Tag Archives: Sen. Claire McCaskill

Political Rumor Mill: Todd Akin May be Running for the U.S. Senate

It is being reported by various news outlets that Missouri’s 2nd District Congressman, Todd Akin, is considering challenging Obama enabler and erstwhile jet airplane lessee, Sen. Claire McCaskill, for the U.S. Senate in 2012. Sen. McCaskill has appeared to be getting noticably more conservative the nearer we get to the 2012 Election, a shift that [...]

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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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Democrats Hope Claire McCaskill Flies Above Plane Flap

By SCOTT WONG & DAVID CATANESE | 3/18/11 4:53 AM EDT Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) hit an unexpected patch of turbulence on her ride to reelection in 2012. In the past week, the Missouri Republican Party filed an ethics complaint against her in the Senate, after POLITICO reported she billed taxpayers for a political trip [...]

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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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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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President Obama’s Pitch: Fate of Presidency on the Line

Moreover, there’s an unmistakable sense that the health care debate is fast moving past a discussion of the bill’s merits, beyond the all-consuming anxieties of incumbents and into an existential battle to preserve Obama’s presidency. “The White House is raising the stakes so high, they are basically telling [House Democrats] that failure is not an [...]

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Obama delivers health care pitch in St. Charles, St. Louis

By:  Jake Wagman, Blythe Bernhard, Mark Schlinkmann President Barack Obama brought his health care road show to the St. Louis area Wednesday, announcing a crackdown on waste and fraud in hopes of persuading a gridlocked Congress to pass sweeping health insurance reform. After delivering a speech in St. Charles, Obama appeared at a downtown St. [...]

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