As lucrative as the upcoming campaign season will be next year, is Chris Benjamin leaving early to begin his consulting career with Jetton’s Common Sense Conservative Consulting LLC?

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Hat tip: Jason Rosenbaum Missouri House Majority Leader Steven Tilley, R-Perryville, and Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, discuss with Columbia Daily Tribune reporter Jason Rosenbaum on why they support Rudy Giuliani. The clip also features scenes from a rally for the former New York City mayor in Columbia yesterday. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/pejJcaZBiHk” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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From NBC/NJ’s Erin McPike It’s just a little ironic for a guy who wants to change Washington: Two senators, one current and one former, have been popping up on the trail with Mitt Romney a lot lately. However, they are former Missouri Sen. Jim Talent and New Hampshire senior Sen. Judd Gregg — a couple […]

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JEFFERSON CITY _ Fearful of having to answer tough questions about his support for illegal immigrants and other uncomfortable issues, Jay Nixon has resorted to waging a news release candidacy that was on display yesterday when he hid behind spokesmen instead of answering questions himself about his politically-motivated immigration plan. Nixon, who in the past […]

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Hat tip: meettheprez.net: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/VShz8P0WMEE” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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By Brad Belote Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and Attorney General Jay Nixon have slight leads in the latest polls in Missouri for their respective 2008 races. In hypothetical match-ups, Huckabee leads New York Sen. Hillary Clinton 45% to 43% and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 45% to 41%. In the heated likely contest for Missouri […]

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In an obvious attempt to upstage Governor Blunt’s announcement yesterday of tough new immigration measures, Jay Nixon trumpeted the sentencing of a Lake of the Ozarks developer to five years probation and roughly $1 million in penalties and fees for hiring thirty illegal immigrants. We’re pleased that Jay’s pollsters and consultants have told him that […]

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Clinton campaign press release: The Clinton campaign today announced its Missouri Steering Committee, made up of community leaders from across the state who will mobilize grassroots support” for Hillary leading up to Missouri’s February 5th primary. Earlier this week, State Representative Rachel Storch was named Missouri State Director. “Now more than ever we need a […]

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By the Editors When Ward Connerly announced his plan to sponsor a “Super Tuesday for Equality” in 2008 — five referenda to end racial preferences in five states — his foes were quick to respond. “It is our view that what we have to do is stop these ballot initiatives before they get on the […]

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The Pitch: By John Amick “I hate Republicans!” a young woman screamed out the window of a sedan as she turned left onto 12th Street from Broadway. The targets of her vitriol seemed indifferent; they shifted their focus to the next car approaching the traffic light. Stephanopoulos, the host of ABC’s Sunday-morning This Week and […]

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