Virgina Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell
WASHINGTON — Wednesday mornings after off-year elections always bring over-generalizations.
But the results of Tuesday’s elections — in which the GOP won governors’ races in Virginia and New Jersey and Democrats captured a House seat in New York — appeared to…
Wahby
ST. LOUIS — The head of the city’s Democratic Party is getting a seat at the big table.
Brian Wahby, who has presided over the St. Louis Central Democratic Committee for several years, was notified recently that he has been accepted…
Bob Poe
When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin steps down this weekend, she’ll leave the national Republican establishment with a trail of questions about her political future.
But, in Alaska, her departure will be followed by a crop of candidates vying to replace her…
Gov. Tim Kaine
WASHINGTON — Remember 2005, after Democrats got waxed a second straight time in national elections? They held hands in confabs across the land and swore to start speaking in public about religion and their deepest beliefs.
No rising star did it better than Tim…
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine
WASHINGTON — It’s hardly news that Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine was becoming Democratic national chairman.
But we thought it noteworthy that Kaine talked about his Missouri roots in his acceptance speech when he was formally elected today at the Democratic…
Kaine and Obama on the campaign trail this summer
Barack Obama has tapped a Mizzou alum to be the new leader of his party.
The president-elect has asked Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine – a Kansas City native who graduated from the University…
DENVER – Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia, a Mizzou grad, has just taken the stage. He attacks President Bush on education and the economy, and then moves to John McCain:
“Maybe for John McCain, the American Dream means seven houses .…
Claire McCaskill rose from an early supporter of Barack Obama to one of his chief surrogates, standing in for him on cable television appearances and joining him on the stump. 
She’s parlayed that role into greater national exposure and a premiere speaking…
