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01.15.2008 11:35 pm

Video available on Blunt State of State address, Nixon response

Gov. Matt Blunt and his Democratic nemesis, Attorney General Jay Nixon, made their public appeals tonight about the state of the state.

Blunt says times are good. Nixon says they’re not.

For those who missed one or both addresses, here’s your chance…

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01.15.2008 6:33 pm

State of the State: Open thread!

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tonight, the focus of Missouri politics is in Jefferson City, where Gov. Matt Blunt will deliver his fourth - and, Democrats hope, his last - State of the State address.

Will it be filled with surprises - or littered with proposals…

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01.15.2008 1:22 pm

Suit says 28 candidates want to keep overlimit money

This just in from the Associated Press:

 A lawsuit by state Rep. Margaret Donnelly, D-Richmond Heights, ”reveals that 28 candidates are seeking exceptions from refunding money received in excess of Missouri’s campaign contribution limits.
 
“A Cole County judge says he…

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01.15.2008 1:18 pm

Nixon bashes Blunt fundraising tactics, Donnelly report in

State Rep. Margaret Donnelly, D-Richmond Heights, was the first statewide candidate today to announce that her campaign finance report — among hundreds due today — is in.

She’s among three Democrats who are declared candidates for Missouri attorney general.

 Donnelly’s…

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01.14.2008 7:23 pm

Clinton to hold first local “watch” party Tuesday

Perhaps feeling more confident about their candidate’s presidential chances, Missouri supporters of U.S. Hillary Rodham Clinton , D-N.Y., are holding “watch parties” Tuesday night in St. Louis and Kansas City, to monitor Tuesday’s televised Democratic candidate debate in Nevada.

 St. Louis’…

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01.14.2008 6:30 pm

Americans for Prosperity target Missouri school districts

Americans for Prosperity – a fiscally conservative, pro-business, low-tax group — has begun airing ads in Missouri that take aim at school districts that have participated in the law suit seeking changes in the state’s school-aid formula.

The ad began airing late…

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01.14.2008 4:20 pm

Edwards to visit St. Louis on Saturday

Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., may be looking to Missouri as among the Feb. 5 primary states that could keep him in the presidential-nomination game.

His campaign confirms that Edwards is to be in St. Louis on Saturday morning,…

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01.14.2008 12:35 pm

Donnelly revs up battle with Ethics Commission

State Rep. Margaret Donnelly, D-Richmond Heights and a candidate for Missouri attorney general, will be back in court Tuesday in her fight to force the Missouri Ethics Commission to open the hardship hearings to the public.

According to her release,…

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01.14.2008 1:37 am

Missouri Libertarians raise profile, jab bill that could hurt ballot access

Mike Ferguson, a Missouri Libertarian who regularly has posted interviews with various state political figures on his Web site, is reminding people that the state Libertarian Party:

A) Still has automatic ballot access, and will have a presidential ballot on…

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01.14.2008 1:24 am

Mystery Missourian kicks off session with new video

“The Missourian,” a mystery figure who’s obviously a Democrat, just posted a new YouTube video that marks the new legislative session by jabbing at the Republican legislative leaders (with muted tweaks at their Democratic counterparts) and Gov. Matt Blunt.

It’s…

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