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...That reality has not escaped the foot soldiers manning some of Obama's most remote outposts. At a former beauty school in Sikeston, in the southeast part of the state known as the Bootheel, an Obama staffer picked up the phone recently and was asked what it's like behind enemy lines. There was a long pause. At last he said, "It's a tough state...
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BORN: Aug. 27, 1957, Sikeston, Mo. EDUCATION: Southeast Missouri State U, 1975-76 FAMILY: Wife, Judy; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Navy, 1980-86 OCCUPATION: Draftsman POLITICAL CAREER: Tamms precinct committeeman, 1994-96; Alexander County Republican Party chairman, 1994-96; Tamms Village trustee, 1995- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 11, Fourth Street, Tamms...
BORN: May 22, 1958, Sikeston EDUCATION: U of Missouri, B.S., 1980; U of Mississippi, J.D., 1983 FAMILY: Wife, Renee Lynn Howell RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Public defender; prosecutor; state Assistant Attorney General POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Republican nomination for Boone County prosecutor, 1992; Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1621, Columbia...
Bentsen has never been a stirring speaker, and in his 1976 try at the presidency he had difficulty rousing crowds. In one campaign stop at the rodeo - grounds in Sikeston, Mo., even Minnie Pearl from the Grand Ole Opry could not overcome the lack of excitement generated by a Bentsen appearance. Some 150 people showed up, sitting in small clumps, a family here, a family there. The desultory clapping only emphasized the vastness of the grandstand and the paucity of the crowd. The second his stump speech was over, Bentsen strode angrily back to his car and shook the Missouri...