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McCaskill admits to $287,000 in unpaid taxes on personal plane

Senator Claire McCaskill Gulfstream G650: File Photo admitted Monday that she had failed to pay about $287,000 in property taxes on a plane she and her husband partly own. It was the latest controversy involving the plane in recent days, complicating the Missouri Democrat’s preparations to run for reelection. “I have convinced my husband to [...]

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Webb Won’t Seek Re-Election

Virginia Democratic Senator Jim Webb plans to announce today that he won’t seek reelection, the Senator confirmed Wednesday. Webb appeared likely to face a rematch with former Senator George Allen, whom he beat in a bruising 2006 contest. He had expressed ambivalence about the prospect of another run, and has said he never planned a [...]

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Ann Wagner Considering Missouri Senate Bid

By:  Tricia Miller ROLL CALL Ann Wagner, who lost a bid to be chairman of the Republican National Committee a week ago, is seriously considering running against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), she told Roll Call on Saturday. “Exactly a week ago today we got back from the RNC race, and I’ve kind of reflected and [...]

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Here’s a List of Senate Dems Up for Re-Election in 2012

FOR THOSE EARLY BIRDS WHO LIKE TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THE CURVE, HERE’S A LIST OF DEMOCRATIC SENATORS UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2012   Some pundits say it will take a second take-over of senate seats in 2012 to give a majority in the senate to Republicans. Vulnerabilities will depend on economic and social [...]

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Carnahan in midst of final no-bull tour, as competing robo-calls kick in

  By Jo Mannies, Beacon Political Reporter    Posted 1:42 am, Mon., 10.25.10   Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, may not be getting any high-profile national help for her come-from-behind quest. But she’s already hit the road for a final week traveling the state with what her [...]

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They Hate Our Guts…..And they’re drunk on power.

THE WEEKLY STANDARD By: P.J. O’Rourke Perhaps you’re having a tiny last minute qualm about voting Republican. Take heart. And take the House and the Senate. Yes, there are a few flakes of dander in the fair tresses of the GOP’s crowning glory—an isolated isolationist or two, a hint of gold buggery, and Christine O’Donnell [...]

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Barbara Boxer in closet match of her career vs. Carly Fiorina

By:  DARREN SAMUELSOHN     POLITICO LOS ANGELES — California’s Senate slugfest has turned into a battle of extremes as both candidates play to their political bases while still trying to entice support from the moderate middle. Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer’s campaign is using red-meat rhetoric against Republican challenger Carly Fiorina, calling her way too conservative for [...]

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Blunt, Carnahan on attack again in Missouri debate

KMOV.COM LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s leading Senate candidates clashed Friday over the economy, with Republican Roy Blunt calling the economic stimulus “a huge waste of money” that benefited a business run by Democratic hopeful Robin Carnahan’s brother. Carnahan said the stimulus had nothing to do with her brother’s wind farm and added that [...]

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Reid and Angle disagree — about everything

LAS VEGAS — Sixty minutes, two candidates and not a single moment of agreement. Instead, Republican Sharron Angle taunted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to “man up” Thursday night in their only debate of a close, caustic and costly race. Speaking more softly, Reid called her extreme, an ally of the special interests and advocate [...]

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A presidency on the verge of a nervous breakdown: 5 key reasons why Barack Obama’s future looks increasingly bleak

Nile Gardiner is a Washington-based foreign affairs analyst and political commentator. He appears frequently on American and British television and radio, including Fox News Channel, CNN, BBC, Sky News, and NPR. By: Nile Gardiner telegraph.co.uk Forget the myth of an Obama recovery. The past week has been disastrous for the White House and America’s increasingly [...]

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