Mitt the Lobbyist, GOP Lawmaker Plans Gun Raffle Fundraiser, and More
Jul 27, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including a 10-year-old's impassioned plea to the New York City Council and a new poll shows Romney has a likability problem.
Rick Santorum’s Big Night
Feb 8, 2012 The former senator from Pennsylvania swept ahead of Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, who have been hogging the campaign airtime, Tuesday night to claim victories in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado.
Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship
Aug 1, 2011 The state-sponsored war on intimacy, fellowship and private contact continues in Missouri, where Gov. Jay Nixon just signed into law a bill forbidding any direct social networking contact between students and teachers. (more)
‘Electronic Brownshirts’
May 18, 2011 Right-wing media personality Andrew Breitbart is the forceful advocate of the slew of deceptively edited videos that target and smear progressive individuals and institutions.
The 2008 Presidential Election Is Almost Over
Nov 7, 2008 After a long wait, North Carolina has been called for Barack Obama. With an Electoral College landslide already in hand for Obama, the state's 15 electoral votes pump up his total to 364. That leaves one state dragging its heels. We're looking at you, Mizzou. Let's get this thing done.
Down to the Wire, the Race Gets Tighter
Nov 4, 2008 Both campaigns predicted the polls would tighten up on the approach to Tuesday's election, but many of the states where the race is closest were won by George W. Bush in 2004. Those include North Carolina, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Georgia, Montana and Florida.
Obama Draws Record Crowd to St. Louis Rally
Oct 19, 2008 Barack Obama drew the largest crowd of his presidential campaign, 100,000 people, on Saturday at a rally in St. Louis. The Illinois senator had been behind in the race in Missouri until very recently.
Thousands Flee Floods in Midwest
Jun 13, 2008 Several Midwestern states, including Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois, have been hit hard by floods this week as rivers rose far beyond their normal levels. In Cedar Rivers, Iowa, a whole hospital had been evacuated, thousands of residents had fled their homes and over 400 city blocks were under water by Friday.More ‘San Francisco Values’
Jun 2, 2008 With a soundtrack as shifty as its logic, here is another captivating self-parody from the Sam Graves campaign. The shameless Missouri congressman, who has tried to paint his Democratic opponent as an unholy champion of gayness because she held a fundraiser in San Francisco, has launched another attack ad allegedly based on that city's values.
