WASHINGTON — Republicans have certainly seen better times.
The lingering sting from the last election, a near filibuster-proof Democratic majority in Congress, a forced assessment of the party’s direction. But despite what doomsayers see in the future, Democrats are not running…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Protest? They really really protest.
Just to be sure state House Democrats, particularly Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, are clear that they object to how she handled Sen. Roland Burris‘ new affidavit, state House Republicans filed an official protest…
There’s a bright spot for Missouri Republicans in the election returns. They suffered a net loss of only three seats in the House and will have an 89-member majority in January.
GOP leaders and staffers have been crunching the numbers at…
In a typical year, five election judges are on hand to help voters at the polls in Madison County. This year there are six.
Students from high schools throughout the area — not yet old enough to…
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Senate Republicans will raise campaign funds tonight at what they’re billing as “a tropical cocktail hour underneath the cabanas on the pool deck of Ameristar Casino” in St. Charles.
The description comes from an invitation signed by Senate Majority Leader Charlies…
So far this campaign season, the political right has lagged a bit behind the political left in terms of Internet politicking. Not entirely surprising given the parties’ demographics.
But not any more. Sen. John McCain’s campaign and the RNC are teaming up…
Mitt Romney is still speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, telling supporters he will suspend his bid for the GOP nomination.
Locally, his financial consultant for the Midwest, John Hancock, applauded Romney’s decision to put the nation first.
“I…
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has made his opinion clear: John McCain winning the GOP primary would destroy the Republican Party.
The Washington Post disagrees, as it notes today in this editorial. Indeed, the Post says the McCain could save the party…
Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft — former state attorney general, former governor and former senator — has been named to be the keynote speaker at this year’s Missouri GOP Lincoln Days festivities, slated for Feb. 8-10.
Ashcroft is to give the keynote…
