High Praise

George Kennedy, in his January 1 column for the Missourian:

The state’s leading pork producer, Kit Bond, announced his retirement from the U.S. Senate. Rep. Roy Blunt, Missouri’s version of Tom Delay, wants to succeed him. That ambition is not universally applauded even in his own party. If he makes it through the primary, Robin Carnahan will await in November.

I'll double-check, but I'm pretty sure that neither the official Blunt campaign or taxpayer-funded self-promotion materials refer to the Congressman as "Missouri’s version of Tom Delay."

Kennedy is a former managing editor at the Missourian and professor emeritus at the Missouri School of Journalism.

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