Slay offers strong — but not absolute — support for Carnahan
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ST. LOUIS — Earlier this week, Mayor Francis Slay spoke to Robin Carnahan about her bid to become Missouri’s next U.S. senator.
Today, after Carnahan’s official announcement, Slay offered Carnahan strong public support — though did leave himself some wiggle room.
“Sen. Kit Bond will not easily be replaced,” Slay said in a statement. “Robin Carnahan, though, is a very good person to give it a try. I told Robin yesterday that I could not imagine supporting any other candidate when the race is formalized.”
Both Slay and Carnahan — who lives in Dogtown — call St. Louis home. But there has been some past tension between the two Democrats.
When Carnahan first campaigned for Secretary of State in 2004, she and Bekki Cook, then a candidate for lieutenant governor, ran a joint television spot in outstate Missouri criticizing plans for public financing of the new Cardinals stadium.
“It’s St. Louis-bashing at its worst,” Slay said at the time.
The mayor later made a personal pitch to Carnahan to pull the ad, an appeal that was denied.
Well Jake let’s connect the dots here—
Slay is good friends with local racist Ed Martin (of “Bunch of Mexicans” fame) who has already signed a petition asking Roy Blunt (R-K Street) to run for the same Senate seat. Slay is just doing what ol e-mail Ed and new Blunt crony Roy Temple are telling him to do.
Stay out until Roy gets in and then endorse him.
See Jake this stuff really isn’t that hard to figure out. Follow the cash and the cronysim.
I read the Slay blog entry earlier. Why is retelling it a news item? Try harder.