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August, 2010 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 2

Entries from August 2010

Dooley Campaign Agrees to ONE Debate

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments

“I am as excited about a big public debate as anybody. I have spent the last couple of months wondering what my opponents stood for, because their records are locked away.” — Charlie Dooley In reality, when it comes to debating Bill Corrigan, Mr. Dooley is probably about as excited as an upcoming prostate exam! […]

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Robin Carnahan Disses Farmers; No Shows At last Minute

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Flip flopping on the Bush tax cuts and now this??? Just another reason why Roy Blunt is starting to open a can of whoop ass on poor Robin! SNL letter to the editor: On Aug. 6, farmers from all across Missouri traveled to Jefferson City anticipating the opportunity to hear from and question the Democratic […]

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Video: Russ Carnahan Runs From Ground Zero Mosque Question

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Hat tip: SharpElbowsStl [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/71VQqgYQpQY” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Gateway Pundit: It Begins… Pelosi Lapdog Russ Carnahan Claims He’s a Fiscal Conservative in Campaign Flyers KSDK.com: Russ Carnahan does not respond to opponent’s attempts to spur debate Rasmussen Reports: 62% oppose the building of a mosque near where the World Trade Center

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Tags: Carnahans' · Rep. Russ Carnahan

Jay Nixon Approval Plummets

August 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Last week, Public Policy Polling released a new poll of Missouri showing Republican Roy Blunt up 7 points over Robin Carnahan. Keep in mind that PPP is generally considered a Democrat-leaning firm, and the survey was conducted on behalf of Daily Kos, a far-left blog. Buried in the poll results is an ominous sign for […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · Media Bias

ABC: Despite WH Boasts, “Recovery Summer” “Ha[s] Not Yet Materialized”

August 24th, 2010 · No Comments

ABC News writes today, “After months of withering job losses and weak economic growth, summer was going to be the season of recovery, the Obama administration heralded in June. Thousands of infrastructure and construction projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act were to come on-line during June, July and August, helping to ‘create […]

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Obama’s Drilling Moratorium Just Part Of A Democrat Agenda Hostile To Job Creation

August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

This morning, Michelle Malkin highlighted a Wall Street Journal piece from Saturday, reporting on the decision-making behind the deep water drilling moratorium the Obama administration imposed on the Gulf Coast in the wake of the oil spill. According to the WSJ, “Senior Obama administration officials concluded the federal moratorium on deepwater oil drilling would cost […]

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Picture(s) of the Day: Dooley Shoots Healthcare Commercial; No Word Yet If Obamacare Opponents Called ‘Haters’ Again?

August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

After an exhausting morning (while on the taxpayer’s dime mind you) of filming political commercials for the fall campaign, Mr. Dooley’s image consultants had him change out of the suspenders and into a casual look of khaki pants and a dress shirt to film an apparent healthcare themed commercial. With Missourians soundly rejecting Obamacare earlier […]

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Tags: Healthcare · STL County Executive Charlie Dooley

Democrat Allies Will No Longer Defend False Claims Of Obamacare Cost Savings

August 20th, 2010 · No Comments

 Slide from  PowerPoint presentation  Politico’s Ben Smith broke a very important story yesterday about Democrats’ messaging on their massive, unpopular health care bill. Smith reported, “Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts to defend health care legislation, abandoning claims that it will reduce costs and deficit and instead stressing a promise to ‘improve […]

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Sowers Tweets About “Battleground Race” – One Problem: It’s Not

August 20th, 2010 · No Comments

As Tommy Sowers campaign against Jo Ann Emerson continues to fall apart, Sowers is apparently desperate to find any sign of hope. Unfortunately for Sowers, his hopes have yet again been dashed. After proudly tweeting that the Washington Post had included Missouri’s 8th District as a battleground race yesterday afternoon, the Post this morning has […]

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Under Figuratively & Literally Ominous Clouds, Dooley Films First Commercial

August 19th, 2010 · No Comments

MOPNS Forces Resignation of STL County’s Lobbyist; Denies Dooley Forced Him Out More blunders from the Dooley camp. Why is Charlie Dooley filming television commercials during a weekday morning on the taxpayer’s dime? In Charlie’s defense, today is Thursday, which is one day from Friday, which IS a day closer to the actual weekend. We […]

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