What does it say about Missourians that despite all we know about Eric Greitens, he’s at least until now been the front-runner in this year’s U.S. Senate race?
The same supporters who wrote off the allegations of sexual coercion and abuse against our former governor four years ago — hey, he was never convicted of anything — will probably discount the new accusations from the mother of his children, too.
But what interests me more than the political ramifications of what Sheena Greitens alleges is this question: If even a woman as successful as the former Missouri first lady feared leaving her husband, then why do we continue to pretend that any woman, including those with far fewer resources, could just walk away from an abusive relationship if she really wanted to?
