From the Hill:
Former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman appears increasingly less likely to run against Blunt, and she acknowledged Monday that she is looking at a possible campaign for Blunt’s open House seat as an alternative.
A checklist. Sarah Steelman was born in and graduated from school in Jeff City (the 4th), is married to David Steelman from Dent County (the 8th), represented a state senate district (also in the 8th), and now thinks that she can win a Republican primary in the 7th. An area that she has no solid roots in, against multiple candidates from the district.
Why do I get the suspicion that some of the people nudging Sarah Steelman into a Congressional race are doing so just to move her from a primary she could win (Senate) to one she couldn’t win (Congress)? Not that Missouri Republican bigwigs wouldn’t set someone up so blatantly, of course.
Doesn’t she teach at MSU? If that’s not roots, I just don’t know what is.
Seriously though, she’s got some fierce competition in that primary if she gets in the race for the 7th. Maybe the hope is that she’s the only woman, and the other guys cancel each other out.
…Sarah Steelman is still sniping at the republican establishment.