Election ’08

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.…

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According to a new survey from Politico.com, Democrat Barack Obama is leading Republican John McCain by a sizable margin in St. Louis County. Sen. Barack Obama holds leads in four key counties that will go…

Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee endorsed U.S. Senator Barack Obama in his bid for President today, making her the first Missouri Democratic statewide elected official to endorse a presidential candidate. Montee also announced the formation…

I had to laugh just a little bit when Republican Congressmen called the proposed Sub Prime bailout a step toward socialism.  Back in 2004 I wrote a piece suggesting that in a different time Republicans…

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…

[The BBC has disabled embedding on their video, so here's some video from MSNBC...]   Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

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…