From The Liberalizer:  Dear Senator McCaskill, I have watched your political career here in the state of Missouri with great interest. You were the first female ever elected senator from the Show-Me state. You have gone on to represent the entire state of Missouri on the extremely important Senate Armed Services committee. These are great […]

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Poor Koster the Imposter. You have to feel for this guy. Last summer, he leaves the Republican Party and becomes a Democrat because he thought Catherine Hanaway was going to run for attorney general, and lo and behold, she decides to stay in her current job as U.S. Attorney. Not only was this a boneheaded […]

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By Chris Packham An ambiguously named group called the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative Committee wants to end affirmative action with a constitutional amendment. The group is headed up by Ward Connerly, a black man from California tired of seeing white people in Missouri denied employment or advancement, etc., etc. It’s like the opposite of annoying […]

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By Joe Mathews, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer ST. CHARLES, MO. — On behalf of John McCain, Tom Kuypers does his best. Addressing three dozen of his fellow members of the Pachyderm Club, a Republican organization that met Friday in the back room of a Golden Corral restaurant here, Kuypers, 69, talked movingly about McCain’s […]

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Better Courts for Missouri Coalition leaders are planning a press conference today to respond to Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith’s State of the Judiciary speech. The “Real State of the Judiciary” response will be held at the Missouri State Capitol – In front of William Clark statue – @ 11:30 A.M. CT – Tuesday, February […]

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By JANET NAPOLITANO , KATHLEEN SEBELIUS and CLAIRE MCCASKILL Once in a generation, an opportunity comes along — not just for the Democratic Party, but for the United States of America — to build a new majority for change. Barack Obama’s candidacy offers us that opportunity. As Democrats, and as Americans, we must seize it.As […]

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(Grandview) – A plan by the federal government to move a major manufacturing plant is the subject of this week’s “Missouri Viewpoints”. Nuclear weapons, in addition to being the center of national and international controversy, have a large economic impact on the Kansas City area. The Honeywell Kansas City Plant manufactures most of the parts […]

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From The Black Snob: (photos Hat tip Show Me Progress) Barack Obama killed it at the Edwards Jones Dome in St. Louis Saturday. Despite the snow thousands packed the arena to get a gander at Obama. He worked the crowd. I, alas, did not attend, but watched the event unfold live on the ol’ C-SPAN. […]

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The illustrious Jo Mannies of the St. Louis Post Dispatch was a guest on C-Span’s Washington Journal program this morning. We assume being the political “reporter” for the state’s largest newspaper must have really impressed the producers of the show. C-span, which is known for its even handedness and non partisanship, should have had a […]

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Mitt Romney announced that former Missouri Speaker Pro Tem Representative Carl Bearden joined the Romney for President team. Former Representative Bearden said, “Washington is broken and we’re not going to fix it by sending the same people back just to have them sit in different chairs.” After making yesterday’s announcement, Romney said, “I appreciate Representative […]

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