So, Harris had to pull his first ad because he broke copyright laws and now he is going to need to pull a second one because he embellished the truth to such a degree that Nixon had to slap him and put out a press release correcting Harris. Harris is a liar and can not be believed. This makes it clear that he will lie to your face to try to get elected.

Harris tried to make people believe that he had this vast amount of experience by “being the only candidate to work in a Democratic AG’s office” only for it to surface that he quit after only 7 or 8 months. Now he tries to put out an ad which was designed to deceive voters into thinking Nixon was endorsing him, when he clearly did not.

Jeff Harris is everything that is wrong with politics. Everything posted from here down is pure spin.

Pathetic! Harris looks like a kid in the first place, now he’s proving that he sounds like one, too!

The fact that he has spent several years acting like one in Jeff City should be obvious soon.

Jo, did you leave out the part of Nixon’s statement where he meentions Harris? Or am I to believe he praised Donnelly and Koster without mentioning Harris by name?

OH, SNAP!!!

Hey, jim, he’s our kid, leave him alone!

My kicker is Harris only took a few seats back as the House Democratic campaign leader and plays it like it was a great victory. Jeff, call me when the Democrats control the Missouri House again.

Tim, considering the losses Democrats had been facing, even picking up a few seats was a great accomplishment.

Harris did nothing wrong with his commercial. He used a quote Nixon freely gave to a reporter. You should notice that Nixon didn’t come out and say he didn’t agree with his previous comments about Harris. It should also be noted that Nixon didn’t come out and disavow the comment when he originally made it. This press release simply adds praise for the others. This should be expected. He is trying to maintain the appearance of being impartial. However, that doesn’t mean he never said Harris would be a great AG, and Harris shouldn’t be attacked for using his praise.

I don’t see what the big deal is. Nixon said it. Harris used it. The other candidates can use quotes by Jay in their ads. The ad doesn’t say endorsed. It is relevant information to democratic primary voters that Jay Nixon thinks Harris would be a super attorney general.

By this standard every ad on TV would be suspect. Did Donnelly really stand against the toughest sexual predators in Missouri? Is Clint Zweifel as treasurer really going to reverse the medicaid cuts? Both talented people but these are advertisements.

The few seats you talk about was more seats that they had picked up in thirty years. You always wish you could wave your magic wand and pick up more but I believe that is a pretty solid accomplishment.

The caucus must have felt pretty good about how well they did because right after that Jeff was reelected minority leader unanimously.

I like Nixon’s statement about Donnelly. Missouri would be lucky to have her as attorney general. I think Jeff is the stronger candidate with more ideas for the office and with support across the state and all democratic interest groups. Jeff got the KC Star endorsement today. Donnelly only has St. Louis endorsements, and Koster has nothing as far as I can tell. But Donnelly is a good candidate.

I am not as happy with the statement about Koster. Five or six months ago I thought he was a strong candidate but he has not done a good job during this campaign. I have always supported Jay but grudingly so. He has been a little too political for my liking. This statement about Koster doesn’t make me happy. Does Jay condone what Koster has done during the course of this campaign? That is now a fair question given his statement above?

Jo-

Try to stay biased in this one. Where is the evidence that Jay is “none too happy.” Perhaps the real controversy here is that there is none at all. Feels like I just walked into a room where one kid got a toy and all the others didn’t. You shouldn’t be feeding their childish anger by displaying misleading tag-lines.

Much ado about nothing. Nixon’s quote is accurate and true, and Harris used it the way he should have. And this isn’t the first time I’ve seen the quote. I know it’s been on his website for a long time and I remember seeing it on a flier I got too.

I suspect Donnelly or Koster’s campaign didn’t like Harris’ ad because they know it’s too good and Harris is looking like he’s going to win. So they complained to Nixon about it and got him to put this thing out.

Nixon never said Harris was wrong to use it and it doesn’t look like he’s saying Harris should change the ad. Nixon just reiterated that he’s not endorsing which is true, and that doesn’t contradict anything that Harris’ ad says.

Plain and simple, these are the dirty campaign tactics that have become the norm for Harris. Running an ad designed to trick the viewer is what I expect the Attorney General to combat, not participat in.

By trying to justify this as acceptable behavior, displays how Harris and his supporters will do anything, including lying to the voters, to try to beat Koster and Donnelly.

Jeff Harris is out for himself. Seems to be willing to attack, lie and do anything, even if it is unethical, to try to win. Not the type of person we need in the AG’s office.