Sen. Koster still agonizing over his decision to jump ships? The third leg of Sen. Koster’s “destroy my reputation and credibility tour” did not go off without a hitch in the Gateway City yesterday. In what could be an omen for the senator’s future political success, sources tell the Missouri Political News Service that Koster […]

[Read more →]

The Show Me Institute should really work on getting policy analyst David Stokes out of the office more often. Stokes writes today that he was “lucky enough to be able to attend yesterday’s Joint Transportation Committee meeting in Jefferson City.” Lucky???? We still love you Dave! I was lucky enough to be able to attend […]

[Read more →]

House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) on Tuesday became the latest Republican to predict a government shutdown this fall when Congress and the White House spar about the size of an annual spending package that is assured to eclipse President Bush’s request. “It is inevitable,” Blunt said. Read more…

[Read more →]

Following is a statement from Jared Craighead, executive director of the Missouri Republican Party, on Sen. Chris Koster’s decision to abandon the Republican Party: “Republicans are surprised that Senator Koster who has championed so many Republican causes, participated in leadership of the Senate Republican Caucus and served as a member of the Republican State Committee […]

[Read more →]

Joe Miller, the genius behind all of Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser’s blunders recently added this gem to his blog: “I often feel as though I’m living in a backward state. Missour-uh is about as middle America as you can get. One could be equally disrespectful and say Kansas City is about as ghetto as […]

[Read more →]

St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay has a plan to address what he calls a racial rift in the city’s fire department. The mayor is calling for mandatory training in diversity and race relations for all city firefighters.Mayor Slay wrote in his blog July 28 that over the past decade, race relations within the city’s fire […]

[Read more →]

“My vision for the state is not a far-right vision,” Koster told The Kansas City Star. “I am a hindrance to them, and they are to me. It seemed like a good time for a separation.” No, the GOP is looking like it may be a hindrance to your power grab. It’s a shame Koster […]

[Read more →]

Many are probably asking: “After Jack Abramhoff and all the other lobbying scandals that broke last year, how could these two politically vote against lobbying reform?” Simple. Neither will ever have to worry about raising tons of money because they are in very safe districts. Especially safe is Clay, who in 2000, inherited his seat […]

[Read more →]

We have to applaud Sen. McCaskill for not following the reactionary left in their zeal to see America defeated in Iraq. Although she says we are “squandering the lives of our bravest” and “squandering the future of our nation,” McCaskill still voted in favor of the war funding bill a couple of months ago. Like […]

[Read more →]