Harris seems to only get press because he is so negative. Attack. Attack. Attack. Harris is what makes people hate politics. Donnelly supports his bill and he still goes negative on her.

Harris has the least experience of all the people in the race. He has raised the least amount of money. He has the least statewide support. He has the least endorsements.

Come on, Jake. You’re giving Donnelly a pass on this one? Co-sponsoring somebody else’s plan hardly makes it your plan. And “supporting local control” is hardly the same as doing something about it. Harris is a leader on CAFO, and Donnelly is a follower. Co-sponsorship equates to support, not leadership.

Also, you description on Harris’ bill is incorrect. It doesn’t require more landowners to be notified. It gives them the ability to petition and block CAFOs from going in. HUGE difference there, my friend.

Roger, you have got to be kidding me. Harris comes up with an idea, gets support from other state reps and then, for political gain, takes a cheap shot at one of the people that supported the bill. Leadership is is MUCH more then coming up with an idea.

Jeff Harris represents everything that is wrong with politics.

Jack, you sound like Richard Martin working for the Donnelly campaign.

Look, Donnelly backing Harris’ plan doesn’t technically qualify as her own plan because it’s not. Why is this so difficult to comprehend?

What this is really saying is that Harris’ plan is so good that Donnelly couldn’t come up with anything better, so she didn’t. That makes Harris a leader on this issue. End of debate.

Harris’ press release on this says that Donnelly hasn’t offered a plan. She hasn’t. She’s supporting Harris’ plan which means he hasn’t offered a plan. I agree with Nick, there is no debate here.

Donnelly does not have a plan for CAFOs and that’s why she’s backing Harris’ plan!

Jack, you’ve got no clue if you think this is a “cheap shot”. Harris has been sponsoring bills to try to stop CAFOs for years, but Republicans like Koster and Jetton have been blocking them. Sure Donnelly is a co-sponsor of Harris’s bill, but that’s only slightly better than voting for a bill. Anyone in the House can add their name as a co-sponsor. All it takes is a phone call, but Harris is the one who has done the real work. He developed the plan, and he wrote it up, and he’s been pushing for this for years. Deal with it, Harris is the ONLY ONE who has a plan. The only thing Donnelly can claim is that she supports his plan.

And you’re absolutely right, leadership is about more than coming up with an idea. But if you don’t at least have an idea, then you can’t lead at all. And if you don’t put in the work to promote your idea and get it enacted into law, then you’re not leading. The fact is, Harris has been leading on this for years. But it’s good to see that Donnelly recognizes Harris’s leadership on the issue by supporting his plan.

Attack, Attack, Attack. Blah, Blah, Blah. Harris rips Koster and Harris rips Donnelly. Negative, Negative, Negative. One attack after another. I guess when you don’t have much experience (Jeff Harris) you run out of accomplishments to speak about and you must go negative

As for Harris being a “leader”, thats kinda a joke. If the “Harris style of leadership” is sponsoring a bill and then immediately ripping a rival that supports that bill, I will pass on Harris.

I reitterate, Harris represents everything bad in politics.

Now the question here is who is paying Jack? The Donnelly campaign? or the Koster campaign?

We get it, you don’t like Harris, but it’s no reason to be so negative yourself. “One attack after another” - isn’t that exactly what you are doing on every blog that posts a story about Harris?

Harris has good ideas. I’m pretty sure that’s important in politics.
Harris has intelligence. Sounds like a fair quality.

My opinion is that Harris is exactly who we need on the stage in Missouri’s political scene.

Nick, please…I have a real job.

By pointing out that eveytime Harris opens his mouth (or every time his supporters comment on a blog), it is a negative attack towards one of his opponents, hardly makes me the same and you and Jeff.

Jeff Harris has no support statewide (as evidenced by lack of money and lack of endorsements). Further, he only has 4 or 5 years of experience as an elected official. This combination means that he can not talk about his own accomplishments, because there are so few, so he must attack his opponents.

It is real simple. If Harris and his supporters stop taking cheap shots, you won’t hear from me. However, if you keep running a campaign built on negative attacks, expect me to continue to point that fact out.

I forgot to say, Jeff Harris represents everything bad in politics.