Jay Nixon Vetoes the Russ Carnahan Congressional Death Plan

Russ Carnahan's political career is on life support, thanks to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. The St. Louis Congressman who was nearly beat by Ed Martin, may have a shot of keeping his district. However, that is very unlikely. You may remember Carnahan after the incident where his SIEU thugs began beating up healthcare opponents at one of his town hall meetings.



Nixon vetoed the Republicans redistricting plan. The plan put Carnahan out in the cold deleting his Congressional district.

Nixon, a Democrat, said in his veto letter that the U.S. House map approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature last week "does not adequately protect the interests of all Missourians." He said he quickly made the decision to allow lawmakers time to try again before the legislative session ends May 13.

The redistricting legislation would have merged two Democratic congressmen into the same St. Louis district to help consolidate Missouri's nine current congressional districts into eight. Missouri lost a U.S. House seat after the 2010 census because the state's population growth failed to keep pace with the rest of the nation.

In other words, Nixon the Democrat is going to veto any plan as long as he can that doesn't merge two Republican seats together. We will watch carefully to see if his veto is overridden.

Too bad he can't veto Billy Long.