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"Pony Up": Groups Call on Safe Dems to Put their Money Where their Mouths Are

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

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Two liberal websites are asking their readers to demand their Democratic members of Congress who are all but assured re-election to give some of their campaign money to Democrats in close contests. MoveOn.org and MyDD.com have identified several dozen “safe” Democrats, including St. Louis Congressman Russ Carnahan, and given their readers specific instructions on how to [...]

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Fox/McCaskill Stem Cell Ad Response

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

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Opponents of Amendment 2 have put together a quick response to U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill’s powerful television ad featuring actor Michael J. Fox in support of the Stem Cell Initiative. The Anti-Stem Cell ad features a handful of celebrities including former Rams quarterback Kurt Warner, Cardinals pitcher Jeff Suppan, and actors Patricia Heaton (”Everybody Loves [...]

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Malcolm raising "Moolah" for McCaskill

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

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With just two weeks left before Election Day, the McCaskill campaign will be looking to raise some last-minute moolah at the Moolah tonight. Ellen R. Malcolm, the founder and president of EMILY’s List, a political action committee that supports pro-choice female candidates, will be the special guest at a fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill [...]

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Ad Hits Talent as "Rubber Stamp"

Sunday, October 22, 2006

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Folks watching Game 2 of the World Series tonight might have seen this new ad from U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill attacking incumbent Sen. Jim Talent for his record of voting with Pres. George W. Bush. The 30-second ad highlights Talent’s record of voting 94% of the time in support of the President’s agenda, according [...]

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New Ad Hits Talent on Stem Cell

Friday, October 20, 2006

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A new ad featuring actor Michael J. Fox will soon be hitting televisions across the state. The ad, paid for by U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill, again links the upcoming Stem Cell initiative to the heated campaign for U.S. Senate. “Unfortunately Sen. Jim Talent opposes expanding Stem Cell research,” says Fox, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease. [...]

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Zogby: Still Too Close to Call

Friday, October 20, 2006

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According to the most recent poll by Zogby International, Republican Sen. Jim Talent has regained some ground on his Democratic challenger, State Auditor Claire McCaskill. In the latest poll, conducted Oct. 10 through 16 and released yesterday, 50% of likely Missouri voters support Talent. While 47% support McCaskill. That puts the race back within the poll’s [...]

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VIDEO: Veteran Group Targets Talent

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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A group of Iraq war veterans have launched an ad campaign against several vulnerable Republicans, including Sen. Jim Talent. VoteVets.org PAC’s ad features Peter Granato, an Army Reservist who reportedly served in Iraq in 2003. In the ad, Granato fires an AK-47 into the type of vest many U.S. troops are wearing in Iraq. Bullets clearly [...]

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USA Today: Dems Using Min. Wage Issue

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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From yesterday’s USA Today: Democratic challengers in more than two-dozen House and Senate races are attacking Republicans in Congress for taking pay raises while voting against a minimum wage increase… In Missouri, challenger Claire McCaskill says in a TV ad that Sen. Jim Talent is the kind of person who “votes 11 times against increasing the minimum [...]

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KC Star/Roll Call: Senator McCaskill Would Be Among Nation’s Wealthiest

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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A story in today’s Kansas City Star examines how some of U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill’s husband’s business dealings would create “several potential conflicts of interest” should McCaskill successfully unseat Sen. Jim Talent. Click here to read it. In the story is an interesting bit that many may not realize. These guys are rich — really [...]

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Final Senate Debate Tonight

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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Sen. Jim Talent and State Auditor Claire McCaskill will meet tonight in Kansas City for their fifth and final debate before the Nov. 7 election. But St. Louis voters may not see it at all. The debate will take place at the University Academy charter school and will be moderated by KMBC-TV’s Larry Moore. The [...]

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