Observing the bellwether of American politics

In the ‘show me’ State, actions speak louder than words, reports John Breslin in St Louis, Missouri.

IN Missouri, the middle of middle America, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton split the vote nearly 50-50 in this week’s primary face off.

The percentages the two Democrat candidates polled were close to identical to their national numbers. To even casual observers of United States politics, this was not a surprise.

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