Liberal national blog Talking Points Memo has our worst liberal spin of the day: “In Missouri, a new survey from Public Policy Polling shows incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in a dead heat with her Republican challengers, mainly because her challengers are both unknown and have high unfavorables.” WTF!!!!! That sure isn’t how we see it. [...]

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A debate is heating up in the blogosphere on whether Sarah Steelman is a tea partier or not: Bungalow Bill’s Conservative Wisdom: “I keep reading these news stories about Sarah Steelman in the days since she announced her bid for the Senate. Many of them try to make the case that she is the establishment [...]

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Looks like Senator Cornyn doesn’t want to make the mistake again of alienating Tea Party voters: National Journal: National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Cornyn (R-Texas) reached out to former Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman (R) about a Senate campaign before Thanksgiving, according to an NRSC source. In addition to encouraging her to run, Cornyn assured [...]

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By Patrick Tuohey Sarah Steelman and her campaign are faulted for ensuring that Rep. Kenny Hulshof would lose.  It was a nasty race, it is said, and Hulshof was so damaged that he could not win.  I am not privy to the polling data for either the Steelman of Hulshof campaigns, but this appears to [...]

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Back in February, many Republican insiders around the state thought it was a huge mistake for Sarah Steelman to cede the entire annual Lincoln Days convention to Roy Blunt and his supporters, especially when Saturday night’s keynote speaker – Rep. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma – practically endorsed Mr. Blunt in his remarks. What a difference [...]

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Since it seems Mr. Cantanese is going to continue with his weekly asinine grading system for Governor Nixon, we’d like to offer our own grade of Canatnese’s recent poor reporting. Last Friday, he reported on a Missouri Senate poll conducted by a very reputable polling firm out Oklahoma, Wilson Research Strategies. In the poll, WRS [...]

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