Jacob Turk, 5th District, Gets Into National Review

Emanuel Cleaver's Coffee Talk didn't go so well.  The Democrat from Kansas City told his audience "there was no health care bill," and they didn't take it so well. 

The kerfuffle led a reader to write Jim Geraghty, and this letter was posted at National Review, talking about Cleaver's past and likely future opponent, Jacob Turk.  Fom the letter:  

The signs of the Obama supporters were almost all professionally made.  People from Organizing for America were circulating a petition.  [So much for Astroturfing!]  Many of the anti-ObamaCare posters were home-made.  The conservatives that I talked to were sick and tired of the federal government trying to take over our lives, spend us into oblivion, and cram socialized medicine down our throats.

Jacob Turk, a local Republican who had unsuccessfully run against Rep. Cleaver, was there, drumming up support another run.  I told him I thought Rep. Cleaver would have to be found guilty of an axe-murder before he'd lose, so I asked him why he thought he could defeat this long-time liberal incumbent (who happens to be black).  He said Rep. Cleaver had lost some support in the black community.  In fact, a black college student was handing out his literature. Thus, in the current political climate, he thought he had a reasonable chance to win.

I've met Jacob, and he's a standup guy, a marine, a small business owner, and a patriot.  The 5th District is a lot like the 3rd district in St Louis, a mix urban, suburban, and rural.  Run Jacob Run!