Well, you can’t get them all right. According to this email we received from the tipline,  former House Speaker Pro Tem Bearden is starting a lobbying career instead of heading to the Show Me Institute. Scooter Carl Bearden and Keith Kirk announced in St. Louis just a few minutes ago that they are joining a […]

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Huffington Post: By Carl M. Baxley Jr. Over the last several years I have sat silently as I watched politicians accuse each other of “not supporting our troops.” On Wednesday, Senator Jim Webb tried to get a vote before congress to require that all military personal be allowed an equal amount of time at home […]

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From Tony’s Kansas City: You might remember that when Mayor Funkhouser began his “glorious” reign he promised that the first TIF to come across his desk “darn well better come from the Eastside.” Well, it turns out he was talking about the East side of the downtown loop. And that’s probably okay because it turns […]

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A source close to the Missouri Development Finance Board has confirmed to the Missouri Political News Service, that the St. Louis Cardinal’s “Ball Park Village” proposal, will get final approval at the Board’s July 17th meeting. “The passage of this proposal is a done deal. All that’s left now is the formalities,” said our source. […]

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For the second time Larry Griffin was found guilty of murder, this time by an investigative team. Unfortunately facts don’t matter for one of our congressmen: Rep. William Lacy Clay, a Democrat from St. Louis, said he was “disgusted” by the circuit attorney’s findings. “The plain facts are that people closest to this case continue […]

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Yes, idiocy can be hereditary : Which books have most influenced your political philosophy? “I’m a huge fan of Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the modern-day Democratic Party. He’s probably the greatest figure in American history. The least you can expect from a congressman is an elementary understanding of his own party’s history, something Mr. […]

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Bill McClellan explains: The theory going around is that the Republicans are dispirited. Many of them will stay home. The Democrats, on the other hand, are eager to take the White House back. They’re pumped. They’ll vote. In Missouri, that will translate into victory for Nixon. Unless Hillary Clinton were to get the Democratic nomination. […]

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Democrat Mike Daus, from the 67th District, apparently doesn’t follow the FiredUp Missouri lead of never praising Republicans. Rep. Daus reports on his blog the good news of the higher than projected budget surplus: State budget officials on July 9 said Missouri will have an estimated $320 million in available but unappropriated revenue for the […]

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From: Rep Carl Bearden [mailto:carl.bearden@carlbearden.org] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:21 AM To: Rep Carl Bearden Subject: Pending Resignation Dear Colleagues, Today, at noon, the attached Press Release will be sent out announcing my resignation from the legislature effective at 11:59pm tonight. The rumors have been rampant about this event so I am sure many […]

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“At the other end of the spectrum, the lowest party unity score among Democratic freshmen was registered by Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill (76.2 percent), who has the third lowest Democratic score overall. McCaskill, who ousted Republican incumbent Jim Talent, opposed the immigration overhaul legislation that the Senate recently scuttled. And last month, McCaskill was one […]

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