Media Credit: Laila Wessel Mike Dorsey (left), the Midwest Political Director for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, and Gov. Holden urged others to get involved in the campaign and answered questions of the audience in the University Center Sunnen Lounge Sept. 4. From The Journal: (Webster University) By: Angela Riley Many left the University Center […]

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From Missouri Politics: Sadly my friends, a month after I quit as Mike Evans campaign manager, he continues to be a thief, by using services and products he never paid for as well as lies so much he can’t tell the truth. Missouri Democrats deserve better. * Mike Evans promised to pay me $1500 a […]

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Former Sen. Jim Talent (R-Mo.), a supporter of Romney, tells me that he doesn’t share the pessimistic view of 2008 that many Republicans hold. “I believe that this cycle is going to be very similar to 1992,” he says. “That year, it was all about changing Washington. That’s why Clinton won, and Republicans gained ten […]

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Representative Tom Dempsey declared victory last inght in his campaign for State Senate. Dempsey was elected with 56.2% of the vote. Citizens of St. Charles elected Dempsey to serve the remainder of former Senator Chuck Gross’ term, which goes through January 2009. In this race, Dempsey defeated Democrat candidate Ed Applebaum. “I appreciate the bi-partisan […]

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FiredUp Missouri: “Discover[ing] a new corollary to majority-rule democracy.” Admittedly, we find it uncomfortable coming to the defense of a newspaper columnist, but in this particular case, it is certainly warranted. The spin happy bloggers over at FiredUp Missouri, needing a story to spin and distort to ridiculous proportions after the long holiday weekend, have […]

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“A man can change his beliefs in order to preserve his party, or, a man can change his party, in order to preserve his beliefs.” Sen. Chris Koster (D) In his best Winston Churchill impersonation, Sen. Chris Koster uttered these words as he betrayed friends, colleagues, and supporters by switching to the Democratic Party last […]

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Jay Nixon pictured with Bernardo Ramirez, former deputy vice president of the National Council of La Raza. Ramirez is currently a board member for the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation in Kansas City. Several readers have commented that we have it all wrong regarding La Raza, Mecha, and their nationalist desire for a fictional homeland in […]

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The coordinator of the controversial Missouri Civil Rights Initiative, Tim Asher, is the guest on the new “Missouri Viewpoints” edition released today. During the interview with Mike Ferguson, Asher defends the effort to ban the state government from considering demographic factors, like race and sex, in decisions like choosing contractors for government work, enrollment in […]

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Attorney Michael Kilgore: 2006 Democratic appointee to the Missouri Ethics Commission. As Missouri’s politcos wait with baited breath on the Missouri Ethics Commission’s ruling on whether candidates should be forced to return excess contributions, there is a side caveat to this matter that is not receiving much attention from the mainstream media in this state. […]

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In July, a reader asked us was it ethical or legal for Rod Jetton to sign his name as “Speaker” on Mitt Romney campaign correspondence. Speaker Jetton is Romney’s Missouri political director. It seems Speaker Jetton has decided that signing his name with “Speaker” in front, may not be such a good idea after all. […]

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