Unreal chats with some lovely ladies and gets the scoop from Jay Farrar-endorsed candidate Mark Smith (who's perfectly lovely too); plus, Bill Haas gets a love letter and Unreal heads to court
10:25: Hello everybody! Have a seat10:26: It's good to be out of Washington and back in the Midwest! Yes. I love you, too!10:27: Obama gives shouts out to Senator Claire McCaskill, Governor Jay Nixon, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, State Auditor Susan Montee, and everyone at Fox High School. Thanks Warriors for the b-ball jersey. "I will wear with pride." 10:29: Did Obama just say Missou-rah not Missouri? 10:30: Yes, he did. Good gawd!10:31: My campaign was rooted in towns just like this on
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Robin Carnahan says a photo ID requirement will disenfranchise thousands of votersIf there is but one issue Secretary of State Robin Carnahan would like to take off the table and wish into the cornfield, it is the requirement that voters show photo identification before they are allowed to cast a ballot. When the U.S. Supreme Court last year upheld a tough Indiana law that mandates government-issued ID's, cries rang out that the decision could keep
flickr.com/photos/amanda kay riley It is hardly breaking news to note that Republicans here and across the country have been shedding their party like a chrysalis for quite some time now. But what is extraordinary is the sheer volume of the desertion.
A new Gallup Poll shows that the precipitious decline in people who identify themselves as Republicans is shrinking among nearly every demographic group -- churchgoers, moderates, married people, older white voters, college graduate
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan is asking Missourians for help with the first-ever online vote to
select photos for the 2009-2010 Official
Manual of the State of Missouri (commonly known as the "Blue
Book").The theme of this year's Blue Book is "Missouri in Motion" and -- according to the Secretary of State -- hundreds of people submitted photos this year. Of the competition's two dozen or so finalists (viewable here), we here at Daily RFT were particularly struck by this photo.
