This has to be the first time ever Neal St. Onge has been mistaken for Dr. Bob Onder. Believe it or not Jo, not all white Republican guys look alike.

Fixed my embarrassing brain lapse. Sorry to St. Onge and Onder. (It’s the “O”, not the race, that tripped me up.)

Was looking through some St. Onge materials on state Senate race right before typing up the post, and somehow…

Good cover Jo, although your slip may be indicative of Onder’s lack of name recognition in that part of the 9th District…not good for old trial attorney Bob since he has similar problems in most of the district I’m told.

If I’m getting this right, Jacob is taking shots at Baker for not being as tough on protecting a woman’s right to choose as he is? Good for him. But Lyndon Bode is the one he should be taking shots at, not Baker. That guy might as well be a Republican when it comes to matters of choice. His speech at our Truman Day Dinner was pretty shocking I thought. I mean, there are a lot of Democrats who are “pro-life” but using that as a campaign wedge issue in a primary, as if it’s going to have the same affect it does when Republicans use it in the general, is just silly.

Well of course the tanking economy, the Iraq debacle, the ethanol scam, and four-buck gasoline are being ignored in the Ninth which, as noted here before, is decidedly Elmer Country (Fudd and Gantry). Howzabout debating giving embryos the right to carry concealed, or having Mexicans wear yellow armbands, or some other issue that appeals to the inbred and indigent of the Ninth.

Eric, your ignorance is staggering. Onder has actually never practiced law, he’s a physician. He went to law school during his medical residency, as a matter of personal interest, and passed the bar on the first take. Onder is a decent guy and a brilliant mind - and he’s going to rip Ken Jacob to shreds.

Rp, Bode is dumb like a fox. He is following a “niche” strategy that can be successful in a divided field like this. Pro-Life Democratic Primary voters are a minority, even in the 9th District, but they’re numerous enough to provide a plurality in a divided field, if one candidate can gather the lion’s share of them.

Jacobs and Onder are also employing a smart strategy for candidates whose position on an issue is just like most or all of their primary opponents: They pretty much nominated themselves as spokesman for a viewpoint shared by a majority of their parties’ respective primary voters, at the expense of their opponents who hold similar views. (Actually Jacob nominated both himself and Onder, and Onder was smart enough to seize the opportunity.) How successful the ploy is depends on how many times in how many different locations they get to repeat it.

You said it, Nick. Onder is a brilliant man — anyone who can achieve the educational level he has should be respected, rather than being referred to merely as “trial attorney Bob,” by someone who obviously hasn’t got a clue as to what he’s talking about!

Jacob is still trolling for the college girls and their votes, I see. Sad, but true … he probably still supports the Columbia law that allows for possession of marijuana.