MOScout Weekender: Galloway Won Run in 2022 - Poll on Pro-Life - Hallway on FRA Blame - Hyde Hype - WWTW and more...

Galloway Won’t Run for Re-election

On Twitter yesterday, Auditor Nicole Galloway announced that she won’t be a candidate in 2022.   See it here.

[D]uring this past decade I have missed countless family events, little league games, and school activities.  I am ready for the next chapter of service and life with family… I will not be a candidate for Missouri State Auditor nor any other office in 2022…

What It Means

·         It’s another blow to Democrats obviously.  Galloway is the only statewide officeholder, and the position will be harder to keep without the incumbent running.

·         I have not heard any names from the Democratic bench immediately on this announcement.

·         One lobbyist summed up the situation: It would be hard to put that much effort in again knowing that you’re the incumbent and still the underdog… This is the lowest I’ve ever seen the MDP. Their only opportunity to impact public policy rests on the ability of 10 senators to filibuster.

Remington/MOScout Poll: Pro-Life Politics

Survey conducted June 2 through June 3, 2021. 926 likely 2022 General Election voters participated in the survey. Survey weighted to match expected turnout demographics for the 2022 General Election. Margin of Error is +/-3% with a 95% level of confidence. Totals do not always equal 100% due to rounding. Survey conducted by Remington Research Group on behalf of Missouri Scout.  See the full results here.

Q1: President Joe Biden is proposing to end the so-called Hyde Amendment which prohibits the use of federal funds for abortions. Do you support or oppose ending the Hyde Amendment?

Support: 24%

Oppose: 62%

Not sure: 14%

Q2: In Missouri, some legislators would like to ensure that Medicaid funds cannot be used for abortions. Do you support or oppose prohibiting Medicaid funds from funding abortions?

Support: 56%

Oppose: 32%

Not sure: 12%

Q3: Some of the language legislators are proposing would not only prevent Medicaid funds from being used for abortions but would also prohibit funding of certain birth control methods. Do you support or oppose prohibiting Medicaid funds from funding certain birth control methods?

Support: 39%

Oppose: 45%

Not sure: 16%

Q4: Do you consider yourself to be generally pro-life, generally pro-choice, or neither?

Generally pro-life: 64%

Generally pro-choice: 30%

Neither: 6%

MOScout’s Hallway Index: FRA Blame

I asked the lobbyists: Who do you blame for the failure to pass FRA during session? It seems there was plenty of blame to go around.  28 replies… 

RESULTS

1. Dan Hegeman… 0%

2. Bob Onder… 21.4%

3. Mike Parson… 7.1%

4. Caleb Rowden… 14.3%

5. Dave Schatz… 28.6%

6. Paul Wieland… 17.9%

7. Someone else… 10.7%

Sample of Comments

·         [Rowden] had plenty of time to cut a deal.

·         All of them. The throwing [stuff] out there and hoping it works out method is obviously ineffective. I blame Hegeman the least because he gets put into a lot of bad situations because of leadership.

·         [Onder] should have agreed to the compromise that Hegeman and Wieland struck earlier in session.

·         Conservatives wanting a pro life amendment shouldn't come as a surpise.

·         Hard to guess how “Missouri Hospital Association” wasn’t an option here. It passes every year forever and then the year after they force Medicaid Expansion down their throats suddenly the legislature wasn’t dying to pass their priority.  Shocking.

·         No one is blameless

·         Wieland started it. Onder compounded the problem. Both conveniently conflated birth control and abortion, painting the former the same as the latter.

·         I voted for Onder. But Wieland is also to blame.

·         The Governor was a no-show the entire legislative session outside of pushing Todd Graves…

·         Paul Wieland started this issue, but Onder deserves equal credit/blame for where we are [insert gif of Thelma and Louise driving off cliff].

·         Wieland and Onder are obvious targets. But the buck stops at the top. And the Governor falling asleep on a $1BILLION revenue source is a big damn deal.

·         Can it be a team award? Schatz, Rowden and Parson all played a role in FRA dying.

Who Won the Week?

Jamilah Nasheed – The former state senator cuffs the coveted Parole Board appointment from Governor Mike Parson.

MO GOP – Fear over the Biden Administration’s move against the Hyde Amendment propels one of their favored issues – abortion – to the top of the agenda again.

Organized labor – MO Supreme Court voids the 2018 paycheck protection bill, showing that even with a hostile legislature, they’re very adept at working the whole field of play to achieve their goals.

Jay Ashcroft – Shows the national clout of the Ashcroft brand by pulling Mike Pompeo in for a July fundy.  Start your 2024 cycle now….

Mark McCloskey – Tapping into the Trump zeitgeist, the political newcomer showed he’s got political instincts as the first US Senate candidate to call for Dr. Fauci to be fired.

Find a downloadable version of Who Won the Week here.

eMailbag: On Hyde Hype

I've been observing the attention the very unlikely overturning of the Hyde amendment has received and would note that in recent memory EVERY democrat administration has proposed eliminating the Hyde amendment.  However even when the Senate Ds had a very strong majority- 2010 with 58 democrats, 40 Rs and 2 independents, eliminating the Hyde amendment did not happen. This is a rally cry for both parties.  Given the very slim dem majority in the Senate, this is simply not going to happen. So instead it is used as a throwaway during budget negotiations and everyone in DC knows that.

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