Roy Blunt-Political News-Worst of Washington

Morris Comes Full Circle, Poorly

It's pretty amusing to read about Dick Morris' hackery on behalf of Roy Blunt at yesterday's 9/12 rally.  That Morris is campaigning on behalf of Blunt at all is incredible, considering his previous declaration that Blunt "deserve[s] to be thrown out of leadership" for abusing his public office to benefit his family. Recall this excerpt from Morris' November 2006 column in The Hill, Oust Boehner and Blunt:

By the same token, Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) also stands for principled politics and deserves the support of those who understand what hit them on Nov. 7. Not so of his opponent. Majority Whip Roy Blunt's (R-Mo.) wife, Abigail Perlman, and his son, Andrew, both lobby for Altria, which is the newly sanitized name for Philip Morris. If Blunt is limited to the standard congressional salary of $165,500, there is no reason why he shouldn't take care of his family finances by letting lobbying firms that represent this death-dealing industry hire his son.
Blunt and Boehner deserve to be thrown out of leadership.

Quite the about face, no? 
Second, Morris' hatred for Democrats is so strong -- and intellectual integrity so weak -- that he attacked Robin Carnahan for simply being the Secretary of State.  Never mind that Roy Blunt and Matt Blunt are former SOS's, and Blunt is featuring his SOS work in his U.S. Senate campaign. 

Republican Senate hopeful Roy Blunt was allowed on stage but was kept away from the microphone as one of the day's more well-known speakers — political strategist turned conservative commentator Dick Morris — offered a campaign pitch on his behalf.
Morris, though, did not seem well-versed in Blunt's biography.
Morris derided Blunt's Democratic opponent, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, as being "named" to a position where "they don't do anything."
Both Blunt and his son previously served as Missouri secretary of state, an elected position.
"I think that all three of us — Matt Blunt, Robin Carnahan and I — would have some disagreement," Blunt said when asked about Morris' comments.

To summarize: Dick Morris says Roy Blunt is too corrupt to serve as a leader in Congress, but ought to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate because being the Secretary of State is a fake job.   Makes sense to me. 
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