Missouri Attorney General (and Democratic Party candidate for Governor) Jay Nixon spoke at the "grand opening" of the Johnson County Democratic headquarters in Warrensburg:
Jay Nixon - Warrensburg - September 6, 2008
...[We] also have soon to be Senator Benjamin. Chris is somebody who I am confident is gonna win that race. And I, I really kind of of want to beat Pearce. He's, he's an affable chap. [laughter] But he keeps puttin' in the papers that he was the one that sponsored the bill to close the no call exemptions for like robocalls and for, for phone companies, insurance companies. Well, he introduced those bills, but he never passed 'em, okay. It would have, it would have been a lot easier when, when folks' largest legislative victory is something they didn't pass. [laughter] It shows you why we need to have change in Jefferson City...
Well, after a day's total of nine hours of driving we just got back from the Harkin Steak Fry. As a surreal experience it certainly exceeded expectations.
When we arrived into town at Highway 92 - heading east toward the balloon field - we encountered one of the slowest moving traffic jams I have ever experienced. It took us 45 minutes to get the three miles from a highway junction to the balloon field.
