> By: Don Carlos https://thenewneo.com/2012/08/22/write-in-rules-in-missouri/#comment-403413 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:26:56 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19222#comment-403413 It is alleged that McKaskill’s campaign encouraged people to vote,cross-over, for Akins, having picked him as their most-desired opponent.

The basic Akins issue is pretty trivial. Obama, Sir Golfsalot, can talk about 57 states and all shrug, but Akins, not exactly a biologist, sustains a stupid self-inflicted wound chattering about raped women biologically rejecting the result of the impregnation, and the journo-driven world explodes. The man was in an enemy camp-he was being questioned by a journalist.

Missouri deserves whichever of these wretched people they elect as Senator, but why foist either on the rest of us?

]]> By: Mr. Frank https://thenewneo.com/2012/08/22/write-in-rules-in-missouri/#comment-403387 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:15:01 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19222#comment-403387 Open primaries may make sense in states where one party is totally dominant. In the old South the winner of the Democrat primary was going to win the general election. Allowing Republicans to cross over gave them some input. Also, some states require runoffs and a majority to win an election. In Missouri that would have solved the Akin problem.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2012/08/22/write-in-rules-in-missouri/#comment-403364 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:33:37 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19222#comment-403364 Book: could you include a link saying that Missouri had an open primary for senator? I did some research on that when I was writing this piece, and I didn’t find anything that indicated that it was the case.

Missouri has a open presidential primary, but that’s a different election on a different date than the senatorial primary in that state.

[Actually, I just found it! It seems you are correct. That makes the whole thing far more interesting—and yes, there might have been many crossover votes leading to Akin’s original selection.

I do not understand the philosophy behind open primaries. Seems like a terrible idea.]

]]> By: Book https://thenewneo.com/2012/08/22/write-in-rules-in-missouri/#comment-403357 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:21:28 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19222#comment-403357 MO had an open primary- Democrats were allowed to cross over and vote Akin in. Despicable, and it’s one reason why we’re stuck with him now. Some people are openly speculating about him being a moby plant. I don’t know about that… I think that at worst, he has Democrats urging him on and giving him a false sense of security about his campaign.

I know a lot of people complained that there were too many cooks in the kitchen as it was during the primary, but there has to be SOMEONE in MO who didn’t run. I agree, Neo, if Akin won’t leave the easy way, we’re going to have to do it the hard. What he said was bad enough.

The fact that he refuses to bow out gracefully before the story gained traction is just the moldy cherry on the fetid pie.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2012/08/22/write-in-rules-in-missouri/#comment-403341 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:55:46 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19222#comment-403341 hogwash: and your point doesn’t make much sense, because if you think the election is already lost to the Republicans, then there’s nothing further to lose from a write-in candidacy.

Lisa Murkowski was successful at it. Of course, she was a well-known and previously-successful politician in her state. But each of Akin’s opponents had consistently polled higher than Akin, so if one of them wanted to take him on, that person might actually be able to win the election at this point. However, both are precluded from even trying, which I think is a very bad result of the Missouri law.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2012/08/22/write-in-rules-in-missouri/#comment-403336 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:47:18 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=19222#comment-403336 Rohan: I think you’re correct. But I still think people should be free to write in whomever they wish, and still have their votes counted.

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