Ike Skelton vs. Vicky Hartzler: a rock and a hard place

On the one hand, there's Democratic Representative Ike Skelton who is 80 years old, for pete's sake, and who has been in Congress for 17--count 'em--17 terms.  That's 34 years in Washington.

On the other hand, there's Republican Vicky Hartzler who, according to the Star this morning "...wrote the book on faith-centered campaigning."


Excuse me, I think I'm going to be sick.

Links:  http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/16/2321211/incumbent-congressman-ike-skelton.html;
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/16/2320807/former-home-ec-teachers-campaign.html