After MOPNS broke the Van Eaton story yesterday the bond office is in spin control. Look today for an announcement from the senior senator’s office stating that Jason Van Eaton and Matt Roney are “voluntarily” leaving in order to run Senator Bond’s campaign in 2010. (Doesn’t everyone leave 3 years out in order to run […]

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An email to the Missouri Political News Service over the weekend proclaims that long time Bond aide Jason Van Eaton, was unexpectedly terminated as Senator Bond’s in state director. The email went on to say that the staff was told of Van Eaton’s departure in a hastily arranged conference call near the end of the […]

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First i would like to thank my lord and savior for not liking the other nominees. Seriously anyone who thanks the lord for an award i just want to punch in the face, as if the Lord doesn’t have anything better to do than make sure your huge bloated ego gets stroked. So instead thanks […]

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MPN: When attorney general candidate Chris Koster left the Cass County Prosecutor’s office to become the first Republican state senator in his district in half a century, he was replaced by Democrat Teresa Hensley. In 2004 Koster defeated Democratic candidate Larry Snider by a 2-to-1 margin for the state senate seat, a stunning defeat in […]

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Conservatism with Heart: I found it amusing that I had just discovered this list of 40 conservative beliefs via Frog Princess. The “for the children” one is so appropriate when it comes to the SCHIP bill. Just some of the facts: 1) What the President and Republicans do want: –to reauthorize the SCHIP program AND […]

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From the “Camp” website (“Kansas City’s Voice for the LGBT and Allied Communities”) By Jamie Tyroler This is a column that I would prefer not to write, but I feel that I must. The House of Representatives is considering the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Representatives who are in favor of having legal protections in the […]

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Pornography. Adult businesses. Flesh peddlers. Erotic entertainment. Whatever you want to call sexually-based materials and businesses, they are controversial and increasingly under the scrutiny of activist groups and government. Leading the effort to have adult businesses indicted and charged with crimes is the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families. The organization’s director […]

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This is from a website named “Re-Elect Governor Blunt in 2008.” It doesn’t say if it is officially connected to the Blunt Campaign. The rift between Mayor of St. Louis, Francis Slay, and the African American community has been growing lately over the controversial demotion of Fire Chief Sherman George 9African American) at the Mayor’s […]

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Your School, Your Choice: “So, Rex Sinquefield started a few PACs…big deal. It’s not illegal and it is definitely not the first time this has happened either. PACs are started all the time to support issues and back certain politicians, what’s the difference?” The difference is it’s ok for a wealthy billionaire like George Soros to fund […]

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