A few years ago, there was the East St. Louis Democratic precinct leader who was charged with murder as a result of an attempt to cover up vote buying. St. Louis judges regularly interfere with state voting procedures to keep the polls open longer in left-leaning districts. This election, we saw St. Louis sheriffs implying voters had better watch their criticisms of The One. A few weeks ago, Russ Carnahan's union goons beat up a black conservative while spewing racist language. These incidents were largely absent from national coverage, unsurprisingly.

And now, um, this:

A federal search warrant obtained by the Post-Dispatch connects a former Democratic campaign strategist to a Clayton bombing last year that seriously injured an attorney.

About two months after the October bombing, federal law enforcement officials searched the downtown loft of Milton H. "Skip" Ohlsen III, seeking "evidence related to the planning, execution, and/or cover-up of the bombing in Clayton, Missouri, on October 16, 2008." Ohlsen in recent weeks has been at the center of a swirling political scandal that is threatening the political careers of at least two Missouri Democratic legislators.

Here's an interesting paragraph from later in the story:

Locally, he did political work for Mehlville school board member Mike Ocello, a strip club manager whose campaign was helped by video showing an opponent stealing a campaign sign. In 2005 and 2006, Ohlsen pushed Coleman's candidacy for auditor while she paid him about $12,000 for consulting work.

A strip club owner on the school board? Vandalism by a candidate against his opponents? How very colorful.