Missouri News Roundup 12-04-2008
Here’s a brief roundup of some of the happenings in Missouri.
Tags: Missouri
REDSTATE Missouri
Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay has received a donation that can only be seen as a little tit-for-tat. Thompson Coburn — which in October was promised a $700,000 incentive package in exchange for keeping its office downtown — gave the mayor’s re-election account $20,000 on Nov. 26, according to filings with the state Ethics Commission. The venerable law firm — a staple of the St. | Read More »
Dead Voters Still Registered In St. Louis City and County – Some May Have Voted In Primary
KSDK News in St. Louis, MO is reporting: Dead voters still registered By Leisa Zigman, I-Team Reporter KSDK — The push to register voters for this year’s presidential election is breaking records all over the country. A record-setting 4,205,774 registered voters are on the books in Missouri. That number includes over 340,000 first time voters. But are they all legal? Using high tech computer software, | Read More »
MO-06: Graves Shows Massive Lead Over Barnes
SurveyUSA has Sam Graves (R) leading Kay Barnes (D) by a commanding 54-36%. Graves (the incumbent) looks to be cruising to re-election. In an election for US House of Representatives in Missouri’s 6th Congressional District today, 10/29/08, six days till votes are counted, incumbent Republican Sam Graves defeats Democratic challenger Kay Barnes 54% to 36%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KCTV-TV in Kansas | Read More »
More Voters Registered Than Adults In Some Missouri Counties
The Kansas City Star is reporting that more than a dozen counties in Missouri have more registered voters than they have adults. This is a phenomenon that we have seen across the country as state after state has failed to properly manage it’s voter rolls. More than a dozen Missouri counties have more registered voters on their rolls than they do voting age adults. Topping | Read More »
Missouri Ballot Initiatives
This November 4 there are many other issues on the ballots beside who the next President is going to be. There are countless other politicians up for election (U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressman, Governors, etc.). Many states also have ballot initiatives to consder. Missouri is one of those states. Five ballot initiatives will be on your plate in two weeks. Below is a run down of | Read More »
ACORN’s Dirty Deeds Spread to Missouri
Promoted from blogs. Yet more, and more. – Moe Lane Over the last few days a there has been a lot of sunlight exposing the dark corners of the activities of the group called ACORN. They have been caught forging falsified voter registration cards in Connecticut and Indiana There are two indictments of ACORN workers in Wisconsin Hiring convicted fellons as registration deputies in Wisconsin | Read More »
MO-02: Do You Know Who You Are Running Against?
Because Democrat Bill Haas doesn’t seem to. He’s airing an ad on local radio station KTRS. In the ad he attacks Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Last I checked his opponent was Congressman Todd Aiken. He hits Palin on the Bridge to Nowhere. He uses a line reminiscent of the one that has been used on Rudy Giuliani. He says that “a noun, a verb and | Read More »
MO-GOV: Kenny Hulshof Gets Bit By Campaign Stupids
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kenny Hulshof (current U.S. House of Representative from MO-09) unveiled his education plan today. Republican gubernatorial candidate Kenny Hulshof said Missouri has a problem. The state ranks 47th in expenditures for higher education. Hulshof said that is unacceptable and that if elected he would funnel more money to the state’s colleges and universities as well as increase scholarships to needy students. ~snip~ | Read More »
A Sea of Red In St. Louis
On Sunday I had the opportunity to attend the McCain/Palin Road to the Convention Rally in O’Fallon, MO (just west of St. Louis and we call everything around here St. Louis). This was my first political rally that I had ever attended. I was already pretty excited for the rally earlier in the week because of the newness. When I stopped by the local Victory | Read More »
Democrats Aren’t Getting the Message on Energy
Over the course of the last couple of months I have made a conscious effort to move from a typical online pundit (of the highly amateur variety) into much more of an activist. I’ve increased the number of state specific blogs. I’ve also started to call and write to my Congressman and Senators on issues that I find important. One such issue is energy. We | Read More »
Kay Barnes: She Won’t Be Fooled Again
A little over a month ago, Jeff Emanuel penned this post: If you’re going to go after Big Oil for gas-price gouging, shouldn’t you, like, know the price of gas yourself? We hit Kay Barnes (Democrat candidate for Missouri’s 6th Congressional District) over her inability to recall what the price of a gallon of gas was in here district.
MO-GOV: Hulshof v Steelman Debate II
Sarah Steelman and Kenny Hulshof met for their final debate before next month’s primary. The debate was hosted by KY3, a Springfield, MO NBC affiliate. As with the KMOX debate I took down some notes on their responses to the questions. I have also included my thoughts (including an endorsement) at the end. I have included links to the video of each question. Just follow | Read More »
MO-GOV: Hulshof v Steelman Debate Notes
GOP Gubernatorial candidates Sarah Steelman and Kenny Hulshof debated today on KMOX’s Mark Reardon Show. You can find audio of the debate on the show’s website. I’ll include a few of my own comments at the end along with a few other items of interest.
New Endorsements Announced in Missouri [Update: CfG's TV Ad]
Two organizations have announced endorsements in Missouri ahead of the upcoming primary on August 85th. Both Missouri Right to Life and Club for Growth PAC issued statements today.
MO-GOV: Show-Me the Money [Update: Hulshof Garners Another Endorsment]
Today was campaign finance filing day in MO and all three candidates released their numbers. There is a lot of bad news in here for the Republicans.
Missouri Congressional Rundown[Updated]
Jump below the fold to view a complete rundown of Congressional races in Missouri.
MO-GOV: Steelman v. Hulshof for the Republican Nomination [Updated: Kinder Endorses Hulshof]
Since the surprise announcement by Missouri Governor Matt Blunt that he would not seek re-election, the race for the GOP nomination has been anything but ordinary. The two candidates are U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof (MO-09) and Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman. A local blog, the Relevant Elephant, has conducted interviews with both candidates. Rep Hulshof’s can be found here while Steelman’s can be found here. | Read More »
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