From the 24th State: Suitably Flip is doing the media’s job. Following the money trail, Suitably Flip has now found over $2,000,000 in Norman Hsu donations, and when Hillary Clinton releases her donor names, we could have Norm crowned as the new king of campaign sleaze, topping Jack Abramoff. Those Democrats sure are competitive. William […]

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Tough call on this one. On it’s face, the charge Missouri Politics makes that this a scheme to “squeeze in one more mailing before their elections next year” seems valid. Of course, this means that Democrats will be able to “squeeze in more mailing” too. The explanation that Rep. Kenny Jones, Chairman of the House […]

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Marshall Griffin, KWMU ST. LOUIS, MO. (2007-09-17) The Missouri Republican Party has filed a lawsuit against the State Ethics Commission over its closed-door meeting in Jefferson City last week. Members of the commission met in private for over an hour before voting to notify candidates that they may have to return campaign contributions that exceed […]

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  Orlin Wagner STF KANSAS CITY, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Kansas City Marriott Downtown THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Sam, for the warm welcome. It’s almost enough to make me want to run for office again. (Laughter.) I said, “almost.” (Laughter.) But I’m delighted to be here today and I want to thank Sam for […]

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Hat tip: Prime Buzz: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/HKAR8_I31Zw” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Missouri Politics: Jeff Roe gets married today. (9-15-07)

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FiredUp Missouri, trying to milk the very last drop out of the Nathan Cooper scandal and their manufactured license fee office “scandal,” has posted an implausible and ridiculous post reporting that Cooper’s younger brother is allegedly claiming that President Bush will pardon the disgraced former lawmaker at the end of his term. According to our […]

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George Hincapie takes his kisses from the Missouri Misses. Barring disaster George has put his name in the record books at the top of the winners list in the first Tour of Missouri. Photo © Kurt Jambretz/Action Images Related: Peter Kinder: Tour of Missouri: A vision for the future MPN: Early reports on the Tour […]

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The Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, chaired by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, holds a hearing: “Subprime and Predatory Mortgage Lending: New Regulatory Guidance, Current Market Conditions and Effects on Regulated Financial Institutions.” Here Rep. Lacy Clay questions the discrepancy in rates between races. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/O-Sf9n5sGeM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Jim Talent blogging on the Huffington Post? Weird. Well, he does work for the Fleishman Hillard PR firm and this is probably part of his responsibilities. Still weird though. Huffington Post: By Sen. Jim Talent There are few phenomena more transformative than entrepreneurial capitalism. It empowers people, produces wealth, creates technological revolutions, and rewards and […]

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No Child Left Behind Act and Missouri Education Funding Formula Discussed Dr. Marge Williams says “public education is under attack” in a new interview with Mike Ferguson. She feels the current assessment system set up under the No Child Left Behind Act is unfair and does not give government and parents an accurate look at […]

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