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11.04.2008 4:20 pm

Both sides flex GOTV muscle on Election Day

St. Louis Dems drive an Obama RV around the city heckling encouraging voters:

Regional GOP works the phones telling people to get to the polls:

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11.03.2008 7:29 pm

Obama-Wright ad goes up in Missouri

A new TV attack ad from a GOP political group wades into territory the campaign of Sen. John McCain has mostly avoided thus far; it’s up at the 11th hour on Missouri TV.

The ad from the National Republican Trust PAC replays…

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11.03.2008 2:51 pm

Two Clinton voters split on Obama

Here’s a little testimonial from two young women who both backed Sen. Hillary Clinton in the primary but have differing opinions heading into tomorrow.

Both ladies were at Clinton’s rally on behalf of Obama in St.…

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10.29.2008 4:26 pm

Giuliani, Romney to stump here this weekend

Rudy, left, and Mitt

Rudy, left, and Mitt

GOP sources are saying that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Massachussetts Gov. Mitt Romney will be here campaigning for Sen. John McCain over the weekend. Their visits here are part of the expected crush of heavy-hitters…

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10.18.2008 2:43 pm

Video diary of Obama rally

For most of the day, I was wandering around inside the crowd trying to get into the rally for Sen. Barack Obama. My assignment was just to shoot the breeze with people as they waited.

The line to get in twisted and turned…

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10.17.2008 8:46 pm

UPDATED: Video/Podcast: Man of Steele visits McCain HQ

 

Michael Steele, the popular former Lt. governor of Maryland who now chairs GOPAC, was at the Missouri state campaign headquarters of Sen. John McCain this morning.

Steele spoke to a number of campaign volunteers who were…

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10.14.2008 5:53 pm

Carve your pumpkins like your candidates

Halloween is, in fact, my favorite holiday. And while I’m not particularly adept at pumpkin carving, I thoroughly enjoy giving it the old college try.

So for the politically entrenched but nonetheless festive folks like myself,…

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10.08.2008 9:24 am

McCain’s use of “my friends”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As the former political editor, I am still keenly interested in all things political. I watched last night’s debate with great interest and read our Washington bureau chief’s take closely. But I also couldn’t help myself from taking notes during…

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10.02.2008 11:59 am

VP Debate approaches; what would you ask?

Tonight’s VP debate at Washington University is going to draw eyes and ears from across the country and the globe. Every word will be analyzed including the questions from moderator Gwen Ifill, from PBS News.

I took a stroll yesterday along Delmar…

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09.17.2008 5:33 pm

Debate coach offers a few pointers for Biden, Palin

In preparation for the VP Debate set for Oct. 2 at Washington University, I sought out a high school debate coach to help me help Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin.

I met today with Peter Schandorff, recently retired from…

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