Missouri Senate: McCaskill (D) 49%; Talent (R) 48%

[usregimechange]

November 4, 2006

Missouri’s Senate race is shaping up to be a nail-biter to the very end. The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows Claire McCaskill hanging on to a one-point lead over incumbent U.S. Sen. Jim Talent--49% to 48% (see crosstabs).

Both candidates’ numbers have moved slightly since the last poll conducted at the end of October (47% to 46%), but the gap between them remains a single point. Neither Talent nor McCaskill has yet to reach the 50% mark among voters.

This is our fifth poll in Missouri since the beginning of October. In four of the five, the candidates were within a point of each other (and the other found them two points apart). This race remains a Toss-Up in our Senate Balance of Power summary.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/November%202006/MissouriSenate.htm

[nytemare]

1. These are the races I fear will be lost to Diebold.

I don't like to feel this way, but 2000 has me wary.

[NEDem]

2. oh for gods sake, people can and do lose elections without a conspiracy.

I am so sick of the paranoia!

[LA lady]

4. Thank you

I am an election commissioner and I have NEVER seen anything untoward. Everyone I work with is scrupulously honest and committed to fairness.
Why don't more people here work the polls instead of just talk about them?

Sometimes the people we want to win, don't. That's just what happens.

[nytemare]

5. Oh for God's sake, I live in Florida.

Land of Feeney, and the hanging chads, the "caging" list, not letting minorities to the polls, etc. Weird stuff happening in close elections is commonplace here. Just the kind of weird stuff that would cause me to be a "bit wary", and unsuprized if many of these close elections turn another way. This wariness is based on a pattern. I am not saying, "woe is me, the sky is falling".

As I said, I don't want to feel this way. I do. Based on recent history, based on fact. I went out and voted. I volunteer. I do my part. You don't have to imply that I am spreading paranoia by simply recognizing that the party in power has done some fucked up stuff in the state I live.




:wtf:

[SharonAnn]

3. No, Claire is going to win by several percentage points! My women

choices always do!

[nytemare]

6. That will be great to see.

Here's to your choices! :toast:

That is an important race.

[Omaha Steve]

7. Dog lovers still raising funds for Claire McCaskill, please kick in

Dog Lovers Unite

The commercial kennel industry is worried. They say that if Claire McCaskill gets elected she will shut the commercial kennels down!

The voices of millions of dog lovers are not being heard in political corridors of Washington because we do not speak with a unified voice. The commercial kennel industry in conjunction with the agriculture industry gives millions of dollars to politicians every year. It's time for dog lovers to join together and speak loudly for the dogs who are suffering in puppy mills across the country.

This year there is a spectacular candidate running for the Senate in Missouri - Claire McCaskill. Claire McCaskill has been the State Auditor in Missouri since 1999. She has been a determined watchdog over taxpayers' money and was lauded as "one of the most active and effective auditors in Missouri history."

One of the industries that McCaskill audited was the commercial kennel industry. Dog lovers know that there are more puppy mills in Missouri than in any other state. McCaskill issued two strong audit reports detailing abuses in the industry including close ties between the kennels and the Department of Agriculture whose employees were supposed to be enforcing the kennel regulations but were not. McCaskill took a courageous and principled stand when she audited a large industry in Missouri.

Now McCaskill is running for the US Senate. The race is very close so it is possible that an outpouring of support from dog lovers could make the difference and could elect a person who has stood up for the dogs in the past. If McCaskill was elected, the real winners would be the people of Missouri, the people of the country and the dogs who would have a Senator who had the courage to stand up to special interests.

The commercial kennel industry has told all of the commercial kennel owners that they need to vote against Claire McCaskill. This is what they said in their industry magazine: " We simply can't let this woman get to Washington. Think seriously about this threat to your kennel operation. She will try to shut this industry down."

" She will try to shut the industry down!"

If everyone who gets this email donated just ten dollars, that could make the difference in this close election. It would also show that dog lovers have a loud voice and we must be heard. We have to stand together for people who have stood for the animals in the past. Claire McCaskill stood up for the dogs, now we, the dog lovers, must stand up for her.

If you are in Missouri, please vote for Claire McCaskill. Please volunteer for her campaign. For more information about Claire McCaskill or to volunteer to help her campaign, please go to her website at http://www.claireonline.com

To contribute to her campaign, please go to http://www.actblue.com/page/doglovers . Contributions through ActBlue go directly to the campaign and are attributed to a particular cause so that the donations get noted as being from Dog Lovers. Please join with us and help create a huge groundswell of support. The dogs suffering in puppy mills can't speak for themselves. You have to speak for them. Our voices are much more significant if we join together. We can be a political force if we join together. This is our chance to have a huge impact. Please join us today!

This just in - the auctioneers who run the hundreds of puppy mill auctions every year told people at an auction in Hiawatha, Kansas last week not to vote for Claire McCaskill because she will be bad for the commercial kennel industry.

Please go to http://www.actblue.com/page/doglovers and donate to Claire McCaskill TODAY.

Time is of the Essence.

Thank you!

[FernBell]

8. Pray hard. Pray very hard.

[Omaha Steve]

10. Work even harder, donate time or $

U snooze U loose!

[Guava Jelly]

9. Well everyone i know is voting Claire

This is my first vote as a missourian
(former kansan)

[usregimechange]

11. I convinced a moderate at work yesterday to vote for her.

[Clarkie1]

12. The undecides will break for the challenger. nt

[Placebo]

13. This race could come down to a few thousand or hundred votes!

GOTV is what it's all about from here on out.

[thatsrightimirish]

14. How is her ground game? n/t

[MasonJar]

15. I suppose this means that you have not watched the HBO special

on voting or the exerpt here on DU. Talk about scary!