The mudslinging in Missouri's lieutenant governor's race, however, is hilarious.
Exhibit A: In a new negative ad, incumbent Peter Kinder appears as a rakish, va-va-vooming bobblehead that "misused taxpayer dollars on his personal lifestyle" and made aggressive advances on a stripper. (See our coverage here and here.)
But a little birdie tells us Kinder might soon reach into the vault and use a video of Montee herself getting tipsy at a Democratic event in 2010.
First, Montee's new anti-Kinder ad:
Now, here's the old video of Montee, at Democratic Days in Hannibal in 2010, suggesting that campaign contributions be used to buy a margarita machine. Someone pulls her away at the very end. Probably a good idea.