Missouri Democrats try to rebuild. 'There is no knight coming to save the party'

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https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article221310095.html

"Rep. Peter Meredith, D-St. Louis, said the Missouri Democratic Party has long focused too heavily on the candidates at the top of the ticket.

It’s a familiar complaint, going back to critics of two-term Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon who argue he didn’t do nearly enough to help build the party while handily defeating his GOP opponents.

As proof, they point to the fact that Nixon had more than $400,000 left over in his campaign fund after the 2012 election. Those resources could have helped stave off Republicans’ gains that year in the Missouri House and Senate, some Democrats argued at the time.

Meredith said Democrats’ focus on the top of the ticket continues to this day.

“We have to start building from the bottom,” he said. “There’s been too much emphasis on trickle down politics, and it doesn’t work.”"

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1. Do what Claire McCaskill said: confront Fox News

You’ll never take back the state with Fox lying nonstop.

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2. but she went on Faux state news

and she never said much about her positions on the ballot initiatives

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3. She said Fox needs to be stopped for Dems to win.