06.18.2008 2:05 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
We know that Claire McCaskill does not approve of John McCain’s push to expand off-shore drilling for oil, but not all Missouri politicians share that sentiment. 
Congressional hopeful Blaine Luetkemeyer, running in a crowded Republican primary for the 9th District seat now held…

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06.16.2008 2:35 pm
The presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, confirmed this afternoon that his $1,000-a-plate fundraiser slated for Wednesday in Springfield, Mo., is being postponed.
McCain wants to attend a memorial service Wednesday in Washington for NBC newsman…

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06.13.2008 5:07 pm
Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign sent out an e-mail today with more details for supporters interested in attending the presumptive GOP nominee’s event next Wednesday in Springfield.
Billed a ”National Issues Briefing,” the event appears to be a rally/town hall format.
According…

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06.12.2008 6:49 pm
Various sources called with rumors early today that presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain was headed to Missouri next week. And now, the Springfield News-Leader and other southwest Missouri news outlets are confirming it.
McCain is slated to be at Missouri State…

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06.10.2008 3:31 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Martin Casas, head of the St. Louis Young Democrats, is setting the tone early for his group’s upcoming charity softball game against their Republican counterparts.
“While they have a candidate who needs a walker to make it around the bases,”…

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06.10.2008 11:14 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The hostile acquisition of St. Louis institution Anheuser-Busch would be one thing — but pouring all beer down the drain? Gulp.
Republican White House hopeful John McCain, in a slip of the tongue highlighted by CNN.com’s Ticker blog, vowed “I…

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06.09.2008 10:55 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Gov. Matt Blunt reached back to the Great Depression to offer criticism of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, who will be visiting St. Louis tonight.
“It is clearly a time of economic uncertainty,” Blunt said in a conference call this morning.…

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06.06.2008 3:49 pm
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has hired Dave Hageman of Ellisville to oversee the candidate’s campaign in Missouri.
From 2003 to last year, Hageman had been executive director of the state House Republican Campaign Committee.
He currently is executive director of Victory Enterprises-Missouri, a campaign…

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06.06.2008 2:08 am
The campaign for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has yet to confirm it, but Political Fix has obtained a copy of the invitation that verifies the Illinois senator will be in town next Monday.
As we’d been told earlier, it’s for a fundraiser.…

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05.31.2008 9:02 pm
One of the more dramatic speeches during the convention was delivered by Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, a Republican who’s seeking re-election. He dropped out of the governor’s race last February in what he said at the time was an aim…

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