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Decision '08 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 7

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Koster Consigliere & Nixon Crony Hatfield Fights to Keep Prop A on Ballot

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

“According to a blockbuster AP story, Koster has been skirting the law by funneling money to a shadowy group run by Jay Nixon Crony Chuck Hatfield; the group then contributes the money back to Koster’s campaign coffers.” MOPNS 7/9/08 Gambling and laundering money seem to go together like hamburgers and french fries don’t they? No […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon

Wheels Continue to Fall Off Hulshof Campaign

October 14th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve waited with bated breath these last few months hoping for some signs of life from the Hulshof Campaign. In the meantime, we’ve been unmercifully subjected to a campaign with inconsistent themes and bad commercials with tired buzzwords and repacked slogans. (For example: “Liberal” and “Wrong Way Jay” – which sounds eerily similar to the […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Rep. Kenny Hulshof

Videos: Sam Graves & Kay Barnes’ Use of Children in Political Ads

October 14th, 2008 · No Comments

From TV Barn with Aaron Barnhart: Could it be? Is this the same politician who, earlier this year, put an ad on in his district that earned nationwide ridicule for its 1980s-era stereotypes and 1970s-era public-access TV production values? Well, seems Sam Graves found some money in his office budget, or somewhere, and went out […]

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

Video: Kay Barnes Was an Appointed Advisor to Fannie Mae

October 14th, 2008 · No Comments

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZD_i7YeRmI” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: MOPNS (10/9/08) WAPO: “Democrat Kay Barnes Having Trouble Escaping Fannie’s Grasp” “There is no way another person can make a woman satisfied.” – Former “masturbation consultant” and K.C. mayor Kay Barnes From the Washington Post: The mudslinging of the presidential campaign has oozed its way down the ballot to […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Kay Barnes · Senator. Kit Bond · Videos

ACORN Scrutiny Grows; Gov. Blunt & McCain Campaign Mgr. to Hold Press Conference Call

October 10th, 2008 · No Comments

BREAKING: Today, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, McCain-Palin 2008 will hold a press conference call with Missouri Governor Matt Blunt and Rick Davis, campaign manager, to discuss ACORN and Barack Obama’s direct ties to the organization. The Missouri Political News Service has received several press releases from national organizations concerned with the serious vote fraud allegations […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Matt Blunt

Guest Op Ed: Education Reform in Gubernatorial Campaigns

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

By Earl Simms The recent outcry by Jay Nixon over campaign donations to Kenny Hulshof’s campaign is a red herring to distract us from the state of Missouri’s education system. By every measure Missouri’s education system is not delivering to the vast majority of the state’s children. The St. Louis Public School system is unaccredited […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon · Rep. Kenny Hulshof

Video: The Swing Vote: Joplin, Mo.

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Undecided Joplin-area voters tell The Joplin Globe what they are looking for in a presidential candidate. Hat tip: jomojoc [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/KPvRCChwHcY” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]   Related: KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney interviews Sen. John McCain on Oct. 1, 2008 in Independence, Mo. Hat tip: kmbctv [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/dkZlZ7qLhg4″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Videos

Quote of the Day: “…And That’s Why They Call Her “Classy” Claire McCaskill!”

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Classsy Claire and the “politics of change!” From Politico: McCaskill was stepping out of her chair at the end of an MSNBC interview, and Romney was up next. She and a staffer unplugged her various wires, and she handed Romney the earpiece the guests use to hear the host.  “I spit on this before I […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Picture/Quote of the Day · Senator McCaskill

Congressional Quarterly: Sen. Talent Possible Labor Secretary in McCain Administration?

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Secretary of Labor Jim Talent? From CQ: An articulate proponent of the core conservative belief that more federal authority over domestic programs should be handed to the states, he sought refuge at the Heritage Foundation as a senior fellow after losing his Senate seat in 2006 by 2 percentage points to Democrat Claire McCaskill. That […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Hon. Jim Talent

Carnahans’ to Benefit From Proposition C Passage

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments

The Kansas City Star had a story yesterday that basically details how, with the passage of Proposition C, the Carnahan’s are going to get richer by exploiting their political connections and the anger Americans have towards rising energy prices. Proposition C, the renewable energy initiative on Missouri’s November ballot, appears to have lots of support […]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Decision '08 · Rep. Russ Carnahan