Jill Biden

A St. Louis native has been named the top communications aide for the vice-president’s wife.

Courtney O’Donnell will serve as the communications director for Jill Biden, the president-elect’s transition office announced Monday.

Though only in her early 30s, O’Donnell is already a…

John Edwards — the former Democratic candidate for president who recently admitted cheating on his wife — has canceled a scheduled appearance at the University of Illinois.

As reported by Post-Dispatch writer Kavita Kumar on our new education blog, The Grade, Edwards…

While Missouri is focused on today’s primary election, the presidential election chugs along (91 days to go!) in the rest of the country.

To wit: Today the Commission on Presidential Debates announced their roster of moderators.

For the Oct. 2 vice-presidential…

The buzz surrounding Tuesday’s visit by Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic frontrunner for president, to Cape Girardeau to make an appeal to those elusive working-class voters, centers on one question:

What prompted him to go there?

Over the past 20 years, political…

The campaign for Sen. Hillary Clinton reported this morning that she collected more money from Missourians in the last three months of 2007 than any other candidate in either party.

Clinton’s take: $330,000. A sizable chunk likely came from her Dec. 2 visit…

Just got off a conference call with state Sens. Wes Shoemyer, D-Clarence, and Tim Green, D-Spanish Lake and Ryan McKenna, D-Jefferson County, and state Rep. Tony George, D-Florissant.

All four had been supporters of former Sen. John Edwards’ bid for president. All four announced this afternoon…

 John Edwards has added another stop, and another day, to his visit to Missouri.

 After speaking to supporters at the Teamsters Local #245 Hall in Springfield on Monday, he’ll go on to Jefferson City for a noon event Tuesday “to meet with voters and discuss…

Just when the Post-Dispatch runs a story (co-written by yours truly) that raises questions about whether last weekend’s flurry of Democratic activity in the state was a fluke, the candidates weigh in and prove us wrong.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s right-hand man,…

(From Jo Mannies at the scene of the Clinton rally at McCluer North High School.)

Turnouts for rallies don’t guarantee an election victory. But Saturday’s turnouts were impressive nonetheless for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.

Nearly…

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., promised a free dinner to all the reporters on a tele-conference call this morning, if her man for president — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. — didn’t stop by Missouri before the state’s Feb. 5 presidential…