UPDATE: Glenn Burleigh, the head organizer of the St. Louis ACORN group, said the GOP is off base on its criticism of Carnahan over her communication with his group: “If she had not been in communications with a group involved…

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Republicans continued to push one of their top 2010 campaign themes today, releasing a new Web site and YouTube ad tying Secretary of State — and U.S. Senate candidate — Robin Carnahan to ACORN.

Carnahan, a Democrat, is running…

Clay

(Note: Jacob Carpenter of the P-D Washington Bureau sent this from the committee.)

WASHINGTON — When U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves appeared in front of a House subcommittee today, Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-St Louis, said he was squarely in Groves’ corner…

Robert Groves

UPDATED   WASHINGTON — Late afternoon on Monday, the Senate will take up a knotty problem that has slowed preparation for the 2010 Census — the stalled nomination of Robert Groves to head the Census Bureau.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced today…

A voter registration worker for the group ACORN has been indicted on charges of fraud, U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today.

Deidra Humphrey of East St. Louis is charged with two counts of voter fraud, which each carry a maximum penalty…

I’ve stayed out of the blogging loop on this whole “Truth Squad” flappadoodle because, well, it’s basically a made up news story. Nobody ever threatened prosecution, but when somebody said they did, it became a story about truthifying the story, get…

Gov. Matt Blunt appeared remotely this afternoon on Fox News Channel to repeat allegations against community organizing group ACORN. Blunt is among the officials in some states that claim ACORN has purposely been turning in bogus voter registrations.

ACORN defenders say the…

While Joe Biden is in southwest Missouri saying that Republicans are trying to distract voters, the John Mccain campaign had launched a campaign seeking to tie Barack Obama with ACORN, which has found itself in yet another…

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, a former secretary of state, joined his fellow Republicans Thursday by issuing a strong condemnation of ACORN, an advocacy group accused by its critics in Missouri and other swing states of submitting bogus voter registrations.

The Republican elections…

Folks, this is just a reminder that the Missouri voter registration deadline is tomorrow, Oct. 8. Illinois’ is today. You can get registered by contacting your local election authority.

My e-mail inbox has been flooded with reminders and reports from various groups…