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March 16, 2012
Akin, Brunner and Steel Don't Know the Minimum Wage
Todd Akin, John Brunner and Sarah Steelman, the three Republicans running for the Missouri Senate, all participated in a debate hosted by KMOX. Moderator Charlie Brennan threw 'em all for a loop when he asked them what the federal minimum wage is, and if they would vote to increase it. Brunner ad ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
William Lacy Clay Shares "Most Liberal" Ranking
The public policy magazine National Journal released its annual rankings reflecting the most liberal- and conservative-voting politicians last Friday, and two Missouri lawmakers earned slots that make for interesting discussion. Rep. William Lacy Clay, who represents parts of St. Louis and north S ... More >>
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February 14, 2012
State Supreme Court to Decide Whether Missouri's Redistricting Map Is Unconstitutional
Redistricting is the straw that stirs the bitter, burning, 195-proof partisan cocktail we chug down while squeezing our noses every campaign season before waking up the morning after the election massaging our temples, cursing the gods, wondering why we keep putting ourselves through this madness ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
Missouri Polls Shows Gingrich Leading, Brunner Rising, and Randles Edging Spence
With the presidential primary campaign circus coming to Missouri both next week (for the election that doesn't count) and next month (for the official caucus), we're likely to soon see a serious spike in the number of polls about us. Which means it's is a good time for some Horse Race talk. Publ ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Akin, Steelman Debate to Stream Live on Facebook This Morning
This is kind of cool -- not because of the debate but because of the technology behind it. Today at 9 a.m. Republican senatorial candidates Todd Akin and Sarah Steelman will face off in a debate at the Missouri Athletic Club West to be broadcast simultaneously over both the radio waves and Facebo ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
As Obama Attacks Congress, McCaskill Becomes Vulnerable
An interesting political article in today's New York Times pinpoints incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill as a potential casualty this November if President Obama continues to campaign on an anti-Congress platform. Experts say the oft-deadlocked Congress of last year is a fair target for President Obama ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Todd Akin's Campaign Staff Exodus Is the Latest Stumble Among a Limping Senate Primary Field
Will a new leader jump start Todd Akin's campaign?The campaign manager and two other top aides recently left Todd Akin's Senate campaign team. The shake-up seems to be a product of a stumbling operation for a candidate who fumbled away his status as presumed Republican front-runner to challenge ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
Net Worth of Missouri Congressional Delegation Tops $47.9 Million
The Center for Responsive Politics recently released its report on the nation's wealthiest U.S. representatives and senators. No one from Missouri makes its Top 10 list, but that doesn't mean we don't have some worthy contenders. Turns out we actually have some of the richest -- and poorest -- po ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Steelman For Payroll Tax Cut, Akin Against Payroll Tax Cut, Brunner... Against?
A few days ago, the Springfield News-Leader published a Q&A with the three candidates in Missouri's GOP Senate primary race. It's still early in the race and Sarah Steelman, Rep. Todd Akin and John Brunner have all positioned themselves as rock solid conservative candidates. As such, it's a ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Did Todd Akin Trick People Into Thinking Paul Ryan Endorsed Him?
Rep. Ryan supports Rep. Akin's (above) "principled approach to fiscal responsibility" but hasn't officially endorsed him.There was a bit of confusion late last week over whether U.S. Congressman/GOP Golden Boy Paul Ryan officially endorsed Congressman Todd Akin in his campaign to unseat Senator C ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
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 >>
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September 9, 2011
(Unofficial) Senate Candidate John Brunner Could Shake Up GOP Primary
When will John Brunner officially enter the Senate race?St. Louis businessman John Brunner's political advisor John Hancock says that Brunner will announce his candidacy for Claire McCaskill's U.S. Senate seat "soon." It seems like Brunner has been on the verge of entering the race for months n ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Todd Akin: Doubts Climate Change, Constitutionality of Medicare
Akin touts his Tea Party credentials.Congressman Todd Akin showed off his conservative bona fides Saturday in a meeting with Tea Party activists in Fulton. Akin, who's hoping to win the Republican primary for Senate, told the group that global warming is "highly suspect" and that he's proud of hi ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
Germ-X Executive Needs Slogan for Senate Campaign; Any Suggestions?
vijon.comBrunner: Just the man to sanitize Washington?Three months after it was first reported elsewhere, the Post-Dispatch this morning adds credence to the news that John Brunner, chairman of the Vinita Park-based company Vi-Jon, will run for Senate in 2012. Brunner, a Republican, would face Sa ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Sarah Steelman and the "Clean Super Committee" Petition
Can Sarah Steelman ride the anti-Washington wave all the way to Capitol Hill?Republican Senate candidate Sarah Steelman has weak fundraising, subpar name recognition, and a primary opponent who has gained support from the seemingly powerful conservative wing of the party. Her only weapon may be ... More >>
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August 2, 2011
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 >>
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July 21, 2011
Todd Akin is One of Those Republicans Willing to See America Default on Debt
Depending on which prominent economist you talk to, a failure to raise the debt ceiling by 12:00 a.m. (EST) August 2, 2011 would either be "doomsday," "calamitous," "a calamity," "serious, and we probably would be thrown into a recession," "could provoke a renewed financial crisis," or someth ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
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 >>
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June 30, 2011
It's Already 2012 for Claire McCaskill: Attack ads circulating online and on the radio
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 >>
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June 30, 2011
Letter: Clergy Ask Congressman Akin to Repent, Change His Moral Priorities
It looked sorta like this at Akin's St. Louis office yesterday. It ain't over yet, even after Tuesday's half-ass apology. Several local religious leaders are still incensed with Congressman Todd Akin's remarks last week equating "liberalism" to "a hatred of God." On Wednesday they stopped by the ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Attn: God-Hating Liberals, Todd Akin is Sorry to Have Offended You -- Sort Of
Todd Akin: Sorry if I don't float your boat, godless liberals.Four days after saying in a radio interview that "at the heart of Liberalism is a hatred of God," U.S. Congressman Todd Akin has offered up a half-hearted apology. Akin made the controversial statement during an interview broadcast Fri ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
No Wonder Congressman Todd Akin's Press Secretary is Paid So Well
You'd want to be paid well, too, if you were spinning for this guy.Steve Taylor, communication's director for Congressman Todd Akin (R - Wildwood) earns one of the highest salaries among the press secretaries representing Missouri's nine U.S. Representatives. In 2010, Taylor took home a handsome ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
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 >>
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June 9, 2011
The U.S. Government Runs on Free Snacks -- So How Does Missouri Stack Up?
image viaHow things get done in Congress. (At least in the office of Representative Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, which sports of model of the Capitol building made from boxes of Peeps.)In any office, no one is more likely to get visitors than the person who keeps a candy jar on his or her de ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
Todd Akin Barfs Up Rockwellian Metaphors in U.S. Senate Campaign Video
Warning: The following video should be viewed in immediate vicinity of a toilet or lined trash receptacle. If you haven't heard, Missouri Congressman Todd Akin announced today that he's running for Senate. In so doing, Akin released the following video, which is so chock-full of Norman-Rockwell-l ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
Akin's Letter Helps Halt Same-Sex Civil Unions on Navy Bases
You should have stuck to your guns, Rear Admiral Tidd!The Navy has reversed course on its momentous decision to allow same-sex civil unions to be performed by chaplains on bases. And it's thanks in part to Missouri's own U.S. representatives Todd Akin and Vicky Hartlzer, plus 61 of their colleagu ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
Todd Akin Outraged With Plan for Navy Chaplains to Oversee Gay Weddings
The Navy is "Akin" for a fight, says congressman.Missouri Congressman Todd Akin (R - Town & Country) released a letter yesterday he sent to the Secretary of the Navy, demanding that the Navy abolish plans to allow its chaplains to perform same-sex marriages. The Navy is considering the issue ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
Comment of the Day: Keep Government Out of Religion
Today's comment comes in response to a post today on Congressmen Todd Akin's (R - Town & Country) attempt to stop Navy chaplains from performing same-sex marriages now that the miltary's Don't Ask Don't Tell has been repealed. Reader "the REAL kitty" responds: one minute, Conservatives are all a ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
Rematch for Ed Martin and Russ Carnahan?
Carnahan v. Martin: Once more with feeling?Ed Martin announced today that he's running for Congress in Missouri's newly reconfigured 2nd Congressional District. Last November, the Republican with strong ties to the Tea Party lost a close race against incumbent Democrat Russ Carnahan for the 3rd C ... More >>
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March 7, 2011
Arthur Lieber: Unlikely Candidate Becomes Unlikely Author
Arthur Lieber: an unlikely candidate, and now an authorIt was roughly a year ago that Arthur Lieber started getting concerned. A self-described progressive Democrat, he was no fan of Todd Akin, the conservative Republican who represents Missouri's 2nd Congressional District. And as best Lieber co ... More >>
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March 7, 2011
St. Louis Suburbs Shockingly Happy, Gallup Says
Is Todd Akin your congressman? If so, you're probably pretty happy. The city of St. Louis may be a crime-ridden abyss. But our west-county suburbs ... whooboy, are they another story!That's latest from pollster Gallup, which (unlike those Daily Beast polls proclaiming random cities the "fattest" ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
U.S. House Voting to Defund Planned Parenthood
Rep. Mike Pence doesn't want you to have these.As soon as today or tomorrow, members of the U.S. House of Representatives could approve bills to strip Planned Parenthood and other reproductive care centers of federal funding. Such a move would leave millions of low-income women nationwide without ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Is Dead. How Did Our Congresspeople Vote?
Unless you've been hiding out under a rock, you probably heard that Saturday, the Senate followed the House in voting to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." DADT, signed into law in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, was meant to be a compromise on allowing lesbian, gay and bisexual soldiers to serve in ... More >>
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October 12, 2010
Congressman Todd Akin Skipping League of Women Voters' Debate
Congresswoman JoAnn Emerson of Cape Girardeau debated her Democratic challenger, Tommy Sowers, last night. And Charlie Dooley, the St. Louis County Executive, is debating his challenger, Republican Bill Corrigan, Thursday.Todd Akin gives the League of Women Voters the runaround.But Congressman To ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
RNC For Life Abortion Scorecard Released
Raped? Too bad, says Schlafly.National Congressional candidates -- including plenty in Missouri -- who think women who've been raped should be forced to carry their pregnancies to term have earned money and plaudits from heavy-hitting local conservatives. The Alton, Illinois, based Republican Nat ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Missouri Congressional Candidate: Don't Donate to Me
Here's a political development so shocking, it's won our prize for the press release of the day: There's someone running for Congress who doesn't want your money.Arthur Lieber doesn't want your money.Arthur Lieber of Creve Coeur, a Democrat running for the suburban St. Louis congressional seat cu ... More >>
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September 14, 2010
BODIES Exhibit at Galleria Will Come with Warning Tag
bodiestheexhibition.comKing Solomon would be so proud. So, that's that. Yesterday, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced his office had reached a settlement with Premier Exhibitions, the Atlanta-based company slated to install a display of plasticized human cadavers next month inside t ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
Akin Turns Up Heat on Galleria, Wants Attorney General to Investigate BODIES Exhibit
Akin: Not over my their dead BODIES.As we reported last week, U.S. Congressman Todd Akin (R - Town & Country) is, um, achin' to stop the Galleria shopping mall from hosting an exhibit of plasticized human cadavers this fall. At issue is Akin's belief that some of the human remains used in BOD ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Congressman Attacks Proposed BODIES Exhibit at Galleria; Are Cadavers Executed Chinese?
www.bodiestheexhibition.comMissouri Congressman Todd Akin fired off a letter to the owners of the Galleria this week condemning the St. Louis shopping mall for its recent announcement that it will host an exhibit of plasticized human bodies in October. In the letter (embedded below), Akin questio ... More >>
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March 22, 2010
How They Voted on Health Care: Missouri and St. Louis Area Representatives
Todd Akin: Health care reform = fightin' words.Updated 10:00 a.m. The health care reform bill passed the House of Representatives last night with a 219 to 212 vote. No Republicans supported the measure. Thirty four Democrats also voted no, including Missouri rep Ike Skelton.The bill now heads to ... More >>
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January 27, 2010
Washington Group Calls for Missouri Congressmen to Clarify Feelings for ACORN-Buster-Cum-Alleged-Felon James O'Keefe
O'Keefe posed as a pimp while visiting -- and videotaping -- at an ACORN office.It's the political story/scandal of the week: James O'Keefe III, who pret' near took down ACORN last year after releasing his undercover videos of eyebrow-raising conversations with the organization's staffers, faces ... More >>
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November 26, 2009
Todd Akin's Thanksgiving Letter, a.k.a. More on Pilgrims and Socialism
Yesterday Daily RFT posted a YouTube clip of U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-St. Louis County) explaining to his fellow congressmen the story of Thanksgiving and how the pilgrims defeated socialism. akin.orgToday we bring you Akin's Thanksgiving Day letter to contributors and constituents with more o ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Remember How the Pilgrim's Rejected Socialism? Rep. Todd Akin Sure Does!
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Don't know anything about this holiday? Dont' worry! Congressman Todd Akin (R-St.Louis County) has been studying the origins of Thanksgiving and it's "unbiblical" cousin, socialism, and can explain it all -- as he did last week in Washington D.C. Note: Most YouTube videos l ... More >>
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November 6, 2009
Rep. Todd Akin: I Pledge Allegiance...Under God...What Was the Next Word?
Oops. Missouri congressman Todd Akin made a boo-boo Thursday at a Washington, D.C., kick-off to yet another tea party. (Unreal thought those ended like two months ago, but whatever.)As Akin says, he was trying to tick off the liberals by leading the crowd in a resounding Pledge of Allegiance. You kn ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Missouri Rep. Todd Akin Doesn't Know the Pledge of Allegiance
AkinWe kid, of course. But Todd Akin, the U.S. Representative from Missouri's 2nd Congressional District (Town and Country), forgot the word "indivisible" from the Pledge of Allegiance today while reciting the oath along with anti-health care reform advocates in Washington.Perhaps Akin made such ... More >>
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October 12, 2009
How St. Louis Area Congressmen Voted on Last Week's Hate Crime Bill
Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student murdered in 1998 and an inspiration for the revised hate-crimes law.You've probably heard by now how the House of Representatives passed a measure last week that broadens the definition of a "hate crime" to include incidents committed because of the ... More >>
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July 17, 2009
Activists Make Progress in Attempt to Save Wiegand Foundation from The Wrecking Ball
A spokeswoman for the grassroots group trying to save artist Don Wiegand's Chesterfield Valley studio says the Army Corps of Engineers appears to be backing down from its plan to condemn Wiegand's property in order to make way for a levee. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond and Congressman Todd Akin have s ... More >>
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December 15, 2008
Erstwhile Unreal Columnist Wants Back on School Board
Filing begins tomorrow for the Elected School Board of the St. Louis Public Schools, and guess who plans to be first in line? St. Louis' evergreen political candidate, Mr. William "Bill" Haas. Although he's got degrees from Yale and Harvard, Haas has yet to join his Ivy League breth ... More >>
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May 29, 2002
Joyce Abusive
Nobody's ever voted for Joyce Aboussie, but the congressman, the governor, the mayor and the county executive don't do anything political without her.
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June 13, 2001
Exploit-the-Flag Day
Politicians will soon return to the mother of all stupid issues
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