By Lucas Hudson The city’s sweltering racial thermometer portends an all-out political meltdown as Mayor Francis Slay was booed right out of the Old Courthouse by supporters of the city’s ousted first black fire chief, Sherman George, as he gave a speech Jan. 21 honoring Martin Luther King Jr. This humiliating show of resentment demonstrates […]

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 By Stuart Rothenberg Graves hasn’t had a tough race since, winning with more than 60 percent of the vote each time. His 2004 opponent, Charlie Broomfield, was hyped for a time by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as a challenger with deep pockets and the potential to upset Graves. But that race never developed. Missouri’s […]

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By Evan Moore (CNSNews.com) – Former Senator Jim Talent (R-Mo.), who served on the Senate Armed Service Committee, spoke to Cybercast News Service recently about America’s deteriorating Air Force. He and the Heritage Foundation, where Talent serves as a distinguished fellow, are calling for an increase in U.S. defense spending. Read more… Listen to interview […]

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By: Josh Kraushaar “This was a big surprise to everyone, including me,” said a senior adviser to Blunt. “We were running on a pretty robust plan for reelection. He would have been in a very tight race, but I certainly thought there was a pathway for him to beat Jay Nixon.” Blunt’s sudden decision also […]

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From Daily Kos: By Jo Etta Crossposted from Show Me Progress: The GOP is worried about the Fann race in house district 16, St. Charles County. Or at least Kit Bond is, since Fann’s Republican opponent, Mark Parkinson, is Bond’s protege, and Bond figures the Republican mayor of St. Peters has been … too kind […]

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Fox2 St. Louis morning anchor John Pertzborn – known to be a real team player among his colleagues – posted the following terse comment in regards to a post we did several weeks ago on “Slimy weasel scumbag” attorney Chet Pleban’s appearance on his show. We complained that Pleban was able to give his comments […]

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Senator Kit Bond talked with Sean Hannity of Fox News about Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s growing momentum in Florida. “I think, not only is Rudy Giuliani our best candidate but he’d make the best president.” [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/KvEbcOHdHjM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Missouri Senate Majority Leader Charlie Shields talks to KCMO about Blunt’s decision not to run – but – Did Sen. Shields announce his own candidacy? Click here

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Want an indication that the bench is light on the Missouri Republican farm team? Instead of Speaker Jetton making the case that he has the judgement and leadership qualities to become the Republican nominee for governor, a Jetton surrogate today, sent out an email directing people to a unscientific Internet poll soliciting support for a […]

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We offered St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay some unsolicited advice yesterday after his Monday MLK fiasco. We suggested that the Mayor should have avoided the event all together, and instead, offered a statement mentioning the “vocal few” that were there to disrupt his speech. Later in the day, KMOX reporter Kevin Killeen said in his […]

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