With all those campaign stops, she should have plenty of time to explain why she has missed 1 out of every 4 votes over the last 12 months. For crying out loud, 1 OUT OF EVERY 4, that is rediculous. The House is only in session for like 5 minths a year. So Donnelly has a part time job and still she can only find time to show up 1 out of every 4 days - not all that impressive.

Missing 25% of your job usually gets you fired, right? If we vote for her for AG is she going to take off 1 out of every 4 days? (I guess that is better then Jeff Harris who missed 1 out of every 3 days).

I am voting for Koster. He has the most experience and he shows up for work.

Mark Koster I thought you would have been barnstroming the state with your brother. If you would have showed up in Cape Girardeau then they would have four people instead of three. http://www.semissourian.com/article/20080801/NEWS01/594748273/-1/news01
So, Mark, you think it is more important to take a bunch of meaningless votes then it is to vote for the health care cuts, photo id, banning the teaching of sex ed in the schools, and the foundation formula that cost the Columbia school district millions of dollars. The world would be a better place if Koster had missed those votes. Jeff Harris didn’t miss them. He voted against every one of those. I would think that is more important then a bunch of proceedural votes.
Harris was no slouch this session either. He sponsored twice as many bills as Koster and almost as many bills as the other candidates combined. He sponsored bills on a number of topics including subprime mortgages, CAFOS’s, sexual predators, the sunshine law, youth smoking, protecting disabled persons, unwanted e-mails, the no call list, utilitiy rates, shaken babies and campaign finance. I think Chris Koster should have paid attention to that last bill. You know the one on campaign finance.
Mark who do you think is behind now. Koster for months told people he would never go negative. Ran his mouth to everyone. So he decides to revert back to his old form on the one year anniversary of phony switch. I wait with baited breath for your scintillating point by point rebuttal of comments.

The Koster campaign is now running negative ads attacking Jeff Harris for missing votes. I think if you study it you will find Jeff had the most comprehensive legislative agenda of any of the candidates in the race. He had bills on the sunshine law, CAFO’s, subprime mortagages, shaken babies, sexual predators among many others.

Koster going negative is a sign that Jeff is either ahead or close to Koster.

Please, please, please Donnelly supporters do not let Donnelly be a spoiler. We desperately need your help. Go ahead and publicly support her but go into the booth on Tuesday and vote for Jeff. The future of our party may depend on it.

I hate to say this but do she steal this idea from Jeff. He did the really good web ads first. Then she did the not quite as good ones next.

I appreciate Jessica’s pleas for support. However, it is Jeff Harris who is the spoiler. As the only women in the race, Margaret Donnelly has a great advantage. This point was agreed upon today on KMOX radio by both the Democratic and Republican co-hosts as they interviewed political reporters. Margaret is in the race to win and she will win. Missouri voters have been favoring women candidates - look to Claire McCaskill’s primary defeat of a sitting male governor as just one example. Margaret is a wonderful lady with a strong record of service. Her legal practice focused on family law and she was honored as a guardian ad litem - the person selected by judges to look out for the interests of children in such cases. That is a worthy qualification - which attorney general candidate would you rather have looking out for the interests of our future leaders, our most valuable resource - our kids! No, Margaret is not a spoiler. Her support is growing and she is going to win on Tuesday. When she wins, she will reach out as a unifier for Democrats - a role I cannot see either Jeff Harris or Chris Koster even attempting after their macho swaggering to sling more mud than the other. GO MARGARET!

I just noted Jessica now suggests Margaret Donnelly “stole” the idea of a bus tour from Jeff Harris. Get real. Bus tours are a time-honored practice of candidates from both parties. I was proud to be part of the 1996 statewide bus tour by our victorious Democratic unity ticket - and they proudly “stole” the idea of a bus tour from someone else. Bill Clinton famously started his 1996 renomination bus tour in Cape Girardeau right after the Chicago convention. Matt Blunt toured Missouri by bus, for crying out loud. Jessica may be too young to know about campaign traditions like bus tours. I will let her in on another tradition - when two men and a woman are in a three-way contest statewide, the woman has a great chance of prevailing. In this primary, the best-known women is also the best candidate. GO MARGARET!

The office of attorney general requires, first and foremost, an attorney. Chris Koster is that attorney. For all the negative and mindless attacks against Mr. Koster, none of them challenge the essence of the case Mr. Koster has made for himself in this campaign: he is the best attorney, with the most experience as an attorney, that is running for the office of attorney general. The others in this race loudly proclaim their party loyalty but, in a race to be the State’s top attorney, it is experience and legal abilities that matter most. While Mr. Koster has made his case on this basis, the others have not. None of the candidates, other than Mr. Koster, have said anything about their legal expertise. What cases have they taken to trial? When have they stood before a judge or jury? What experience do they have in appearing before the Supreme Court? In sum, how will they defend and enforce the statutes and laws of the State of Missouri? Mr. Koster can answer these questions and has done so by pointing to an impressive record of public service as an attorney. What we’ve heard from the other candidates is nothing but political posturing and personal attacks that have little to do with being attorney general. In short, Mr. Koster fits the job description. The others do not.

Buddy, you must not be paying attention. If you watch a Donnelly commercial or a Harris commercial, they talk about their own legal experience. Same on the stump. Donnelly has practiced law for over 20 years fighting on behalf of abused children and spouses, longer than Koster’s legal experience.

Sorry folks. Two candidates are airing negative ads. Two campaigns are flailing desperately. Meanwhile, one candidate is talking about why he is the best candidate and is launching a positive and creative tour to promote his campaign.

Look at the atmospherics, and it’s plain to see. Jeff Harris has the momentum and Jeff Harris is going to win. Give ‘em hell, Jeff!

Koster is far from the best attorney in this race. And Molly, I’m glad to see that the Donnelly camp is now stooping to sex baiting in an attempt to lure voters. Yes, Donnelly is the only real candidate that’s a women, but that doesn’t automatically make her the best choice. Voting for someone simply because they are a women is a horrible reason to vote for a candidate. I have a great deal of respect for Donnelly, but Harris is the best choice for AG.