Former politicians Jack Danforth and Christine Todd Whitman are the scheduled “honored Speakers” for an upcoming St. Louis fundraiser for the Republican Leadership Council. The RLC, an organization that was “inspired by a drive to get back to the fundamentals of the Republican Party,”counts as its members such luminaries as former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael […]

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As I type this post, the St. Louis Post Dispatch is reporting that United Auto Workers at the General Motors Corp. plant in Wentzville, Mo. and at other factories across the country, are preparing to walk off their jobs and basically cut their own economic throats. General Motors, which is bleeding money like a wound […]

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As we’ve reported to you often, Baghdad Tony Messenger – who couldn’t see a worthwhile story even if it came up to him and slapped him upside the head – won’t let go of the Sunshine Law tangent he’s currently on. ‘Ol Baghdad will need a new keyboard after writing the below story we excerpted. […]

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Former Sen. Talent is scheduled to appear this Sunday on CNN’s Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. Talent, who is an advisor to the Mitt Romney presidential campaign, will appear with Congressman David Dreier (R – CA / Giuliani campaign), and Former Governor Buddy Roemer (R – LA / McCain campaign).

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For Immediate Release September 20, 2007 Contact: Sam Page Phone: 314-989-9939 Sam Page, Democratic candidate for Missouri Lieutenant Governor, today announced that he has received the endorsement of 16 Kansas City area State Representatives. “Sam has been one of our strongest voices in the Missouri House of Representatives,” said Paul LeVota (D-Independence), “Sam leads us […]

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Sources tell Fired Up! that United States Attorney for Missouri’s Eastern District Catherine Hanaway has become increasingly personally involved of late in efforts to find GOP Senator and (largely irrelevant) Attorney General candidate Michael Gibbons a soft landing place into which he can drop from the race. Read more…

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Jay Nixon – who has purposely stayed as far away as he can from Ward Connerly’s controversial ballot measurefor fear of alienating rural, conservative Democrats – has found another issue he thinks will “pacify the Negroes.” Nixon held a press conference yesterday in St. Louis with Sen. Rita Days (who is African American) to decry […]

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Marshall Griffin, KWMU ST. LOUIS, MO. (2007-09-17) The Missouri Republican Party has filed a lawsuit against the State Ethics Commission over its closed-door meeting in Jefferson City last week. Members of the commission met in private for over an hour before voting to notify candidates that they may have to return campaign contributions that exceed […]

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  Orlin Wagner STF KANSAS CITY, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Kansas City Marriott Downtown THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Sam, for the warm welcome. It’s almost enough to make me want to run for office again. (Laughter.) I said, “almost.” (Laughter.) But I’m delighted to be here today and I want to thank Sam for […]

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Subject: WTF???? From: xxxx Date: Thurs, Sep 13, 2007 7:13 pm To: editor@mopns.com Scooter: Love your site! I think you are performing a great service for Missourians and political junkees like myself. I work closely within the party, so please don’t mention my name. Many of us are perplexed that Jack Jackson is exploring the […]

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