This Brian Nieves/Shawn Bell mess is really starting to get ugly. St. Louis Beacon: According to Bell’s complaint, an angry Nieves grabbed Bell and shouted obscenities. At one point, Bell’s complaint alleges that Nieves head-butted him, displayed a gun and threatened to kill Bell. Nieves ordered Bell to take off his shirt, in part so Nieves could […]

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In his weekly address Saturday, President Obama touted the report issued at the end of last week from the Medicare Trustees. He bragged, “According to this report, the steps we took this year to reform the health care system have put Medicare on a sounder financial footing.  Reform has actually added at least a dozen […]

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The Post Dispatch revealed devastating news last week for St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley’s reelection chances.  Mr. Dooley is hemorrhaging democratic support in the southern part of the county. A commenter on the story gives us a clue why: “There are several reasons South Countians are upset with Dooley. The trash district is the […]

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Just three days after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner declared in a New York Times op-ed, “Welcome to the Recovery,” The Wall Street Journal reports on another dismal monthly employment report: “The U.S. economy shed more jobs than expected in July while the unemployment rate held steady at 9.5%, a further sign the economic recovery may […]

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Above: Charlie Dooley’s disappointing S. County campaign office opening last month St. Louis Post Dispatch: Many south St. Louis County voters in the Democratic primary for county executive on Tuesday sent a message that they were unhappy with County Executive Charlie Dooley by supporting an opponent who spent no money and did little campaigning. Ronald […]

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Hat tip: dsm0012 “Just a short video to let Russ Carnahan know how much we miss him when he’s in Washington, DC.” RebootCongress.blogspot.com [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/7CV-KpJr0lg” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Considering the news on the massive, unpopular health care law this week, it’s pretty amazing how out of touch Democrats and the Obama administration are when they talk about the fallout from and reactions to their health care overhaul. Today, the trustees of Medicare are set to release a report on that program’s future solvency. […]

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25% of Democrats reject STL County Executive Charlie Dooley What does it say about the Dooley campaign, that after an embarrassing victory over a “no name candidate,” the campaign’s first salvo for the fall is a desperate and truth challenged website aimed at his Republican opponent Bill Corrigan. Memo to the Dooley campaign’s strategists: It’s a […]

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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports today, “Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama’s administration and giving Republicans their first political victory in a national campaign to overturn the controversial health care law passed by Congress in March.” The New York Times adds, “Missouri voters on […]

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It’s been a few weeks since the Democrats’ massive, unpopular health care law has been in the news, but there are several stories involving the bill this week, and, as has been the case since it was signed into law, they all feature negative consequences, hidden, troublesome provisions in the bill, or show the truth […]

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