According to the Kansas City Star, Jason Kander’s Senate campaign has shocked Democrats — and not in a good way:
Some Democrats scoffed, calling [Kander’s campaign against incumbent Roy Blunt] preposterous. Blunt has more than $2 million in the bank, hasn’t made any serious mistakes, and is a Republican in an increasingly red state. Beating Blunt would take a perfect campaign — and even then might fall short. … A Kander for Senate campaign remains a long shot — one Democrat put the odds at one in five.
As Kansas City’s Fox 4 reports, a new poll shows Blunt ahead of Kander by 13 points, 49 to 36 percent. The Missourian reveals that Kander, Missouri’s current secretary of state, hasn’t endeared himself well to his peers: "He isn’t as well liked by members of the Legislature as some past secretaries of state."
Jason Kander is certainly ambitious, but he’s not going to beat a popular incumbent like Sen. Roy Blunt.