We were the first to tell you yesterday about the opensecrets.org piece reporting that Rep. Cleaver had accepted $5,000 from a TARP bailout recipient. We also told to watch how indignant the Congressman would act toward the banking executives while questioning them. In the below quotes, one from our beloved Emanuel Cleaver, try to guess […]

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We congratulate Ms Martinez on her confirmation as head of the Department of Economic Development. Her support for “open borders” as an attorney in the private sector, and her apparent flip flop on enforcing Missouri laws is very troubling to us. We hope that Ms. Martinez’s open border advocacy doesn’t color her decisions when it […]

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UPDATE: Former State Rep. Betty Thompson holding Black History event for Mayor Slay on February 19th at son’s construction business, Kwame Building Group, 1204 Washington Avenue, Suite 200.  Damn donuts, more popular than me! Like Governor Jay Nixon, St. Louis Mayor Frances Slay also enjoys very cool relations with the African American community. For a […]

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UPDATE: Political Fix:   Suite victory: Nixon enjoyed Mizzou win from “Governor’s Box”    “Check’s in the mail Jake, Great job!” – Craig Jake Wagman, STL Post Dispatch: “Tonight, he’ll truly begin his tenure as First Fan when he attends his first Kansas-Missouri basketball game since being sworn-in as governor in January. Nixon’s office confirms that […]

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While Rep. Cleaver, and the other Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee feign outrage today during their hearing, remember to keep this piece from OpenSecrets.org in the back of your mind. By Lindsay Renick Mayer “Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo) $5,000″ The eight CEOs testifying Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee about how their companies […]

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“Jay Nixon has never stood up for black people. He’s never done anything positive. He’s always been a coward.” – St. Louis Alderman Charles “Quincy” Troupe “That’s, unfortunately, Jay’s legacy.” –Former Senate Minority Leader Maida Coleman   The Missouri Political News Service is starting to hear rumblings among leaders within the African American community regarding […]

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Whew!! We’re getting dizzy! One day Claire’s a populist advocating that we can’t afford to wait on passing this boondoggle “stimulus” bill, the next day she’s a deficit hawk concerned with pork. It’s amazing the Missouri media doesn’t call her out on this! by Michael O’Brien Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said that she had to […]

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From Shamed Dogan’s Blog: 10. No more defending George W. Bush! Wait, we stopped doing that two years ago. 9. We can finally dish all the dirt on Obama that McCain refused to. 8. Limited-government conservatism is cool again. 7. To paraphrase Uncle Ben from Spiderman: With great powerlessness, comes great pool parties. 6. Bureaucrat […]

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Jay Nixon’s appointee to head the Department of Economic Development, Linda Martinez, has not only come out in favor of illegal immigration at all costs while also telling the Legislature that she is against illegal immigration, it now surfaces that Martinez apparently favors a merger of St. Louis City and St. Louis County: “Martinez was […]

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Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) debate the stimulus and banking system on “Meet the Press.” Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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