From Politico: By Terry Michael Why is no one in the punditocracy talking about Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill as a possible running mate for Barack Obama? A self-made, 54-year-old Catholic female professional (hmm — sounds like Hillary Rodham Clinton voters), she has won statewide office three times in the fiercely independent Show Me State, without […]

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Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman, who is running for governor, discusses her plans for business at a St. Louis RCGA forum on June 5, 2008. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/kj72xeT_Iyc” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Representatives Rodney Hubbard and Jim Lembke among elected officials co-signing and gathering signatures for letter to protect Missouri jobs. St. Louis, MO–Today, State Representative Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) was joined by other elected leaders in announcing bipartisan opposition to the proposed takeover of Anheuser-Busch by a foreign company. The legislators expressed their opposition in a letter […]

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Jeff Harris’ campaign for attorney general has definitely not suffered from a shortage of creativity this campaign season. Unfortunately for the hapless Chris Koster, it’s been at his expense. Here is the latest from Harris:

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The Hulshof campaign — or, as some like to call it, the Second Coming of the Fred Thompson Campaign — is doing its best to respond to the Viagra vote, but not getting much traction. Which is not surprising. So far the Hulshof campaign has had trouble gaining traction in virtually every respect. The campaign […]

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We won’t spoil the intrigue and tell you Daily Kos’ three reasons, but a freshman senator- choosing as his running mate another freshman senator – seems highly unlikey to us. This is an example of the type of analyis you get when you view politics through quotas and diversity.

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Hat tip: MoMocrats: “Sam Graves….has earned zero percent support ratings from the Human Rights Campaign, the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, the Children’s Health Fund, the American Public Health Association, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Humane Society.” This is a bad thing, right? 

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The passing of Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert last Friday was both shocking and extremely sad. We feel for his family and regret the sad irony that a devoted family man died on Father’s Day weekend. MTP was the one Sunday morning news program that we hated to miss. You knew Russert was a […]

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By J. Jonah Jameson While average folks in northwest Missouri are working day and night trying to fight for their communities against rising floodwaters, Jay Boy Nixon has decided that their suffering is a perfect opportunity to promote his political fortunes. Nixon’s campaign put out a press release telling the media that he’s going to […]

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Hat tip: Chad Livengood “You voted to continue to reimburse through Medicaid taxpayer dollars for the use of Viagra. Are these your priorities?” – Sarah Steelman Related: Missourinet audio from Missouri Press forum (1:14:00 MP3) Click here to listen

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