Missouri’s Primary now open for business (er, filing)…

Today marks the first day 2008 presidential candidates can file for the Missouri Presidential Preference Primary. The election will be Feb. 5, and will also include an exciting slate of state (stem cells… wow!) and local (light rail… blammo!) questions. Neighboring Iowa has finally settled on a Santa/Jesus/Menorah-friendly date in early January; Kansas has again chosen to save their ducats for a rainy day and skip the primary madness. Does Missouri have a front-runner? The Star’s Prime Buzz has been keeping tabs on polling and fundraising in the state, so we’ll defer to them.