Jay Nixon is one of my least favorite Democrats. I will give him credit for hiring some great people and running a highly competent AG’s office (wouldn’t it be nice if Republicans were at least competent, Brownie?), but he is a political hack of the most annoying kind – addicted to ink and unable to understand why anybody would question his motives.
The Republicans are jumping on him right now because he is taking money from Ameren (funneled through political clubs) while he is negotiating with them for criminal charges or civil fines arising out of the horrific Taum Sauk flood that ruined one of my favoritie spots in Missouri and nearly killed a family.
Missouri Republicans are adept at graft and corruption – indeed, the Blunt family would make Huey Long blush – so they know what they’re talking about.
The Missouri Republicans are absolutely right about this. Jay Nixon stinks like a ripened skunk on a July highway on this, and, if he had an ounce of sense instead of a pound of arrogance, he would recuse himself and his office from further involvement with the Taum Sauk negotiations in favor of a special prosecutor.
(Please, please, please don’t let Nixon be the Democratic nominee for governor , , ,)
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