Rep. Blunt
WASHINGTON — When you’re not raising money for your election campaign, you have to do something.
For Rep. Roy Blunt, who’s in the midst of a frenzy of fundraising, today offered the opportunity to speak to the type of voters he…
Ike Skelton
WASHINGTON — When Navy SEALs snipers killed three pirates and rescued an American ship captain in the Indian Ocean Sunday, it showed the value of training for any military situations, Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton says.
But Skelton, D-Lexington, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said today…
Carter
ST. LOUIS — Former President Jimmy Carter will appear today downtown to promote his latest book about the Middle East.
Those wishing to see Carter late this afternoon at Left Bank Books at Tenth and Locust (not the Central West End location) must first…
McCaskill
As Post-Dispatch Washington bureau chief Bill Lambrecht reports today, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill — a key booster of Barack Obama’s bid for the White House — has been named an honorary co-chair of his inaugural committee.
Besides guaranteeing McCaskill will have a prime view…
Former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan is in North Carolina today, the latest Democrat to parachute into the state in hopes of bringing it back into their corner. 
North Carolina has not voted Democrat in a presidential election since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Throughout the Democratic and Republican conventions, we’ll be providing short profiles of local delegates.
Here is the last Democratic “Delegate Spotlight.” Come back next week for GOP delegates.
Name: Crystal Lovett-Tibbs
Age: 33
Hometown: Princeton Heights neighborhood in St. Louis
Political experience: Environmental law…
DENVER — That’s what many of us are waiting to see — whether Bill Clinton will swallow hard in Pepsi Arena tonight and deliver a full-throated endorsement of Barack Obama.
He could do it, there’s no doubt. Except for Ronald Reagan, his communication skills…
