Insiders tell the Missouri Political News Service that state Senator John Greisheimer has put his name in for the Missouri Energy Development Association (MEDA) exec director’s job. The Washington, Mo Republican – who serves on the Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee – was first elected to the House in 1992 and the Senate in […]

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Email sent today from the Giuliani Campaign: I am excited to report that Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be in St. Louis today, Friday, June 8. He will be dropping by to greet supporters and citizens at the Canyon Café this afternoon, and I wanted to invite you to join us for this special occasion. WHEN: […]

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Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, just off her confusing vote against the no brainer Cornyn Amendment, casts the NAY vote when it appears to count most along with Sens. Tester and Webb and Boxer. Republican Senators Lott and Kyl and our own Kit Bond tell their fearless leader to take a hike. I’m telling you, Bull […]

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WASHINGTON, June 7 PRNewswire-USNewswire —House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement this afternoon (Thursday) after Democratic leaders once again brought up and passed a controversial stem cell measure already vetoed once by President Bush, and likely to be vetoed again:”There’s no question the advancement of stem cell research should be a top […]

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Washington Post: 3. Missouri (2008): You’d be hard-pressed to find a high-profile issue on which Gov. Matt Blunt (R) and state Attorney General Jay Nixon (D) agree. The duo’s latest clash came over a higher education plan that Blunt insisted would expand facilities and opportunities at colleges and universities in the state and that Nixon […]

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From the Political Fix: Dena Ladd, a Republican activist from Ladue, has been named captain of the new Missouri chapter of the national Republican Leadership Council, a moderate GOP group. Ladd most recently had been an outreach coordinator for the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, the lead advocacy group for last fall’s successful effort to […]

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By Matthew Continetti (excerpted) The most prominent Senate hawk is John McCain, but his presidential campaign often takes him away from Washington. That leaves most of the pro-war lobbying to McCain’s fellow Arizonan Jon Kyl, who is number three in the minority leadership, and South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham. Oklahoma’s Tom Coburn is also important. In […]

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The soap opera known as the St. Louis School Board has taken another sad turn, just days before the board is due to officially lose its power to the state. Thankfully, the sands have just about run out on the hourglass of this deeply dysfunctional board. The St. Louis Post Dispatch obtained an email where […]

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From CDT Politics Blog: Shamed Dogan – who formerly worked for the National Republican Senatorial Committee and former Sen. Jim Talent, R-Missouri – has filed papers with the Missouri Ethics Commission to start raising money for an open state House seat. Read more…

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