Run Robin, Run

By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  October 25th at 11:30 PM  | 

Robin Carnahan is clearly afraid of talking to radio hosts who will be less than coddling of her campaign. She has been avoiding going on one radio show in particular. KMOX host Mark Reardon has been trying to get the Senate Candidate onto his show for many months now. After a while, when reasoned attempts at scheduling an interview fail, what else is one to | Read More »

The Postmortem on Robin Carnahan is Already Being Written

By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  October 22nd at 04:30 PM  | 

The writing is on the wall for Missouri Democrats. Their chances of winning the Senate seat currently held by Republican Kit Bond certainly qualify for the “slim to none” category. This was recognized by national Democrats with the recent decision to cancel much of their reserved air space for advertising. A few weeks ago, Bill S had a great piece about Carnahan running an outdated | Read More »

Earmark Issue Opens the Door For Steelman

By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  March 9th at 09:18 AM  | 

After Senator Claire McCaskill’s comments about earmarks (and the glaring hypocrisy of those comments), Congressman Roy Blunt said something that I believe leaves no doubt that former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman will challenge him for the Republican nomination to the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Kit Bond. “I’ve never been nearly as effective at this topic as Sen. Bond, who’s fought hard for our | Read More »