2008

Maybe the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy didn’t hurt Barack Obama at all. While Critical Conversations will host a discussion on a recent Obama speech at the Missouri History Museum later today, it seems his most…

BREAKING NEWS - READ IT HERE FIRST For the second time, State Senator Jeff Smith has decided not to support Gov. Matt Blunt’s appointment to the state board of education. “As I noted when his…

Reporters at Congressional Quarterly Online are taking a peak at some Missouri Republican strongholds that may be ripe for the picking by Democrat insurgents. CQ singles out two prime House races in the sixth district,…

Congressman William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) is calling for a backup plan for the Census Bureau if they can’t fix problems with their new handheld electronic devices meant to assist in data collection Clay, who chairs…

What a sharp contrast to 2004 when John Kerry pulled out of Missouri four weeks before Election Day. It was just a little more than a week ago that 100,000 people greeted Obama in downtown…

I know it was inevitable, but it’s still sad.  To placate the right wing of the Republican Party, John McCain has proposed a new corporate tax cut as a means of promoting growth.  After years…

Aldermanic President Lewis Reed was in Jefferson City yesterday asking the Missouri Ethics Commission to let him keep his over-the-limit campaign contributions. From the Kansas City Star’s Prime Buzz blog: Reed was elected president of…

ENGLAND AIR BASE, LOUISIANA — Hurricane Gustav has left many people and businesses without electricity, even days after its Category 5 winds blew through Louisiana. Several gas stations are either without gasoline or without the…