We found this advertisement today for Rep. Cleaver. Cleaver is apparently looking for a little office help in Washington. It’s your standard description for a Capitol Hill position; drafting statements, meeting deadlines etc. With Cleaver proving his undaunted loyalty to Senator Clinton recently, we have a few suggestions he should add to that job description. […]

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What irony! People who cling to a totally discredited political philosohy claiming the Missouri Civil Right initiative will “take us back 40, 50, 60 years?” In Missouri, the Working to Empower Community Action Now (WE CAN) coalition is organizing on several fronts to defeat the inappropriately named Missouri Civil Rights Initiative, including their “Think Before […]

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We have some advice for our Democrat friends in North St. Louis. Maybe if they click their heels three times and chant “change” over and over, they’ll be able to miraculously work out this little disagreement. Want a definition of political insanity? The infighting of minorities – within a minority party! (at least at the […]

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From Student Life (Washington University) By Gregg Re Students have organized to change Washington University’s policy on political speakers in the wake of the administration’s refusal to host Senator Barack Obama as a campus speaker in January. In a statement issued last month, the University defended its decision, arguing that speeches by political candidates would […]

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Phil Jarrett My distrust of clones began shortly after seeing “Jurassic Park.” Chomped-off limbs, victims of cloned T. rexes and raptors taught me the dangers of this line of science. And that was before I saw “Star Wars.” In November 2006, Missourians passed Amendment 2, an amendment called the “ban on human cloning.” It seemed […]

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“If America’s founding documents — gifts to governance writ large — could be improved, then the Missouri Plan — Missouri’s gift to American governance — can also be improved.” JEFFERSON CITY – Better Courts for Missouri Executive Director Jonathan Bunch today confirmed that the Better Courts Coalition had filed an initiative petition to modernize the […]

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UPDATE: CDT Blog: Gibbons discloses that he has prostate cancer Sen. Gibbon’s statement (Hat tip: Prime Buzz) (8:47 CST) Sources are telling us this morning that Senate President Pro Tem and Attorney General candidate Mike Gibbons, has scheduled a 9 AM meeting with his fellow senators at the Capitol. Our sources are also informing us […]

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Hey Susan, thanks for the favorable “audit” (wink wink, nod nod)  JEFFERSON CITY _ Democrat Susan Montee’s audit of the governor’s office is nothing more than a taxpayer-financed media release for Jay Nixon’s political campaign conjured up prior to the governor’s decision not to seek another term. It also is an attempt to shift the […]

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Sen. Bond pictured here in 1998 with former St. Louis NAACP head Charles Mischeaux JEFFERSON CITY _ Proving once again that Jay Nixon is a political gadfly within his own party, the senior statewide Democrat elected official and gubernatorial candidate has not been granted super delegate status even though he has spent 22 years promoting […]

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The Current: (Univ. of Mo-St. Louis) By Paul Hackbarth Media Credit: Danny Reise Mike Jones, senior policy adviser to St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, talks about the black student movement at UM-St. Louis in the late 1960s. Jones was one of the first members of Associated Black Collegians, which formed on campus in 1968. […]

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