NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, the state counterpart of the national abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America, conducted 8,500 robo-calls this afternoon in the wake of the national group’s endorsement today of Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama.

The robo-call emphasizes that Missouri…

The Democratic Party’s push to re-gain the White House is slowly but surely drifting from the nomination process to the November election.

But are the unions already there?

The Missouri AFL-CIO, along with the state’s bricklayers’ union, announced today that…

The buzz surrounding Tuesday’s visit by Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic frontrunner for president, to Cape Girardeau to make an appeal to those elusive working-class voters, centers on one question:

What prompted him to go there?

Over the past 20…

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, was on that Tuesday morning conference call with Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and state GOP chairman Doug Russell, where they discussed the shortcomings of Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama. (See Jake’s post below for…

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s campaign was tickled that his comment today about Barack Obama — visiting Kinder’s hometown of Cape Girardeau in a short while — was picked up by the New York Times today.

The Times quoted Kinder as calling Obama “the…

With the bifurcated politics of Illinois - Downstate versus Chicagoland - it’s sometimes easy to forget the now-presumptive Democratic nominee is from the state next door.

While Barack Obama’s ties to the Windy City have been woven into the fabric of…

Retired U.S. Sen. John C. Danforth, R-Mo. and arguably the most esteemed living Republican in state politics, weighed in this afternoon to offer a contrast between his choice for president — presumed GOP nominee John McCain — and the Democratic frontrunner,…

COLUMBIA — Retired U.S. Rep. Richard A. Gephardt touched off three standing ovations at the state Democratic Party’s convention Saturday as he ripped into the Republican occupying the White House.

“George Bush is, by far, the worst person who’s ever been president…

Washington University’s commencement ceremony might be getting all the ink, but it’s not the only show in town.

Webster University will honor its class of 2008 on Saturday with help from speaker Bob Kerrey, the former U.S. Senator and governor…

Two of Missouri Democrats’ remaining six unpledged superdelegates — state Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, and Leila Medley, political director for the Missouri chapter of the National Education Association — are reviewing their options in the wake of Tuesday’s presidential primary results.…