“The Three Amigos”  The subscription only Missouri Scout newsletter follows up on the story we broke last Friday: “Also of note, several Democrats in attendance: Reps. Jamailah Nasheed and Penny Hubbard, who are part of this usual crowd; more surprising was Rep. Chris Carter, and Minority Whip Mike Colona. The sight of someone from Democratic […]

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Politico reported on Friday, “Former President Bill Clinton said Friday that delays in offshore oil and gas drilling permits are ‘ridiculous’ at a time when the economy is still rebuilding, according to attendees at the IHS CERAWeek conference. Clinton spoke on a panel with former President George W. Bush that was closed to the media. […]

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The Wall Street Journal reports today, “President Barack Obama will address rising energy prices at a news conference on Friday, but he is not expected to call for releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.” The New York Times adds, “The cost of gasoline has been rising steadily as the turmoil in Libya and other […]

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  “The Three Amigos” Our sources tell us that freshman Rep. Penny Hubbard, Rep. Chris Carter and Rep. Jamilah Nasheed attended a fundraiser last night at the St. Louis Ritz Carlton for Republican St. Louis County State Representative Tim Jones. Our spies at the affair overheard the three bragging about supporting Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder […]

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Hat tip:24thStatePM L. K. “Chip” Wood (R) is a realtor in the St. Louis area who is running for county assessor in St. Louis county. He brings almost forty years of real-estate experience to the table. In this video he talks about the high rate of appeals over property assessments (four times the rate in […]

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  The Hill writes today, “Senate Democrats suffered a wave of defections Wednesday as their proposal to cut just over $6 billion [actually $4.7 billion, according to CBO] from federal spending this year went down to defeat. The Democratic bill attracted two fewer votes than the rival GOP measure that would cut spending by another $57 […]

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Will Missouri voters be reclaiming Claire’s Senate seat in 2012? A Democrat polling firm confirmed yesterday what everybody in Missouri already knows: Claire is extremely vulnerable next year, and in unpolitically correct language, she is literally a dead woman walking when it comes to her senate career! What is particularly surprising is that Claire is […]

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Our sources at the capitol are buzzing today that 25th district state senator Rob Mayer will be throwing his hat in the ring for Attorney General in 2012. Just last month, Mayer signed on to a letter – along with with Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and House Speaker Steve Tilley – urging the attorney general […]

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Last week, Democrats unveiled their budget plan for the rest of this year, boasting that it met House Republicans “halfway” from the spending cuts in their bill. Since then, news organizations have repeatedly corrected Democrats that their bill cuts nowhere near that much. Indeed, the Washington Post’s Fact Checker blog awarded Democrats “two Pinocchios” for […]

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