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February, 2010 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 5

Entries from February 2010

KCMO Podcast: Monday Morning Matchup: Roe vs Levota

February 9th, 2010 · No Comments

The Monday Morning Matchup featuring republican Jeff Roe and democrat Phil Levota. This week with they discussed Robin Carnahan’s move to the middle and the Gibbs-Bond smackdown in D.C. Click here to listen

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Tags: Jeff Roe · Kansas City

Claire: Where’s The Thanks For Bankrupting the Country???

February 9th, 2010 · No Comments

Fresh from the Democratic Senator’s retreat and armed with the latest Obama/DNC talking points, Senator McCaskill lashed out yesterday at Republican’s in the state legislature. McCaskill labeled those opposed to the President’s and Congress’ reckless spending as “politically dishonest.” Instead of anybody in the state saying thank you for helping us in this incredibly difficult […]

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Tags: Senator McCaskill

Carnahan Allies Sink to New Low; Use USS Cole Footage to Attack Blunt

February 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Is this the new civility that President Obama has been calling for lately? In a new low for an increasingly desperate candidate who has seen her lead shrink and disappear, Robin Carnahan’s allies on the kook left are running an ad targeting Roy Blunt that uses footage from the bombing of the USS Cole. Our […]

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Video: Rep. Eric Burlison: Making Sure Taxpayer Dollars Aren’t Buying Drugs

February 8th, 2010 · No Comments

H/T:RepEricBurlison [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/IO6uDyp5vks” width=”325″ height=”250″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Video: Rep. Steven Tilley on Drug Testing for TANF Recipients

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Tags: MO Legislature · Videos

Quote of the Day: Jetton: “I’ve Got No Reputation. I Have No Money. I’ve Got Nothing”

February 8th, 2010 · No Comments

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Ut6l5shxIAI” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] We still can’t figure out Mr. Jetton’s strategy of trying his future corruption case in the media. Jetton certainly can’t believe that – in this age of Tea Party activism and cynicism of government and politicians in general, that he’ll elicit any sympathy from a future jury pool for […]

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Tags: Picture/Quote of the Day · Spkr. Jetton

Video: Rubber Stamp Russ Carnahan

February 8th, 2010 · No Comments

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Tags: Rep. Russ Carnahan · Videos

Ike Votes with Nancy to Increase National Debt

February 5th, 2010 · No Comments

Yesterday, Congressman Skelton went along with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and voted to increase the national debt limit by a staggering $1.9 trillion in HR 1065. 37 House Democrats said enough, but not Nancy’s boy.

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Tags: Rep. Ike Skelton

WTF Quote of the Day: Carnahan: Deficits Caused By Last Administration’s “Reckless Borrow & Spend Policies”

February 5th, 2010 · No Comments

“Without restoring fiscal responsibility, our economy can’t fully recover. The large deficits we inherited as a result of reckless borrow-and-spend policies of the last administration have put pressure on funding for important priorities such as job creation. We are long overdue to reestablish tough common-sense action to restore fiscal responsibility.” Yes folks, the Congressman actually […]

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Tags: Rep. Russ Carnahan

Video: Lt. Gov. Kinder Hosts Breakfast for Chinese Ambassador

February 5th, 2010 · No Comments

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Nixon’s Political Hacks Exercise Partisan Control Over Fee Office System

February 5th, 2010 · No Comments

  When he took office, Governor Jay Nixon made a production out of his bid to reform the way fee offices are awarded in Missouri, promising to use competitive bidding to remove any partisanship from the process.  Months after his new system was implemented, one can see that Nixon has only been blowing hot air. […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon