Claire McCaskill

Military Sexual Assault: Claire McCaskill Calls For Justice System Reforms, Better Prevention

This week, the United States Army announced that one of its sergeants in Fort Hood, Texas, is facing allegations of pandering, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates. The accusations are especially damning because that sergeant worked in the sexual harassment and assault ... More >>

Claire McCaskill Asks Why Boston Bombing is Labeled Terrorism, But Newtown Isn't (VIDEO)

In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing this week, officials across the country have labeled the attack an act of terrorism, even at this early stage in the investigation, in which little is publicly known about potential suspects. But U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, ra ... More >>

"Stan Span" Plan Nearly Law: Musial Bridge Tribute Gets Unanimous Support in U.S. Senate

U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, and Roy Blunt, a Republican, don't usually agree on much of anything -- but they can come together for Stan the Man. And thus the rare press release yesterday quoting both Missouri senators, who are championing the unanimous passage this week in the U.S. ... More >>

TSA: Claire McCaskill Speaks About "Aggressive Pat-Down" At Lambert Airport (VIDEO)

It may not have been quite as dramatic as the attempted pat-down of a wheelchair-bound three-year-old last month, but Senator Claire McCaskill was not pleased with her airport security experience this week. As she often does, McCaskill took to Twitter on Monday to vent about her time at Lambert an ... More >>

Claire McCaskill Slams Voter ID; Says GOP Scare Tactics Backfire With Black Voters

There's a silver lining to Republican voter suppression efforts. So says Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, who argued at a recent St. Louis press conference that the scare tactics of the GOP had the opposite effect -- inspiring more voters to show up to the polls. "We had a record turnout in N ... More >>

Senator Claire McCaskill: "The Violence Against Women Act is Way More Popular Than I Am"

Republican Senator Roy Blunt is not interested in passing a Violence Against Women Act that includes special protections for LGBT individuals and Native Americans, as we reported last week. When Daily RFT asked Blunt about it at the end of his recent press conference, he wasn't much interested in ta ... More >>

Claire McCaskill Mocks Justice Antonin Scalia's "Weird Hat" at Inauguration

Just before President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his second term, Senator Claire McCaskill went all Joan Rivers on the men of the Supreme Court and their curious taste in headgear. Justice Antonin Scalia got it the worst for an odd little chapeau that looked a bit like an overturned b ... More >>

The Republicans' Response To Betty Anne McCaskill's Death

A rare individual who happens to subscribe to both the Akin and McCaskill e-mail lists and who also happens to be a friend of Riverfront Times sent us this screenshot of her in-box today:

Relax, Liberals. Akin's "Dog" Comment is Not Offensive.

In slavish devotion to the "Todd-Akin-says-offensive-things" narrative, news blogs are blowing up with the comment that the Congressman made about incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill at a Springfield fundraiser on Saturday: "She goes to Washington, D.C., it's a little bit like one of t ... More >>

Tea Partiers Hold Flash Mob Outside Peabody Energy; Coal Co Kicks Supporters to the Curb

If you were downtown yesterday evening you might've caught red-clad Cardinals fans headed to Busch Stadium, an especially brilliant sunset, and maybe a scant group of activists commemorating the one-year anniversary of Occupy St. Louis at Kiener Plaza. Also hard to miss was a surreal and sizable g ... More >>

[VIDEO] McCaskill Ad Finally Hits Akin for "Legitimate Rape" Comment

Now that Congressman Todd Akin has let the final dropout deadline pass, he's definitely in it to win it -- and his opponent, incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill, clearly no longer fears mentioning his "legitimate rape" gaffe for fear he'll bow out and cede to a more formidable GOP contender. Hence he ... More >>

Lefty Pollsters Put Akin Ahead... At Least Until 5pm Today

A new poll suggests Todd Akin might still have a legitimate chance at Claire McCaskill's Senate seat. Public Policy Polling claims that currently Akin leads McCaskill by 1 point, 44-43 among Missouri voters. "That's basically identical to our last poll of the contest in late May, which found Akin a ... More >>

Brunner, Kinder and Martin Favored to Win GOP Primary Contests, Poll Finds

According to an automated phone poll over the weekend of nearly 600 people likely to vote in Missouri's GOP primary tomorrow, 35 percent said they'd pick John Brunner to take on incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill30 percent said they'd prefer Todd Akin25 percent went for Sarah SteelmanBrunner enjoys ... More >>

Biden in Missouri Today Next Monday to Raise Funds for McCaskill

Correction: D'oh! This article originally stated that Joe Biden would be in Missouri today for a fundraiser for Sen. Claire McCaskill. It's actually next Monday, July 9.That intense heat you're feeling today? It's not the sun. It's the radiant energy shooting from this man's blinding white smile. ... More >>

Missouri's GOP Senate Candidates Seek to Create Space in Ideological Cluster

Who will face off against Senator McCaskill in November 2012?​The race for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination in Missouri runs around a thin, muddy track. There isn't much elbow rooms for the candidates, three self-described conservative Republicans with no significant differences in policy positions ... More >>

McCaskill Explains Her Absence from Obama's St. Louis Fundraiser

​As has been noted, Senator Claire McCaskill was not at either of President's Barack Obama's two separate fundraisers last night in St. Louis. Her absence has political junkies wondering if the senator, who was an early champion of Obama's first presidential campaign, will be as big of a supporter ... More >>

Missouri Senate Race Narratives Emerge from Debt Ceiling Debate

Getcha popcorn ready: campaign season is heating up.​The narratives for one of the most high-profile senate races in America have begun to form. With the public's eyes on Capitol Hill for last couple of weeks, the major players -- Senator Claire McCaskill, Congressman Todd Akin, and former Sta ... More >>

Video: McCaskill says McConnell "Has Lost His Mind"

​Remember that scene in "Almost Famous" when the plane seems like it's about to crash, so everybody starts making all these outrageous confessions? I once hit a man in Dearborn, Michigan... If I took an extra dollar or two it's 'cause I knew I'd earned it... I slept with Marta... I'm Gay! Pe ... More >>

Claire McCaskill Third Most Vulnerable Senator, Washington Post Says

Claire McCaskill: Vulnerable, but not because her challengers are so awesome or anything.​So Todd Akin is a smug know-it-all convinced that only those with his political beliefs are capable of respect for the Almighty. And so what if Sarah Steelman's campaign thinks 100 x 1,000 = 10,000?Never mind ... More >>

Sarah Steelman Does Some Fuzzy Math

Sorry, Sarah: 100 times 1,000 is actually $100,000.​Funny story in yesterday's Roll Call about Sarah Steelman, the Republican trying to take on Senator Claire McCaskill -- and, of course, push back Todd "Liberals Hate God" Akin, who would also like McCaskill's seat. Steelman has had to push back a ... More >>

It's Already 2012 for Claire McCaskill: Attack ads circulating online and on the radio

How Much Does American Crossroads Hate Claire McCaskill?

Watch your back, Claire. They're already out to get you.​You may have heard that Claire McCaskill, Missouri's senior senator, is running for re-election in 2012. She doesn't know who her Republican opponent is yet. (Congressman Todd Akin and former state treasurer and gubernatorial candidate S ... More >>

McCaskill's '04 Campaign Ad Criticized Opponent for Use of Private Plane

Mayday McCaskill: This just isn't going to go away; is it?​Poor Claire McCaskill. The fiasco over her private airplane just won't go away. Last week, the news was that Missouri's Democratic senator had failed to pay personal property taxes on her $2 million dollar, private aircraft. Then came news ... More >>

Faux McCaskill Twitter Account, @onclaire, Mocks Plane Problems

Oh, Claire​Claire McCaskill just can't catch a break.In addition to a fake Craigslist ad purporting to be from McCaskill trying to unload her "damn plane" and a $32,000 bill for taxes past due on the aforementioned aircraft, Missouri's Democratic Senator now has a fake Twitter account to deal with ... More >>

Mayday McCaskill Caught in a Tailspin Over Private Plane

Look, I can explain. I was suffering altitude sickness.​A once high-flying Missouri politician plummeted to Earth yesterday. The only question now: Can she survive the wreckage?  Claire McCaskill's reputation took perhaps its biggest hit in her nearly five years in the U.S. Senate on Mo ... More >>

Comment of the Day: McCaskill as Tax Imposer

Today's comment comes in response to an article on how Missouri's Democratic senator, Claire McCaskill, recently acknowledged that she'd failed to pay personal property taxes on her private airplane. In responding to a McCaskill supporter, commenter "Hector Garbanzo" let loose this impressive screed ... More >>

ClaireMcCaskill.com Officially Worth $4,000

How much would you pay for this web domain?​From the Department of Why the Hell Didn't We Think of That?: The Post-Dispatch reports that a Columbia-based web designer named Brennan Hobart noticed that Senator Claire McCaskill's website was called claireonline.com. Hobart suspected that the do ... More >>

McCaskill Disputes NYT Report on Democratic Convention as Ed Martin Weighs In

Image viaMcCaskill: NYT got it all twisted!​Now that a New York Times piece has suggested that Senator Claire McCaskill torpedoed St. Louis' bid for the 2011 Democratic Convention, she's fighting back.  The gist of the article was that she publicly supported bringing the convention here, but ... More >>

Did Senator Claire McCaskill Torpedo St. Louis' Bid for the Democratic Convention?

Image viaU.S. Senator Claire McCaskill​Check out The New York Times this morning on why the Dems chose Charlotte over other contenders for their national convention: St. Louis was widely seen as the next choice to Charlotte...[but] there were broader concerns raised about Missouri....One of the co ... More >>

McCaskill Concerned About St. Louis Nabbing 2012 Democratic Convention

Senator Claire McCaskill hasn't heard that St. Louis will or will not host the 2012 DNC convention. In fact, she hasn't heard a thing and the silence from the White House may not bode well. "I wish I knew. I'm worried that I don't, to tell you the truth," McCaskill told the Post-Dispatch yesterday. ... More >>

McCaskill on Giffords Shooting: 'I'm Mad'

WikiMedia CommonsRep. Gabrielle Giffords​​Sen. Claire McCaskill released a statement through a spokeswoman about fellow female Congress member Rep. Gabriell Giffords, who was shot at a constituent event in her district in Arizona yesterday.Find the statement behind the cut, but we think McCaskil ... More >>

McCaskill Champions Arlington Cemetery Legislation

image via​Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill has pushed for higher standards and oversight at Arlington National Cemetery since last year, when it was discovered that thousands of graves at the famous burial ground may be mislabeled or unmarked. This weekend, the Senate passed legislation, sponso ... More >>

Two Politicians Walk Into an Airport...

image via​No, it's not the start of a lame joke. Or, well, maybe it is. We'll just have to wait almost two years to find out the punch line. Sen. Claire McCaskill tweeted this morning that she ran into Jim Talent, the Republican whose one-time Senate seat she currently occupies. (McCaskill de ... More >>

Lucky You: You're Worth $34.75 in Earmarks This Year

image via​We all know that our junior senator, Claire McCaskill, is outspoken about the need to eliminate earmarks and pork barrel legislation. Of course, this doesn't mean that all of Missouri's congressional delegation ascribes to this same kosher view of government spending. (No pork, get it?)C ... More >>

Claire McCaskill: Will 'Absolutely' Seek Another Term in 2012

image viaStand by your man.​Missouri's junior senator, Democrat Claire McCaskill, who won her seat in 2006 by beating out Republican incumbent Jim Talent, says that she will "absolutely" run to keep her Senate seat in the 2012 election, reports the St. Louis Beacon. Now that Republicans ... More >>

Ass Clown of the Week: Idiot Ne'er-Do-Wells, Meatheads, Bogus Dick Docs

​They're baaack! After a few weeks off for good behavior, local yokels lacking morals -- or common sense -- struck back with a vengeance this week. You know the rules, vote for the person who's actions or words you think makes them this week's biggest Ass Clown.  And the nominees...1. Rich St ... More >>

Will McCaskill: Senator's Brother Latest Middle-Aged Man to Lose Dignity in Columbia

Police HandoutWill McCaskill: Geez this is humiliating. Maybe if I just close my eyes...​One more reason why middle-aged men have no reason partying with college kids.Will McCaskill, the younger brother of Senator Claire McCaskill, was arrested last night on drug charges stemming from a January 5 ... More >>

Claire McCaskill: Champion to Flight Attendants

image via​American Airlines announced today that it would rehire 545 furloughed TWA flight attendants, and Sen. Claire McCaskill is pumped. TWA and American Airlines merged in 2001, and 2,500 flight attendants, many of them employees for the former TWA, were laid off with the right to reclaim ... More >>

Video: Sen. Claire McCaskill Talks Shit to Goldman Sachs Execs

There have been many, many headlines devoted to yesterday's "shitty" congressional hearings but, as is often the case, nobody tops the NY Post. Here's what their editors came up with:Image via​If you have no idea what we're talking about, well, Senator Carl Levin from Michigan and the Show-Me Stat ... More >>

Claire McCaskill Makes a Boehner Joke on The Colbert Report

Image viaJohn Boehner not happy about the tanning salon tax in the health care bill​House minority leader John Boehner made himself the butt of many jokes when he proclaimed that the passage of health care reform was "Armageddon" that would "ruin our country," but Missouri senator Claire McCaskill ... More >>

At $50,000 for Seat to Obama's St. Louis Visit, Maybe There is a Way to Pay for Health Care

Will there be surf at fancy dinner? Will there be turf?​Barack Obama is headed to town next week for a March 10 fundraiser for Senator Claire McCaskill and ticket prices are all over the map to see the president.According to the AP, less affluent supporters can get a standing-room only ticket to a ... More >>

Obama Coming To Town in Support of Claire McCaskill

McCaskill hopes Obama will lure in the money.​President Barack Obama will swing through St. Louis next month. Obama will be in town March 10 for a fundraiser for Sen. Claire McCaskill, reports Jake Wagman on Political Fix. McCaskill isn't up for re-election 'til 2012, yet she's already stock ... More >>

Claire McCaskill Goes to Bat for Boeing C-17

Photo Via BoeingThe Boeing C-17 is slated to be retired, but around 1,000 jobs in St. Louis are tied to the project.​ The Boeing C-17 is on the chopping block. It is supposed to be retired according to the Department of Defense budget for 2011.But Missouri senator Claire McCaskill is among those w ... More >>

Claire "The Joker" McCaskill

Hours before the U.S. Senate vote on health care late last night, Heath Ledger-esque posters of Senator Claire McCaskill went up on telephone poles and lampposts across the metro region. Blogger GatewayPundit is curating sight'ems. www.gatewaypundit.firstthings.com​Similar caricatures of President ... More >>

Sen. McCaskill Firing Tweets Like Machine Gun, Thanking Missouri Vets on Twitter

We here at Daily RFT love it that Claire McCaskill is so social-media savvy. At times, though, the Missouri senator can really go overboard. Today is one of those times. McCaskill is tweeting a personal thank you to each and every Missouri veteran suggested by her 34,000 Twitter friends. As anyone w ... More >>

Local Blogger Hijacks McCaskill's Healthcare Forum Appears on Fox News to Talk About It

​Dana Loesch local blogger (Mamalouges), conservative talk show host, and right-wing Tea Party organizer marshaled a group of Teabaggers to turn a public forum on healthcare reform organized by Senator Claire McCaskill 's office into a protest against healthcare reform. I think the forum was actua ... More >>

Getting to the Bottom of that Puzzling Claire McCaskill Tweet

Earlier today Daily RFT blogger Bill Streeter posted a quizzical "tweet" made yesterday on Senator Claire McCaskill's Twitter feed. Curious as to what McCaskill was discussing in this post, I just conducted a grueling two minutes of Internet research to arrive at the bottom of the matter.Not surpris ... More >>

A Waitress-cum-Senator do a Supreme Court Justice Make?

Wikimedia CommonsA woman's place is not in the kitchen. It's at the front of the house, like on the bench at the U.S. Supreme Court.A former speechwriter for George H.W. Bush has floated the name of -- nay, endorsed -- Missouri's freshman senator for the soon-to-be-open seat on the U.S. Supreme Cour ... More >>

To Pork or Not to Pork?

Pay Up!

Metro wants Claire McCaskill to foot the auditing bill