We have below Senator McCaskill’s convention speech from last night. We’ve taken the liberty of critiquing a few of her most memorable lines. Geography lesson moment: “Missouri is in the middle of our great country.” (Duh!) Religion focus group buzzwords moment: “People of Missouri….God loving, family centered, blessed with an abundance of common sense.” Joe […]

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Missouri Democrat Party Chairman John Temporiti talks about Sen. McCaskill’s speaking role tonight and “party unity.” *Note: See if you can see if his nose grows when he says the “Democrats are coming together.” Hat tip: stlpolitics [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/w15xZPFCuzw” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Freshmeat: ( Rep. Justus) Denver 2008 K.C. Tribune: Pleas for Party […]

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Is that the toilet flushing on Claire’s VP hopes? “I think when Barack was using that phraseology, he was talking about the larger issue of the challenges he has in this election, you know, it is harder to get elected president of the United States if you are black…I don’t think he was suggesting that […]

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Is it just us, or does Claire sound a little eager when asked about being Obama’s vice presidential nominee?  From The Hotline: Claire: “Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!” Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), asked what she would say if Obama asked her to be his running mate: “Well, I’m honored to be mentioned. Let me […]

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Judging by this interesting article it seems Obama’s Missouri campaign theme will be: “He believes in Jesus…did we forget to mention he’s also a Christian?” With that paragon of all things righteous and principled, Claire McCaskill, advising Obama’s Midwest operation the strategy may work. We just wonder how well McCaskill’s holy strategy will work when […]

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We can’t find it now, but we came across a post Monday by Roy Temple that urged Sen. Obama to choose Claire McCaskill as his running mate. The post -which has mysteriously disappeared – was on Temple’s personal blog on FiredUp Missouri. Following in the fine flip flop tradition of Chris “Flipper” Koster and Sen. […]

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That is the question asked in an editorial on National Review Online today. NRO laments the fact that our “moderate” Senator basically wants the United States to go hat and hand to the OPEC countries and beg/threaten them to pump more oil, instead of utilizing our own resources. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to […]

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Liberals just don’t seem to know what they want these days. Barack Obama is all the rage among the progressives because he advocates for “change” and working across party lines, yet our junior senator is criticized by them for not voting enough times with her party! Tells us change is merely a campaign buzzword that […]

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Seems to be a little bad blood still between Sen. McCaskill and Hillary Clinton. From The New York Times: “Others described Mrs. Clinton’s luncheon manner as characteristically “workmanlike.” She smiled and dutifully dispensed handshakes, air kisses and “good to see yooos” to former supporters and nonsupporters alike. “I got a handshake,” reported Senator Claire McCaskill […]

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Springfield blogger DocLarry is upset with Sen. McCaskill’s recent support for Anheuser-Busch and the transition to digital television in 2009. Doc asks: “Should the government really be involved in this at all? From the Lost Chord: “I helped elect Claire McCaskill in 2006 because I thought she would better represent Missourians. Now, I’m not so […]

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