Schweich says Blunt is running a smear campaign

Former U. S. ambassador to Afghanistan Thomas Schweich has not even entered the race for U. S. Senate, but he is already accusing Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt, the Republican front runner of mounting a smear campaign against him:

I am flattered that Roy Blunt is so concerned about me that he has launched a vintage Washington-style smear campaign against me before I have even decided whether to run. It underscores the need for our party to go in a new direction in this Senate race, demonstrates how vulnerable Blunt is feeling in light of the recent polls showing him being handily defeated by Robin Carnahan, and makes me more likely to run.

Schweich was referring to the release of information that he voted for Claire McCaskill when she was running for state auditor. Schweich noted a long list of Republican candidates who he had supported dating back to his campaigning for Kit Bond when he Schweich was 11 years old.