2008

Supporters of an effort to get on the November ballot a measure to eliminate affirmative action in Missouri missed their midnight deadline last night. In all likelihood, it was not a strategic blunder, but probably…

Lines wrapped around three sides of the Edward Jones Dome before the doors opened and crowds of supporters poured onto the stadium floor. “I haven’t seen so many people in this dome since the Rams…

A new Gallup Poll released today show President George W. Bush with the highest disapproval rating of all time! Bush registers a staggering 69 percent disapproval rating, the highest in that survey’s history, according to CNN,…

The Missouri ACORN Political Action Committee today endorsed Jeff Harris in the Democratic Primary for Attorney General. “In a Democratic primary, we are often choosing among friends,” said PAC member Lynn Oldham, “But in this…

The Missouri Republican Party today slammed the Democrats for three elected officials’ hig-profile run-ins with the law. From the GOP press release: In a stunning miscarriage of justice, Democrat Sen. Chuck Graham will not face…

It is true that membership has its privileges. Elected officials scored big Thursday night in the selection of Democratic delegates in Congressional district caucuses held in St. Louis. In the First Congressional district caucus, four…

The political blog “The Turner Report” says State Rep. John Bowman may change his plea today from not guilty to guilty. Rep. John Bowman, D-St. Louis, the final defendant in a bank and credit card…

St. Louis County state rep. John Bowman, the former chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of paying a Bank of America vice president $1,000 to influence the approval…

Barack Obama, Father Pfleger, Hillary Clinton

Gov. Matt Blunt is putting more money in the pot to fight underage drinking. The announcement came today that the Department of Public Safety was awarded more than $188,000 to combat underage drinking across Missouri.…