If you want to know what's wrong with today's Missouri Democratic Party, look no further than Trudy Busch Valentine's U.S. Senate candidacy.
As heiresses worth up to $215 million go, Valentine comes across as down-to-earth and empathetic. Based on conversations with many who know her, I don't doubt that she is. She did choose to devote her life to helping others as a nurse despite the comfortable circumstances of her birth, which says a lot about her.
But that has nothing to do with whether Valentine is equipped to participate in the blood sport of running for U.S. Senate in Missouri. She is not.
The most recent proof came last week when
KMOV had to cancel a scheduled debate between Valentine and Lucas Kunce because Valentine and her campaign didn't even extend the professional courtesy of a response to the station, an act of political malpractice.