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09.03.2008 11:32 pm

Missouri Dems weigh in, call Palin “cynical” as a choice and for her speech

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The Missouri Democratic Party just did the honors of e-mailing a rebuttal to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech:

“Earlier today John McCain’s former chief strategist called the selection of Sarah Palin ‘cynical,’ which perfectly describes her speech tonight,” said Jack…

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08.29.2008 11:22 am

Mo Dems on Palin: “Gift from God”

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DENVER — As they ate a last hotel breakfast before leaving town, Missouri Democrats were glued to the overhead TVs as they watched the news that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was GOP presumptive nominee John McCain’s vice-presidential choice.

The reaction among Democrats: Euphoric.

“I’m just giddy,”…

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08.24.2008 4:41 pm

Missouri at the back of the pack — on the convention floor

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DENVER — For all the talk about the insider connections of U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., that influence apparently didn’t extend to floor location at the presidential convention.

At the Pepsi Center, the Missouri Democratic delegation isn’t even on the floor…

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08.05.2008 4:18 pm

Time to share your ELECTION PREDICTIONS

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Who’s gonna win the GOP nod for governor? Or the Dem race for attorney general? What about that packed 9th District congressional race?

Prove your political smarts now - log in your predictions here.

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08.04.2008 12:35 am

Nixon, Dems foresake St. Louis for KC on primary night

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St. Louis will see little political partying Tuesday night.

Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon and many of the state’s other top Democrats — including U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, state Auditor Susan Montee, state…

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06.12.2008 10:00 am

Web Watch: Mr. Thurman goes to Columbia

Steve Smith, proprietor of the Royale, a pub on South Kingshighway that is a city political hangout (particularly for Democrats), is doing some video production for MTV’s Street Team ‘08. Smith is the chosen videographer for Missouri.

His latest video shows…

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06.08.2008 8:04 pm

Nixon slaps back at GOP rivals, Blunt

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Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon told fellow Democrats at Saturday night’s St. Louis County Thomas Jefferson Dinner that his campaign was all about restoring what Missourians used to count on.

He cited the cuts in the state Medicaid program that reduced or…

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06.06.2008 11:26 am

Nixon makes several stops in area this weekend

We previously reported that Jay Nixon would be headlining the St. Louis County Thomas Jefferson Days this weekend, but he’s also planning private fundraisers in Franklin, St. Louis and St. Charles County.

After that, Nixon will be speaking at the 7…

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03.22.2008 1:01 am

Meet-and-greet for Simckes to be in Creve Coeur

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Andria Simckes, one of the Democrats running for state treasurer, will address supporters, would-be supporters and those simply interested in meeting her on Monday at the Creve Coeur home of Barbara and Doron Berger.

The event is from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Simckes is…

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02.11.2008 10:58 pm

Missouri’s delegation-selection process now kicks in; Democratic caucuses coming up

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(Through the magic of WordPress, somehow this entire blog post got erased. And I just found out about it. So here it is — again)

The Wildhorse Township Democrats will caucus on February 28 at 7:30 pm “to begin the process of selecting…

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