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Carnahans' | Missouri Political News Service - Part 10

Entries Tagged as 'Carnahans’'

Public Policy Polling: “Our Polling Finds [Sen. Bond] Somewhat Vulnerable If The Right Person Runs Against Him in 2010”

November 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Geez, we just had an election! What impact will President Obama have on the 2010 race when he travels to Missouri to campaign for Robin Carnahan, an early supporter of his? From Public Policy Polling: Kit Bond is more popular than Voinovich and Martinez but our polling finds him somewhat vulnerable as well if the […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Senator. Kit Bond

Missouri’s Prop (C)arnahan: The ONLY Green Initiative to Pass Tuesday

November 6th, 2008 · No Comments

This certainly is no surprise to us! From the Wall Street Journal’s “Environmental Capital” blog: “Among five major energy and environmental ballot initiatives from California to Missouri, all but one were voted down. Only in Missouri did a green-energy ballot initiative have any success…Proposition C set out to gradually increase the use of renewable energy […]

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Video: Rachel Maddow to Kit Bond: “Teh Gay” Is Not Catching

November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Extreme left wing MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow gives her opinion on Kit Bond’s gift to Robin Carnahan’s 2010 Senate campaign.  [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/jF64en-X5iM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Senator. Kit Bond · Videos

‘Missouri Clean Energy Initiative’ Fraught With Hidden Costs

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments

By Jacob Voss To date, 26 states have adopted renewable energy standard (RES) laws, which require energy utilities to derive a specified percentage of electricity from renewable energy, by a particular date. These standards range from 8 percent in Pennsylvania by 2020 to 40 percent in Maine by 2017. In November, voters will decide on […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Decision '08 · Show Me Institute

Carnahans’ to Benefit From Proposition C Passage

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments

The Kansas City Star had a story yesterday that basically details how, with the passage of Proposition C, the Carnahan’s are going to get richer by exploiting their political connections and the anger Americans have towards rising energy prices. Proposition C, the renewable energy initiative on Missouri’s November ballot, appears to have lots of support […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Decision '08 · Rep. Russ Carnahan

Quote of the Day: “Better to be a Smart Ass, Than a Dumb Ass”

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

As the Obama-ssiah Express continues to derail around the nation (strikingly so in Missouri) with silly gaffes and verbal miscues, we offer these words of wisdom to the party of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Even in this terrible election environment for Republicans, it wasn’t in our opinion very smart to nominate an unproven, freshman […]

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Obama/Carnahan: Pigs in a Blanket?

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Looks like the controversey over Sen Obama and lucky sperm club member Russ Carnahan’s lipstick on a pig comment isn’t dying down anytime soon: Jefferson County GOP (KY) collecting lipstick after Obama’s remark (hat tip: PolitickerKY.com) Local Republicans are vowing to send 1,000 tubes of lipstick to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in an effort […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Decision '08 · Rep. Russ Carnahan

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum Tag Team Obama

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

What’s the old saying: “with friends like these, who needs enemies?” Favorite Clinton buck dancer Rep. Emanuel Cleaver was all to willing to send out the Obama panic signal in The Hill newspaper yesterday: “That’s all people have talked about since we got back,” said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat who represents Missouri, a projected […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Decision '08 · Political Fix · Rep. Russ Carnahan

FiredUp Blasts Media Ally

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve lobbed our fair share of criticism at Jo Mannies and her often lazy reporting, but FiredUp Missouri took it up a notch today by blasting an usual ally. FUM is angry at Mannies’ coverage of a story they’ve been peddling to the complicit media. FiredUp called Mannies reporting “ridiculously incomplete, inept and credulous.” It’s […]

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Tipline: “Why Is He Running As a Republican?”

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Term limited 88th Dist. representative Neal St. Onge pictured with his hopeful successor Shamed Dogan. We received an email this morning from a reader commenting on a post on the Political Fix. Seventh district senate candidate Neal St. Onge is scheduled to attend a “bash WalMart” rally in Ballwin tonight. Interesting tact from a Republican, […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Decision '08 · Tip Line