UPDATE: Missouri GOP spokesman Jonathan Prouty is suggesting that comparing the denial of security tapes under the Blunt administration with the denial of tapes under the Nixon administration is unfair. Basically, he says, one was outside; one is inside. Here’s…

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UPDATED … WASHINGTON — In case you hadn’t noticed, the Obama administration is setting in motion a pro-stimulus PR blitz this week to defend against skeptics and spell out plans to create or save another 600,000 jobs in the next 100 days.

The White House put…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Republican Party is criticizing Gov. Jay Nixon for appointing a variety of people to state commissions and other positions who were either direct or indirect donors to Nixon’s campaign. Says a just issued news release:

“Throughout last…

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St. Charles County Republican leaders are crowing about the selection of their county seat - St. Charles - as host for the state GOP’s Lincoln Day event next year.

“It’s an indication of the importance of St. Charles County for Republicans,”…

McCaskill, left, and Nixon

The Missouri Republican Party continued its tirade at top Democrats this week, with the latest blasts aimed at new Gov. Jay Nixon and Sen. Claire McCaskill.

In the case of McCaskill, the GOP brought up the various attacks over…

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Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder — who, besides Kit Bond, will next week be the only Republican to hold statewide office — made a plea for unity today after news that Missouri’s senior U.S. senator would not seek re-election.

“This announcement has created…

The Missouri Republican Party usually handily outspends its Democratic counterpart in major statewide elections, but that wasn’t true — to a point — on Nov. 4.

The 30-day-after-election reports filed this week by both parties paint a portrait of state…

State Republican Party Jared Craighead e-mailed today that he doesn’t buy the city Democrats’ explanation of the messed-up mailer/envelope.

Wrote Craighead:  “It is very convenient and disingenuous to blame a printer for the ‘confusion’ that no doubt illegally benefits Jay Nixon and the…

Even in this era of unlimited campaign donations, one number stood out in recent filings with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

The Missouri Republican Party reported that it received $1 million on Sept. 29 from the House Republican Campaign Committee.

Asked about the…

State Republican Party spokeswoman Tina Hervey reported tonight that the campaign’s suburban Kansas City office, in Independence, was broken into Tuesday night.

According to summary by an office staffer, the burglary apparently occurred between 10 p.m. Tuesday night and 6 a.m.…