Emerson
Cape Girardeau Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson was a guest of the White House last night, joining a group of bi-partisan lawmakers for an executive mixer.
President Barack Obama is making good on his promise to host legislators from both parties for occasional after-hours…
Bond, right, on stage with Kenny Hulshof election night
The Capitol Hill journal Roll Call has a story today on the will he or won’t he speculation surrounding U.S. Sen. Kit Bond’s intention of seeking a fifth term.
Bond is up for re-election…
With the national press corps parachuting into Anchorage and conspiracy theories flying across cyberspace, the GOP has formed a coalition to stand-up for veep nominee Sarah Palin. 
Among the 20 members of Palin’s national “Truth Squad” — all females —…
DENVER –U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, joined RNC Victory chair Carly Fiorina in a conference call with reporters this afternoon to emphasize, as their release says, that “Barack Obama is wrong for voters in Missouri.”
Fiorina and Emerson both focused on…
U.S. Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, R-Mo., sent out the release — but his Democratic counterpart, Sen. Claire McCaskill — is on the same side on this issue.
Both are involved in what Bond called “a bipartisan group of Senate and House members…
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, was on that Tuesday morning conference call with Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and state GOP chairman Doug Russell, where they discussed the shortcomings of Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama. (See Jake’s post below for…
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s campaign was tickled that his comment today about Barack Obama — visiting Kinder’s hometown of Cape Girardeau in a short while — was picked up by the New York Times today.
The Times quoted Kinder as calling Obama “the…
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, told reporters in a conference call this morning that she has decided NOT to run governor.
Emerson is among the crowd of Republicans who have/had considered running this fall, since Gov. Matt Blunt took his name…
Friday morning is busy today on the Web. Here’s some interesting offerings:
– State Sen. Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis, has sent out a detailed account of why he felt he had to back off his slated appearance on the Stephen Colbert show,…
