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McCain and GOP are 1st Victims of Gustav

John McCain is broadcasting live from St. Louis right now on all the major networks. He is expected to reveal that at least the first day of the Republican National Convention will be dramatically scaled back because of the expected hurricane destruction facing the Gulf Coast.

French on 104.9 FM Today

Listen to me, along with Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett (6th Ward), as we discuss our experiences at the Democratic National Convention last week in Denver. We’ll be on “Sunday Morning Live” on Magic 104.9 FM around 10:15 this morning.

MoveOn: The Facts on McCain’s VP Pick

Dear MoveOn member, Yesterday was John McCain’s 72nd birthday. If elected, he’d be the oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming Barack Obama for “inexperience,” here’s who John McCain has chosen to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of [...]

VIDEO: Karl Rove is right (but on wrong candidate)

Speaking on “Face the Nation” on August 10, Karl Rove made some insightful observations about a presidential candidate selecting a VP for political reasons. It just so happens that the criticisms he was launching at Barack Obama for considering Governor Tim Kaine are now precisely the reasons John McCain’s actual VP pick, Sarah Palin, is [...]

VIDEO: People Like “Stuff”

DENVER — T-shirts, buttons, posters — whatever it is, as long as it’s got Barack Obama’s face on it, it’s going to be a big seller here in Denver.

VIDEO: The View from the Top

DENVER — The inside of the Pepsi Center is packed with Democrats.

VIDEO: “Button Bob” in Denver

DENVER — A fixture at political events in Missouri, Bob Levin (also known as “Button Bob”) is in Denver at the Democratic National Convention selling political buttons all around town and at the hotel in which the Missouri delegation is staying.

Skelton, Montee Address MO Delegation

DENVER — Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton and State Auditor Susan Montee headlined today’s breakfast of the Show-Me State’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Montee, an early supporter of Barack Obama, said she was moved early on by Hillary Clinton’s historic campaign to become the first woman President, but it was Obama’s message of unity and [...]

VIDEO: Michelle Obama’s Speech

Day One Comes to an End

As the first day of the Democratic National Convention comes to an end, members of the Missouri delegation are unwinding with beers furnished by hometown brewery Anheuser-Busch at a happy hour in the hotel lobby. St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, former Gov. Bob Holden, State Senators Maida Coleman and Chris Koster, and Aldermen Stephen Gregali, [...]

Clay Welcomes Missouri Dems

Congressman Lacy Clay welcomed the Missouri delegation to the Democratic National Convention this morning.

Heading to Denver Today

(Go to our specially redesigned homepage (www.pubdef.net) for all the latest LIVE video streams and Twitter updates.) PubDef.net is heading to Denver today. Follow the whole experience right here on PubDef with live video streaming from my iPhone, regular Twitter updates, and stories filed right here on the blog. PubDef’s Denver coverage may only be a one-man [...]

Obama-Biden in Springfield, IL

Obama-Biden. I Like the Sound of That.

Barack Obama’s campaign announced to the world at 2:00 in the morning, and by text message, that Senator Joe Biden is Obama’s pick for Vice-President. It was a great choice. Joe Biden offers the best possible defense for John McCain and the Republican’s patriarchal (and patronizing) “Son, let me tell you how the world really is” [...]

Storch on How Dems Can Take Back the House

State Rep. Rachel Storch, fresh off her 4-to-1 defeat of real estate heir Mike Roberts, Jr., has turned her attention back towards her other role: that of chairwoman of the Missouri House Democratic Campaign Committee, which strives to get Democrats from all across Missouri elected to the state House.

PubDef is Heading to Denver Monday

We’re heading to the Mile High City next week for the Democratic National Convention. We’ll be following the Missouri delegation, as well as the action inside and outside of the Convention as the world prepares for Barack Obama to accept his party’s nomination for President of the United States. So be sure to stick with PubDef.net [...]

Favazza Not a “Fat Bastard”, But Possibly a Mayoral Candidate

Last week, the St. Louis Metro Evening Whirl, that fine urban publication which curiously endorsed my candidacy for Committeeman one week only to slam me the next week and which equally curiously features flattering PR photos of Francis Slay or Matt Blunt (all shot by one Gentry Trotter) on the front page of nearly every [...]

Obama Touring Battleground States, Including MO

Today, the Obama campaign announced that United States Senator Barack Obama will launch a battleground state tour leading up to the Democratic National Convention. Obama will kick off the tour on Saturday, August 23, 2008 with an event in Springfield, Illinois, the city where Obama officially announced his campaign for president on February 10, [...]

Clay on the Death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones

The following statement is from Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay on the sudden death of Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio): “I am shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic death of my friend, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones. She will be remembered as a great legislator and a true fighter for the interests of her constituents. The people of Cleveland [...]

McCain Increases Lead Over Obama in MO?

According to the St. Louis Business Journal, John McCain has expanded his lead over Barack Obama in Missouri, a new survey says. The survey in question is an automated poll conducted over four days by Public Policy Polling, a firm out of Raleigh, North Carolina. McCain’s advantage is 50-40, a seven-point increase from Public Policy Polling’s July [...]