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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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07.18.2008 3:43 pm

Federal judge: Vote twice? Stay home for a month

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In case you missed it in the ink edition this morning, Post-Dispatch federal court beat reporter Robert Patrick has the story of a St. Louis man who voted twice — and has been grounded by the court.

Joel L. Neal, 55,…

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06.03.2008 12:14 pm

Obama “watch party” moved because of high demand

Special to the Post-Dispatch

St. Louis Democratic Party chairman Brian Wahby just called to say that a larger-than-expected response has prompted local Barack Obama supporters to move their “watch party” tonight.

The watch party will be at the Mad Art Gallery.
2727 South 12th Street (corner of Lynch…

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04.22.2008 12:37 pm

Web Watch: Political cage match

Just a little midday political musings and humor, on this Battle Royale of a day.

While we wait for numbers from Pennsylvania, head over to DC Download, for a rather amusing video from all three candidates aimed at none other than…

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02.12.2008 2:37 pm

Mo superdelegate breakdown — 4 Clinton, 4 Obama, 6 undecided or uncommitted

Special to the Post-Dispatch

Missouri Democrats have 16 superdelegates. Two of them have yet to be selected, and will be named at the state committee meeting in April.

Here’s the breakdown of wh0 the other 14 are, and who they support for president now:
Sen. Claire McCaskill –…

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02.11.2008 10:58 pm

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

Special to the Post-Dispatch

(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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02.06.2008 8:37 pm

Whither St. Charles County?

Special to the Post-Dispatch

St. Charles County is one of Missouri’s chief Republican strongholds. In recent presidential contests, close to 60 percent of its votes have gone to the GOP nominee.

But on Tuesday, about 60 percent of the votes cast in St. Charles County…

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02.06.2008 1:15 pm

Next Missouri Democratic battle: Provisional ballots, delegates

Special to the Post-Dispatch

With Tuesday’s election now over, the Missouri campaigns of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are moving into the next phase of their contest.

Up for grabs: What one Clinton activist called “gobs of uncounted provisional ballots” and the division of the delegates.

The…

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02.05.2008 6:18 pm

Libertarians: We’ve got a presidential primary today too

Special to the Post-Dispatch

Yours truly has gotten several calls today from voters — such as Judy Nowak of St. Louis, and Eric Harris of St. Louis County — who are complaining because polling-place workers are failing to acknowledge to would-be voters that the Libertarian Party is…

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02.04.2008 6:38 pm

Candidates break with tradition: No street money

Special to the Post-Dispatch

(Jake Wagman contributed to this post)

For decades, many of St. Louis’ ward organizations in predominantly black areas have received payments from candidates to help pay for election-day poll workers and other “street” activities aimed at reaching African-American voters. Also getting…

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