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Ed Martin

– St. Louis attorney Ed Martin said Tuesday that he will consider a run for the Republican nomination for governor.

“I believe Jay Nixon is one of the worst governors of Missouri,” Martin said Tuesday on KMOX. “Serious people who care should consider [a run] when they’re asked.”

If he ran, Martin would enter his third primary race in the last year, having challenged Ann Wagner in the 2nd Congressional District and Sarah Steelman for the Republican Senatorial nomination.

Martin would enter a primary with St.Louis businessman Dave Spence and Kansas City attorney Bill Randles. Spence entered the race earlier this month after Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder announced he would not seek the nomination.

Over the weekend, Martin’s political aide published a research memo blasting Spence for his handling of Troubled Assets Relief Money while serving on a bank board. To Reardon, Martin questioned the quality of the current set of Republican candidates.

State Auditor Tom Schweich is also considering a run, Republican sources tell PoliticMo. Martin said he has urged Schweich to run, but would not say whether or not he would run if Schweich did. Courtesy of Politico


Our addition: 

                    Tea Partier Ed Martin: A controversial and perennial elective office loser

                         What's the holier-than-thou Ed Martin doing with these young partiers?
                         (Is he a party animal like Missouri's Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder?)


Schweich Threatening to Follow Through on 2012 Revenge Campaign Threat (click the link)

Missouri State Auditor Schweich promises to finish out the term but new he is reneging on his pledge and wants to run for the governor's race in 2012. If he can't keep his word how are we going to trust him with the governor's office during these times of economic uncertainty? (click the link to watch the YouTube video).

What has the GOP come to in Missouri? They seems to be in disarray when fielding a viable candidate  against the incumbent Gov. Nixon. All their three candidates are tainted. You have Dave Spence, who benefited from a $42,000,000 TARP bailout to his bank and is lying about it; Ed Martin, a controversial maniac & perennial election loser who doesn't seem to know what elective office to run for in 2012; and Tom Schweich, an incumbent state auditor who wants to break the pledge to finish his term.

Ed Martin has put a report out on the Internet to undermine Dave Spence (click the link to read the report).  

It's going to be a long and ugly GOP primary in the Show-Me state. Can't wait for the slugfest!
Gov. Nixon benefits out of all this.