First to the dictionary ...

 

  twit  

    To taunt, ridicule, or tease, especially for embarrassing mistakes or faults.

    n.
    1. The act or an instance of twitting.
    2. A reproach, gibe, or taunt.
    3. Slang A foolishly annoying person.

Then, to The Twit ... (obviously, choose which meaning has most meaning for you ...)

Senator Clair McCaskill (D-MO) loves twitter. On more than one occasion and re more than one issue, Claire's Twitter comments have raised eyebrows for their "embarrassing mistakes or faults". And, on more than one occasion, people have used Twitter to twit Claire about her statements.

After four days straight of canvassing, I hung up my tired feet at 5PM today, halfway through my last packet.  I'd feel a bit bad about that, but truthfully, for the last hour I didn't talk to anyone who had not already voted.  Turnout in Missouri has been astounding, and some news organizations are now predicting that we'll top 70% turnout by the time the polls close at 7PM.  

That fits well with what I saw this morning.  I spent the first three hours of the day waving a sign for a local candidate at a nearby polling place.  At the end of that time, turnout was running about 10% above what that same polling station showed during the 2004 election.  That's right, a midterm election is pulling in more voters than a presidential race.

All I can say at this point is that Democrats are hopeful, but it's going to be close.  Yes, turnout has been very high in some Democratic counties, but it's also been high in Republican counties.  Considering the poor polling conditions in some of the urban precints, long lines might discourage voters.  The sheer size of the turnout could generate a bottleneck.

Still, as of right now, things are looking marginally Democratic.  Keep holding your breath.

Exit poll data: the first available exit poll data has McCaskill up 50-48.  Too darn close, but I'll take it.  After all, it's bigger than the margin of the last several races in Missouri.

Tonight, Jim Talent(R) fired back against the heartbreaking ad that Michael J. Fox made for the Claire McCaskill campaign.  No, this wasn't the clumsy, amateurish ad that was featured on Drudge earlier today.  This was a quite well produced ad featuring Talent on screen, voicing his support for science -- and his disgust at his opponent's "attack ads."

In his ad, Talent was back to his usual low-key, reasonable guy mode, as he told how he didn't oppose research.  He opposed... human cloning.  This was a term he repeated later in the ad, saying again that he had made a "moral and ethical decision" that he couldn't support human cloning.  

Despite the false information, it was a well made ad.  Too bad for Talent, he didn't buy the thirty seconds that followed.

In a full frontal assault on the Woman's Rights Movement, Missouri Republicans have stripped funds for birth control from its budget. Birth control pioneer, Margaret Sanger (left), must be turning in her grave.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - An attempt to resume state spending on birth control got shot down Wednesday by House members who argued it would have amounted to an endorsement of promiscuous lifestyles.

Missouri stopped providing money for family planning and certain women's health services when Republicans gained control of both chambers of the Legislature in 2003.

But a Democratic lawmaker, in a little-noticed committee amendment, had successfully inserted language into the proposed budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 that would have allowed part of the $9.2 million intended for "core public health functions" to go to contraception provided through public health clinics.

The House voted 96-59 to delete the funding for contraception and infertility treatments after Rep. Susan Phillips told lawmakers that anti-abortion groups such as Missouri Right to Life were opposed to the spending.

"If you hand out contraception to single women, we're saying promiscuity is OK as a state, and I am not in support of that," Phillips, R-Kansas City, said in an interview.

They are attempting to legislate health care and personal choice in the name of morality. Red State Government at its finest.