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In reply to the discussion: Americas Most and Least Popular Senators [View all]xmas74
(30,059 posts)There is a lot at play. If Petersen wins the primary (at this time, nope, but has momentum amongst the Young Republicans and Rand Paul wannabes) we could be sunk in November. I think he could keep building. Monetti is a joke and Sykes is a national joke.
Hawley is presumptive but he could be in trouble soon. The state GOP has pressured Greitens to resigns and he refuses. Hawley is caught up in Greitens by his refusal to investigate for over a year his use of messaging programs that delete messages once read. He's also getting grief over initially refusing to investigate the blackmail/coercion/possible rape claims against Greitens. Finally, Greitens has donated over $50,000 to Hawley's senate campaign on the up and up, with rumors of an additional $300,000 donated. Hawley has also accepted donations from others and then immediately opened investigations against their competitors. He also refused to move to Jeff City when he was elected Attorney General, which is a job requirement.
Hawley isn't as safe as he thinks. Talk of impeachment is high right now and will not start until after the regular session ends May 18. Talk is if proceedings begin it would be mid summer-July through August. That stink could linger well into the primary in August, which will be my daughter's first time voting. (Yay!)