Obama hits Frat Row October 31, 2008

I spent 4 years at Mizzou (I think). Sometimes it felt like 40.
So on the night before Halloween, Barack Obama gives the horde at Missouri the chance to put on their politically active masks and try to scare the hell out the Mid-Missouri Republican base. If it wasn’t for the fact that the townies and [...]

Obamavision October 30, 2008

At 7 p.m. Wednesday night Barack Obama built a TV roadblock. That’s a trade word for when something appears on many channels at once. In the old days of 3-network television, a presidential address would be carried on most stations; “roadblocking” alternative viewing.
That’s what Obama’s campaign did (as much as anybody can. Hell, some people [...]

Missouri Special Session? October 29, 2008

Missouri Governor Matt Blunt says he’s thinking about calling lawmakers back into session.
A special session has been one of the ideas Peter Kinder is campaigning on to stay in the Lieutenant Governor’s job. Today Blunt says he’ll think about it.
“In response to his call, following next week’s election I will visit with House and Senate [...]

Blown Away October 28, 2008

Missouri Senator Kit Bond says, “We’re getting blown away” by the Democratic Party’s financial advantage in the last stage of the presidential campaign.
Bond told that to Platte County GOP workers this afternoon.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Kenny Hulshof agreed. He told the party faithful it was important to get Republican voters to the polls Tuesday to offset [...]

McCaskill: Campaign 2008 is democracy at its best October 27, 2008

Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill says with predictions of a heavy turn out in Missouri and elsewhere, the campaign is “Democracy at its full-throated best”.
McCaskill stopped at the Obama KC headquarters with several large pizzas for the mid-day volunteers.
She told the volunteers that the Obama campaign is different than any other she’s worked on. She [...]