By Steve Kraske 

"...It was déjà vu last week meeting Democrat Tommy Sowers, who is trying to leap tall buildings to unseat long-time GOP incumbent U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson of southeast Missouri.

Sowers was in town for a fundraiser. He is a 30-ish military vet who is strikingly articulate. He’s spending weeks at a time sleeping on couches as he drums up votes in the largest congressional district in the state. He’s got a pick-up truck adorned with his name and a pair of dogs.

He is, in other words, the near-second coming of Republican Adam Taff, who came close to knocking off Democratic incumbent Cong. Dennis Moore in 2002.

It’s shaping up to be a tough year for a guy like Sowers, who’s still managed to raise some pretty good money.

“I am not going to take anything for granted,” Emerson wrote in a fund-raising letter.

That’s probably smart. Just ask KU basketball coach Bill Self."

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