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...discontent with the war in Iraq and the policies of President Bush. McCaskill campaigned hard outside of the Democrats urban strongholds: She launched her campaign at her family's old feed mill in the town of Houston, population 1,992, and she campaigned intensively in such conservative strongholds as Springfield and St. Charles County. And the gamble appears to have paid off, holding down Talent's margin of victory to a slim 53% in conservative Greene County, where he needed to do much better to offset McCaskill's advantage in St. Louis, where Democrats typically win 80% of the vote...
...students leave after graduation. Patrick is committed to curbing this trend. He has innovative ideas and common sense solutions for making Massachusetts a world leader in technological innovation and socially constructive business, especially in biomedicine, biotechnology, and renewable energy. Examples of his ideas include building a biofuel factory in Springfield, expanding agriculture in Western Massachusetts, and reviving stem cell research in the Boston/Cambridge area. In each case, Patrick is surgically targeting key elements of the stagnant state economy while at the same time hewing to his ethical and environmental values...
...cash infusion for schools, but no sustainable revenue stream. "It's never been clear that he has any real interest or commitment to policy. He's all about winning the next election," said Charles Wheeler, a political columnist and professor of public affairs reporting at the University of Illinois-Springfield...
...This August, McCaskill proved that she'd learned her lesson. After winning the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, she delivered her victory speech to hundreds of cheering volunteers inside Democratic Party headquarters in Springfield, Missouri's third-largest city, which is deep in the heart of Republican territory and former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's hometown. When McCaskill campaigns in Springfield, she's often followed by Republican protesters who call her a liberal Hillary Clinton wannabe and taunt her with signs reading "New York's Third Senator...
...victory party was only the first step in McCaskill's new rural offensive. She ran her first campaign ads on Springfield TV stations. She's visited conservative southwest Missouri 27 times so far, says spokeswoman Adrianne Marsh. By mid-August, McCaskill had campaigned in 47 of the state's 109 rural counties. Of course her opponent, Republican incumbent Jim Talent, is also running hard in rural areas. Which means that one of this year's biggest Senate races will be decided in the smallest places, like Fairdealing, Missouri, population...