By Roger McKinney / Joplin Globe / March 5, 2010
Tis the season.
The monthlong filing period for candidates for the U.S. Senate seat that is being vacated by the retirement of Christopher “Kit” Bond this year only opened last week, but the central and peripheral campaigns for federal offices most likely have been in gear for quite some time.
Two veterans of the Iraq war were in Joplin on Friday pushing against U.S. dependence on foreign oil and for legislation they say would bolster clean-energy alternatives.
“The reason why we are entangled in the Middle East is because of our addiction to oil,” said Sgt. Chris Miller, of Carbondale, Ill. Miller served two Army tours in Iraq and has a Purple Heart after being injured by a roadside bomb. “As long as we need oil, we’re going to be embroiled in conflict.”
U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri’s 7th District, and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, a Democrat, are the leading contenders for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Bond.
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