After his SpeechRoundtableTownHall, Sen. John McCain sat down with the Post-Dispatch to talk. We didn’t a whole lot of time, but did get to hear a little more Missouri strategy from the senator.

Here are some of the highlights:

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Here’s a rough cut of Sen. John McCain’s speech from Springfield. The Town Hall lasted about two hours, so this is a quick take of McCain’s energy proposals that he has been pushing around the nation.

Atop Sen. John McCain’s energy wish list: new offshore exploration for oil. McCain reiterated today in Springfield his belief that states should be free to write their own laws on the matter.

He believes that many would jump at the…

USA Today has released its new interactive comparison between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama.

The newspaper had a particularly fun release last fall with all the candidates in both parties. That version allowed voters to surprise themselves by learning…

Across the street from the Renaissance Grand, where Sen. Barack Obama was having a fundraiser yesterday, a number of local college students gathered to show their support for Sen. John McCain. Some organizers from the state GOP helped gather the…

Downtown St. Louis, on the street outside Sen. Barack Obama’s fundraiser yesterday, a number of political bigshots stopped to talk to reporters who weren’t allowed in (our own Jo Mannies was among the selected few in the reporter pool inside the…

Not exactly a surprise, but the latest polling data on Missouri shows our state is a purple toss-up in the contest between Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain.

The numbers, released last week by Rasmussen, show Obama leading 43-42, a statistical…

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A response from McCain’s campaign: “While hardworking families are hurting and employers are vulnerable, Barack Obama has promised higher income taxes, Social Security taxes, capital gains taxes, dividend taxes and tax hikes on job-creating businesses. Barack Obama doesn’t understand…

Here’s another Web Watch two-fer:

First, we have a video from Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign which is drawing a decent number of hits. It’s Obama’s raw (sort of) speech to his own staff in Chicago last week after he secured…

So far, most of the creative outpouring of music in the political ether has been pro Democrat, and often specifically pro Obama.

Two cats in Houston apparently wanted to change that. The hook from their rap video: “Vote for John…