Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman declares open season on white guys in suits, and that means you, Fat E. Bluntz Rep. Roy Blunt:
“I’m in the process of laying the groundwork that I need to get done before making an official announcement,” Steelman told POLITICO. “I’m definitely strongly leaning towards doing this.”
Her expected entrance in the campaign increases the likelihood of a divisive primary, which Blunt had been trying to avoid.
In the interview, Steelman took some sharp jabs at Blunt, describing the seven-term congressman Blunt as being part of the “old-boys’ network” who has spent too much time in Washington.
“Roy Blunt is another white guy in a suit, and I think the public wants change,” Steelman said. “There’s a good old boys’ network out there that’s hard to penetrate… and it’s not always in the best interest of the party or for conservative principles.”
Hoo boy. Can Steelman succeed in mucking up two statewide primaries in a row for the GOP? Granted, I fully realize that Hulshof was probably doomed anyway last year, but she sure didn’t make things any easier for Kenny Boy.
This one could be pretty fun to watch.
This worked much better in Republican politics before, um, Sarah Palin did it. Itd be like a Democrat, today, in the spirit of change, taking up the motto, ‘yes we can’. Although everywhere I go I see that motto used as advertizing slogans. How creative.
Steeleman is 100% dead on. We need grassroots types in DC now more than ever, and she would make a great Senator.
Hey, I was just listening to Skylarking last night, it’s such a great album that it hasn’t aged at ALL in the 23 intervening years since its release.
i wonder if this blog became a jangle-pop (dBs, Big Star, Byrds, REM) blog for one day a month, if most of the posters would just bounce along with that news the same as politics.
As for Sarah Steelman, I think that’s great.