1) If given a nice suitcase of money and a pollster, I’ll make the documentary “How McCain got defeated”. I’ll even rant against Nate Silver, if need be.

2) Wondering why Kinder ran ahead of his ticket in some urban areas? Heck, seems like people leaped off of the Hulshof boat in order to salvage Kinder’s bid. Those people are under some delusion that Jay Nixon wouldn’t beat Peter Kinder by 15 points (at the minimum).

3) Lt. Governor Woody Paige Kinder is also dueling with Kit Bond over the next chair of the Missouri GOP. Kinder is backing Jo Ann Emerson aide Lloyd Smith. Bond is backing the Wicked Witch of the East. I guess since Hanaway is going to lose her US Attorney’s job, she needs to find some other political position to occupy.

3b) Matt Blunt as the RNC chairman? Bwahahahahahahaha haaaaahahaaaahahahaaahahahaha. Ok. That’s enough.

4) Meanwhile in the Republican civil war, Mike Huckabee doesn’t care for Mitt Romney much. Huckabee is at least nice enough to not say much about Palin (so far), as they appealed to similar constituencies, and Huckabee was an obviously better and more experienced pick than Palin for the Vice Presidency. Huckabee and Palin will find a way to toss McCain under the bus soon.

5) Blunt’s beef with Post-Dispatch nixes visit to Hindu Temple. No word on if the Post-Dispatch will market a “Blunt repellant” to help people keep Matt Blunt away from them.

6) Mike Sanders gaining influence… well, in comparison to Mayor Saruman. Which is kind of like saying “more buoyant than the Titanic” after an iceberg strike. But in the scheme of things, Sanders will have an elective job in 2011, and Funkhouser won’t.

7) How does Spirit One have tax-exempt status anyways? Seriously.