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Decision '08 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 36

Entries Tagged as 'Decision ’08'

Tipline: Storch/Roberts, Hubbard/Johnson/Wright-Jones Races

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Coffee shop talk is that the P-D is exactly right. Obama-Clinton rivalry is at the heart of the Storch-Roberts race. Storch needs to start looking for another job, because Roberts will be able to raise more money than she can, and the Democratic heavy hitters (Carnahan, Nixon, et al.) are not going to go too […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · St. Louis

Missouri Spectrum Releases Video

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

The Missouri Republican Party’s African American auxiliary Missouri Spectrum PAC, released a brand new video on their website today. The group, which was unanimously approved by the state committee last summer, was primarily formed to: “Recruit and elect African American Republican legislative, statewide and congressional candidates across the state.” Former state rep. Sherman Parker is […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Hon. Sherman Parker · Videos

Democrat Party’s “Big Tent” Starting to Fray?

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

With Hillary supporters and party insiders scrambling to find a way to take the nomination from Barack Obama, our own Lacy Clay gives us further incite into the Democrat Party’s increasingly public “uncivil war.” It’s funny, the Democrat Party loves black folks, except of course when they’re challenging the overwhelming white, male establishment for power. […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Rep. Lacy Clay · Videos

Exclusive Video: Dick Morris Says “Democratic Nomination Race is Over”

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

“The Democratic nomination race is over, it’s finished. The only question now is how much baggage will Obama carry into the general election.” Renowned political analyst -and Clinton nemesis Dick Morris – was in St. Louis this week to campaign for state treasurer and Republican governor candidate Sarah Steelman. After his remarks, Morris gave his […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Videos

What A Mess!

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

“He, (Obama) for the first time, I think, as a black leader in America, has come to the American people not as a victim, but rather as a leader.”– Sen. Claire McCaskill “I think the people who will use the minister’s comments as their deciding factor as to whether or not Barack Obama should be […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver · Senator. Kit Bond

Video:Hulshof at Harpo’s

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Hat tip: CDT Politics Blog [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/SMZf3dCtIjA” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Rep. Kenny Hulshof · Videos

Quote of the Day: Jay Nixon/Eliot Spitzer “Degrees of Dislike By Colleagues Are Comparable”

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Future State Rep. Sherman Parker joins former NAACP heads John Bordeaux, Charles Mischeaux, and attorney Jerry Hunter (background) at an anti Jay Nixon rally in Downtown St. Louis (1998) From the Political Eye: “You don’t see too many black folks or progressives getting their pulse up to vote for Jay Nixon. His recent ham-fisted tactics […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon

Harris Campaign Launches Web Video Urging Supporters to Email Speaker Jetton

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Columbia – The campaign of Representative Jeff Harris, a candidate for Attorney General, launched a web video urging supporters to press House Speaker Rod Jetton to stop blocking legislation sponsored by Harris in the Missouri House. The campaign is focusing on a bill sponsored by Harris that would give local control to communities a voice […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Spkr. Jetton

Missouri Plan Defenders Engage In “Politics of Personal Destruction”

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Our friends at FiredUp Missouri are again engaging in the “politics of personal destruction” instead of addressing the so called merits of the Missouri Plan. FUM readers were treated to another post today highlighting their obsession with certain Republican operatives. “We’ve devoted significant space on this site to exposing the folks behind the Adam Smith […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · MO Supreme Court

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Dick Morris Stumps for Steelman in St. Louis

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Political analyst Dick Morris on Sarah Steelman’s terror free investment program: “[It] set off a national trend. Schwarzenegger did the same in California. God bless him, Spitzer did the same thing in New York….[Unfortunately] he wasn’t as wise in his other investments.”   “I have two points to make. One, I’ve never met her. And […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Videos