It may have already started.
This race was a close one:
Unofficial Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election – 2008 General ElectionTuesday, November 04, 2008
State Representative – District 121 – Summary
Hoskins, Denny L. REP 7,004 50.5%
Jackson, Jim DEM 6,875 49.5%
Total Votes 13,879
After the smoke had cleared on the night of the election the difference between the two candidates was less than one per cent. The republican candidate in the open seat race, Denny Hoskins, assisted by ungodly amount of republican state party money paying for nasty radio, cable television, and mail, managed to barely eke out a win over Jim Jackson (D).
It was the normal republican campaign play book. Nasty and full of crap:
Meet your Missouri GOP: an unholy alliance with Missouri Right to Life
Denny Hoskins (r) in the 121st Legislative District: attack piece ignores the NRA
The “Missouri Club for Growth” and Denny Hoskins (r) in the 121st Legislative District
But, the republicans will continue to do this nasty campaign stuff because it works.
That remorse? The Warrensburg Daily Star Journal prominently published a letter to the editor on their opinion page today:
…I felt compelled to set the record straight on an issue that was bantered around during the recent campaign for Missouri House seat for 121st District….
…Every aspect of Jim’s service has been conducted as a gentleman. To the community: You passed your chance to have the best-qualified candidate to serve you in the Legislature. It appears to me, the rejection was based on questionable information about his past record…
Bill Brame, Higginsville
And of course, the local media didn’t call the republicans on it (and that’s being charitable) until after the election.
I have a feeling we’ll be seeing and hearing a lot of priceless stuff come from Denny Hoskins (r – “noun, verb, CPA”) in Jefferson City. All those right wingnut chickens are going to come home to roost – and the voters in the 121st Legislative District won’t like it one bit.
they do keep records of what’s said on the floor, I could guess. I don’t recall seeing it on the MO-GA site yet. I guess one could just record all the webcasts of house floor action to see if anything interesting is said.
Ok, i’m sure the record is in a room with nice leather chairs where one can look at the documents for 6 hours or so on a nice day.
The votes are going to speak louder than anything else. That’s my bet.