The Post Dispatch news hounds and their prolific story stealer Jo Mannies broke big news yesterday. Ms. Mannies informed us that the National Urban League – a 501c3 organization barred by law to endorse candidates – will not be endorsing presidential candidates at their annual convention in St. Louis this week! And since “Political Correspondent” […]

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We can’t wait for the comments on this piece! By Debbie Coleman Kay Barnes claimed rural, suburban roots when she brought her congressional campaign to Blue Springs Tuesday night. The 6th District congressional candidate and former mayor of Kansas City was quick to point out that her formative years, and even some beyond, were not […]

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By Tim Asher Executive Director Missouri Civil Rights Initiative The poignant article in the July 15 Tribune dealing with affirmative action and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing the use of race as a dominant factor in school admissions serves to affirm what many already believe: Government efforts to engineer racial balancing and proportional […]

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We hate to beat a dead horse here, but the press corps’ inattention to Robin Carnahan continually using her office as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Missouri Democratic Party is getting rather ridiculous! Carnahan gives another example of her blatant partisanship in this Missourinet interview Missourinet interview advocating early voting. This latest twist on […]

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Gov. Blunt was on MSNBC today praising Mitt Romney. You can watch it here In other news, Susan Montee endorsed definite loser Barack Hussein Obama. But I’m still waiting on the woman who actually matters, Republican Claire, to announce.

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By Nathan L. Gonzales “In Missouri’s 6th district, former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes is one of the Democratic ongressional Campaign Committee’s prize recruits. But you wouldn’t know it at first (or second, or third) glance. She didn’t mention the words “Democrat” or “Democratic Party” in her May 14 announcement. And the only way you […]

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By Bob Geiger If Missouri really does pride itself on being “the show-me state,” you have to wonder how long it’s going to be before Missourians demand that Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) show them the truth. Bond, who has been one of George W. Bush’s most ardent rubber-stampers ever since the Supreme Court handed Bush […]

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By Rob Luke JEFFERSON CITY — A Missouri Supreme Court ruling last Thursday looks like a short-term financial blow to incumbent GOP Gov. Matt Blunt in his re-election bid next year. But longer-term campaign financing for Blunt and his likely Democratic challenger, state Attorney General Jay Nixon, isn’t expected to be seriously impacted by the […]

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By Rob Luke ST. LOUIS — At least former Missouri Democratic House Minority Leader Jeff Harris will now have to spend some of that campaign cash he’s socked away for his run at state attorney general in 2008. Democratic State Rep. Margaret Donnelly of suburban St. Louis ended speculation by declaring herself a candidate for […]

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GOP House Speaker Rod Jetton is term-limited and therefore cannot seek re-election next fall. But you’d never know it from his most recent Missouri Ethics Commission filing, which reads like the report from a burgeoning young campaign that’s just getting its feet underneath it and its office set up. Read more… Related: Tip Line: Reader […]

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