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Romney impresses Missouri state auditor

Possible presidential candidate appeared in town on Monday. Written by Roseann Moring  NewsLeader.com News-Leader JEFFERSON CITY — State Auditor Tom Schweich lauded former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney after his fellow Republican came to Springfield on Monday to talk to supporters about a potential presidential bid. Schweich said in an interview that he was impressed with [...]

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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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New Year’s Eve Tornadoes Devastate Wide Swath of Missouri and Illinois Counties

Volatile mix of conditions made perfect recipe for tornadoes About 3 PM on New Year’s Eve Day, the first of three tornado warnings came from the sirens that are scattered through St. Louis County.  Our system sounds the warning if a tornado is spoted in an adjoining county, so I don’t usually react to them, [...]

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2012 Senate Races

POLITICO SENATE 2012 – “GOP candidates rush to get into Senate races,” by AP’s Philip Elliott: “Less than two months after voters gave Republicans six more Senate seats and control of the House, the GOP is lining up candidates for 2012, well ahead of the pace of previous election cycles. Looking to ride what they [...]

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Ed Martin Campaign: Arnold Days Parade

From the Ed Martin for Congress Campaign We have had a fantastic week of campaigning! Russ Carnahan’s desperate ploys to sling mud has only served to motivate our volunteers to redouble their efforts. In Arnold, our Arnold Days parade was a hit, with over 100 people marching, handing out yard signs, bumper stickers and literature [...]

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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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Ed Martin Widens Gap with Carnahan

That Poll in Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District [ Patrick Tuohey ] No sooner did we publish a post about Ed Martin (The Hardest Working Man in Missouri Politics) than we received a copy of the research memo we alluded to at the very end. The three-page memo, available in its entirety here, offers some more [...]

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Democrats Retrench as GOP Pulls Away

By LAURA MECKLER And JANET HOOK Democratic strategists acknowledged they are abandoning a dozen House seats the party now holds, as they try to salvage their majority in the chamber by shoring up candidates with better chances. With Republicans expanding their advertising to broaden the field of competitive races, Democrats are shifting resources to help [...]

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Fox News Sues Carnahan Over Ad

By: Josh Gerstein POLITICO Fox News has filed an unusual lawsuit against the Democratic nominee for Senate in Missouri, Robin Carnahan, over a campaign ad that uses video from “Fox News Sunday” to take a shot at her Republican opponent, Rep. Roy Blunt. In the suit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, [...]

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Democrat Pollster Pat Caddell Says A “Tidal Wave” Election Is Coming

I have been predicting for the past 18 months that the cosmically incompetent Obama administration has so scared and infuriated the vast majority of American voters that his corrupt and profligate Democrat Party will be swept from office this November in numbers that will shock the leaders of that failed party. Pat Caddell has been [...]

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