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Below is an article published earlier this week at Democracy for Missouri. That Senator Koster may run for Attorney General as a Democrat deserves our attention to his record. Worth a repeat:
Our allies at PROVote (Democracy for Missouri is an affiliate organization)produced this analysis of the voting record of Chris Koster, just two weeks before Koster announced his change of Party. By contrast the other Democratic Attorney General contenders, Harris and Donnelly, each have 100% ratings by ProVote. This is a sign of how polarized politics in Missouri has become and also should give us pause in supporting Sen Koster for A G.
Let’s welcome Sen Koster to the Democratic Party and give him a chance to vote from what he says is his true moderate heart, before rallying round him for higher office.
The Analysis:
CHRIS KOSTER IS NOT A FRIEND OF PROGRESSIVE CAUSES
2007
*Koster received a 0% on votes tracked on Pro-Vote’s 2007 Legislative Scorecard
*Koster voted wrong on MOHELA, which approves a sale of loan assets in order to fund one-time building projects & has the ability to diminsh MOHELA’s ability to pay low-interest rate college loans.
*Koster voted wrong on Sex Education, which promotes abstinence only sex ed, bans Planned Parenthood from teaching sex ed, and shuts down abortion services in KC and Columbia.
*Kosted voted wrong on MO HealthNet, which makes Governor Blunt’s Medicaid cuts of 2005 permanent and does nothing to address the needs of the uninsured.
2006
*Koster received a 20% on votes tracked on Pro-Vote’s 2006 Legislative Scorecard
*Koster voted wrong on Photo ID, which would have disenfranchised more than 200,000 Missourian voters in an effort to re-elect Jim Talent to U.S. Senate.
*Koster voted wrong on Campaign Contributions, which lifted the limits on campaign contributions and has allowed Governor Blunt to receive multiple $100,000 checks.
*Koster voted wrong on the Health Endangerment Bill, which created civil penalties for adults who “cause, aid or assist” a young woman to have an abortion.
*Koster voted wrong on Unemployment Insurance, which made it more difficult for workers to receive unemployment insurance after they have lost their jobs.
2005
*Koster received a 33% on votes tracked on Pro-Vote’s 2005 Legislative Scorecard
*Koster voted wrong on cutting Medicaid, which took health care away for more than 100,000 Missourians and took additional services and benefits away from over 300,000.
*Koster voted wrong on CAFO’s, which would have made it harder for counties to pass health ordinances and regulate where factory farms can locate.
*Koster voted wrong on budget appropriations bills for the Departments of Social Services and Health & Mental Health, which took health care away from more than 400,000 and made it harder for others to afford quality health care services.
On Saturday, August 11, 2007 Chris Koster is scheduled to attend an “Ice Cream Social” sponsored by the Johnson County Democratic Club and the Johnson County Democratic Central Committee. The event will take place at the First Christian Church, 101 E. Gay in Warrensburg from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
I’ll see if I can share the contents of your post with him.
Both long time Democrats MO reps. Margaret Donnelly (St.Louis Co) and Jeff Harris (Columbia) are running for the Atty. Gen. office and are very progressive. I dislike using the phrase “Real Democrat” because the main thing Democratic politicians have in common is that they don’t want to campaign under the Repub. banner, not common interests, policies or positions.
The Democratic Party is really a coalition of interests. I’m happy Koster joined our coalition. But I intend to support a progressive in the primary.
completely off topic – the only way I could post this comment was as a reply to another comment. For some reason I can’t find anything to click to simply post a comment, rather than a reply. I’m sure it’s just me but can anybody point me in the right direction?
I hit reply to Ricklm’s comment. So it ended up in the wrong place even as a reply.
“post a comment”. you can also search for it with CTF+F.
Here at home (on Firefox) I see it. Today at work (on IE) there was nothing along the strip at the bottom except the number of total comments. That’s where I looked first. I’ll check again tomorrow and let you know.
Now that I’m again on IE there is nothing that says post a comment. The only thing that shows up in the blue bar at the bottom is “[7 comments]”. But since I now know that the post a comment tab is to the right of the number of comments I clicked on the blue space and sure enough the post a comment screen came up. So the tab is there but the words can’t be seen (at least not on my screen). Don’t know what the glitch is, but thought you’d like to know.
Sorry to hijack this thread. Go ahead and delete these technical comments if you want.