STL American: Amazing how forthright you can really be when you’re out of the game. Former Congressman Bill Clay gives a history lesson on the Missouri Democrat[ic]Party: Clay said he was shocked to see Russ Carnahan challenge his son, given the role Clay Sr. and other black leaders had in the electoral success of […]

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Just curious. How is this an attack on Mr. Brunner’s children when no one knew until now that his children ran the charity in question? MidwestDemocracy.com: Republican Senate hopeful John Brunner has the backing of mainstream farming interests like the Missouri Soybean Association and John Deere & Co. But four years ago, Brunner’s charitable foundation […]

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Liberals fond of regulating and restricting political speech have come out of the woodwork to attack Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for his speech last week warning of their threats to First Amendment. From Fred Wertheimer, to former DCCC chair Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Daily Kos, Robert Reich, Ed Schultz and Norm Ornstein (who […]

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He refused to prosecute Black Panthers who were intimidating voters at the polls in 2008. He’s stonewalling the “Fast and Furious” investigation.  And now he’s having the Administration investigate itself regarding national security leaks. Why is this guy still in office? And, conservatives, please remember the actions of all 19 Republican senators who ignored Holder’s […]

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Earlier this year, a group of Senate Republicans, including Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Ranking Member of the Finance Committee Orrin Hatch, sent a letter to the IRS expressing concerns over that agency’s treatment of tea party groups applying for tax-exempt status. At the time, Politico wrote, “Don’t pick on the tea party, a dozen […]

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The Brunner campaign must be feeling really confident right now. A risky strategy in our opinion to attack both of your rivals in the same commercial. Don’t you run the risk of galvanizing both campaign’s and their supporters to team up and come after you? Roll Call: Businessman John Brunner, running in a tight GOP […]

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The AP writes today, “Just one week old, June already is proving a cruel month for President Barack Obama and the Democrats — and it could get a lot worse. The political blows from Tuesday’s bitter loss in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial recall and from last week’s abysmal unemployment numbers could multiply before the month is out. […]

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The head scratching and crying in their beers continues  – even from a so called “objective journalist.” NPR: SIEGEL: But the money, the preponderance of Republican or pro-Republican money in that race – which some people put at 3-to-1, some people put it at about 6-to-1 – much greater than the Republicans might conceivably enjoy […]

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The Hill: “Using comments by former President Bill Clinton as a political gift, Republican leaders stepped up their calls for at least a one-year extension of the George W. Bush-era tax rates. One by one, senior congressional Republicans stepped before the cameras on Wednesday morning to trumpet Clinton’s momentary support for extending the full slate […]

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