Jan. 18, 2004 - My Precious
Republican Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt began his campaign for the governor's seat by heavily criticizing Democratic Gov. Bob Holden for not releasing money he witheld from public schools and universities in 2003. The woman in the cartoon asking Blunt to "hold his elephant" is State Auditor Claire McCaskill, who is running against Holden in the Democratic Primary (McCaskill is written on her shield, but it kind of got lost in the Web version). Holden, just days after this cartoon appeared, blamed Republican lawmakers for the funding shortfall and again called for tax increases on cigarettes, casinos and the wealthy to pay for education in his annual State of the State address.
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