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July, 2010 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 2

Entries from July 2010

Video: Allman on Minimum Wage, Night Club Crackdowns & Breitbart

July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

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Video: Luetkemeyer: Washington Uncertainty Makes Employers Hesitant to Create New Jobs

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments

Hat tip:SmallBizRepublicans [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/eBsLcyI96Q4″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Rasmussen Reports: 56% Rate the Economy as Poor Gateway Pundit: Obama Ally Lib Claire McCaskill Blames Obama’s Dismal Poll Numbers On Expectations Not Performance

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UPDATE: Constituent Leaves Obscenity Laced Comments on STL County Executive’s Facebook Page

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments

The Dooley campaign this morning finally deleted Mr. Smeeker’s comment: Another comment they took down this morning was from Mr. Dooley’s daughter, Stephanie. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the screen shot, but Ms. Dooley accused Mr. Smeeker of “working for the RNC” and she suggested that instead of “wasting time” posting comments, he should be attending […]

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Rose Garden Presser Reveals Admin’s Failure On Job Creation

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments

The Wall Street Journal has a must-read editorial today explaining the real meaning of the debate over paying for unemployment benefits and President Obama’s press conference yesterday. The WSJ writes, “President Obama introduced three Americans—an auto worker, a fitness center employee and a woman in real estate—who’ve been out of work so long they underscore […]

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Constituent Leaves Obscenity Laced Comments on STL County Executive’s Facebook Page

July 19th, 2010 · No Comments

More sloppiness from the Dooley campaign. We’ve gotten used to the horrible spokespeople and the numerous blunders on the campaign’s website, but this one takes the cake. Unbelievable that this comment would still be on Mr. Dooley’s Facebook page more than 24 hours after it was originally posted. Check related stories for more of the […]

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Obama’s Hypocritical Attack On Unemployment Benefits is Completely Off Base

July 19th, 2010 · No Comments

This morning, President Obama went to the podium in the Rose Garden to accuse Senate Republicans of blocking an extension of unemployment benefits. USA Today writes, “A Republican filibuster that has three times blocked the extension ‘reflects a lack of faith in the American people,’ Obama said. ‘They’re not looking for a handout. They desperately […]

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Republican 1st District Congressional Candidate Calls Out NAACP

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Republican first congressional district and Move-On-Up.org member Martin Baker calls out the NAACP. By Martin D. Baker When it was first brought to my attention that the NAACP had used their bully pulpit to condemn the Tea Party movement in one of its first acts of its national convention, branding those who associate themselves with […]

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Dems’ Financial Regulation Bill Won’t Fix Problems, Adds Bureaucracy, Ignores Fannie & Freddie

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Yesterday, the Senate passed the severely flawed Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill. Though the Obama administration has long promoted the bill as a signature agenda item, it’s clearly lost its luster politically and with the general public. It’s not hard to see why. Speaking on the floor prior to the vote yesterday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch […]

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Panicking? Dooley Emails Money Appeal on Same Day Corrigan Out Raises Him

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments

“This is going to be a challenging race as my opponent has raised over $1 million.” Now that all the reports are in, it seems that upstart Republican challenger Bill Corrigan significantly out-raised incumbent Charlie Dooley in this past fund-raising quarter. What is also surprising is that the two campaign are almost even when it […]

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Democrats Nervous About Reid & Obama Pushing Disastrous Cap-And-Tax Bill

July 15th, 2010 · No Comments

The New York Times reports today, “President Obama and Senate Democrats have decided to press ahead in the next two weeks with a scaled-back energy bill that limits carbon pollution by power plants but not by other industries in an effort to salvage the legislation before midterm elections. . . . ‘If not now, when?’ […]

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