What Happened To The Most Powerful Man In Missouri?

House Majority Floor Leader Steve Tilley tells Missourinet that he's "optimistic" about the upcoming special session, but says Governor Jay Nixon "is the key to success."   That's fair enough -- Nixon is the governor -- but what happened to Ron Richard, the Most Powerful Man In Missouri? 

There are a lot of moving parts in the upcoming special session, but if Richard is "more powerful than governor and the president of the senate," doesn't he have a big role to play?

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