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Decision '08 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 67

Entries Tagged as 'Decision ’08'

A Very Public Decline to a Very Private Meeting with Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder

July 17th, 2007 · No Comments

From Missouri Politics: Today I received a very nice e-mail from Peter Kinder. Dear Editor MOTO, I just wanted to follow up on my blog posting on Friday afternoon…. You can reach me at (573) 751-4727.  I look forward to talking with you soon. Peter How flattering! I am not a silly blogger though – […]

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Jay’s “Finger in the Dyke”

July 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Jay Jay attempting a little electoral damage control because of his Ameren Achilles heel? From Kansas City infoZine: Attorney General Jay Nixon filed an appeal in Cole County Circuit Court, seeking to overturn the $43 million rate increase awarded by the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) to St. Louis utility Ameren corporation on May 22. […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon

Obama Wins the Democrat Day Straw Poll in Columbia

July 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Over 200 enthusiastic Democrats, the heart of the Party in Mid Missouri attended Democratic Day with a picnic, straw poll, stump speeches and fund raising action today. Hundreds were raised in the auction. Straw Poll results were almost exactly evenly divided among the top three candidates with Senator Obama winning. Read more…

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The Democratic Veepstakes

July 16th, 2007 · No Comments

From The Political Tipster: “Claire McCaskill – The Senator from Missouri might be useful in swinging a key Midwestern state into the Democrat column. However, she was only elected two years ago.” Read more…

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Tags: Decision '08 · Senator McCaskill

Tim Person: A True Jackass in Elephant’s Clothing? (Post of the Week)

July 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Video image courtesy of PubDef.net Since the launch of the Missouri Political News Service in April, we have asked our readers for news tips, suggestions, and videos to continually improve MOPNS. We thank you for your generous outpouring of two out of our three requests so far. Today, we are pleased to present to you […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · St. Louis · Videos

Tipline: Gibbons Abandons Attorney General Campaign, Submits Name for Missouri Supreme Court

July 12th, 2007 · No Comments

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Tags: Decision '08 · MO Supreme Court · Sen. Michael Gibbons

Nixon Camp Responds to Blunt Ad

July 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Jay Nixon’s campaign for Governor sent me this statement in response to a new ad running targeting the Attorney General on abortion: Read more…

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon · Matt Blunt

The FiredUp! KinderSpeaks Challenge

July 11th, 2007 · No Comments

From Kinder Speaks: “Howard Beale” over at the liberal blog FiredUp! Missouri has asked me a question for Peter to answer. I could do that, but that’s not what this website or the Revolution is all about. So I’ve come up with a better idea, and I think it’s one that would answer quite a […]

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FiredUp Missouri’s Latest Conspiracy Theory

July 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Fired Up Missouri is slowly dumbing itself down to the equivalent of the The National Enquirer. You know when you grab the Enquirer off the newsstand, most of the articles you’re going to read are either total fabrications, total stretches, or littered with countless mis-information and half truths. With the same morbid fascination human beings […]

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MOGOP: “Needle Exchange Funding Approved by Democrats Has Links to Barnes”

July 10th, 2007 · No Comments

JEFFERSON CITY – A federal budget bill approved by Democrats in which taxpayer dollars would be used to pay for a needle-exchange program in Washington, D.C., is exactly the kind of radical proposal supported by Kay Barnes, who publicly backed a similar idea during a 1999 mayoral forum. The approval of funding by the U.S. […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Kay Barnes · Rep. Sam Graves