Missouri DINO GOV Jay Nixon's second term could attract national spotlight

[pstokely]

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http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/nixon-s-second-term-could-attract-national-spotlight/article_417f2a81-e5e9-58d7-a9ff-11d8b7359a42.html

"He won Tuesday’s election by wooing moderate, independent voters in key battleground areas such as Greene County in southwest Missouri, St. Charles and Jefferson counties in the St. Louis area, and Clay and Platte counties in the Kansas City area.
“He has a strong, natural appeal to independent voters because he governs in the middle, which is where most folks are,” said Oren Shur, Nixon’s campaign manager.

Nixon also has close ties to some traditional Democratic constituencies, such as labor unions, which helped turn out the vote in urban areas.

But he has never been the darling of minorities or the liberal wing of the party, partly because of his long fight as attorney general to end the St. Louis school desegregation case.

He also has alienated some women voters in the party with what they viewed as his tepid support of abortion rights. However, he shored up support there with his veto this summer of a bill that would have allowed employers to opt out of covering abortion, contraception or sterilization in health insurance policies, if such coverage ran contrary to their religious beliefs.

The Legislature later overrode that veto."

[bluerum]

1. The last paragraph about the veto is an eye opener.

Can't imagine any modern day repuglycan doing that.

Oh - just read that he is a "conservative democrat".

[SheilaT]

3. I'm so not used to seeing the name Nixon and thinking

oh, yes, Governor of Missouri that I thought you were posting something from 1972.

[pacalo]

4. So did I. "Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon" in the OP title would have been helpful.