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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 >>

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 >>

Fox News, Robin Carnahan Settle Lawsuit

An excerpt from the advertisement in question.​Three months after the election and nearly five months after it was filed, Fox News and its anchor Chris Wallace have settled a suit against former U.S. Senate contender Robin Carnahan. The network filed the lawsuit in response to a Carnahan' campaign ... More >>

Ed Martin Announces Candidacy for U.S. Senate

Well, Ed Martin didn't tease us for very long. A week after making a non-announcement announcement about his bid for U.S. Senate, Ed Martin today made it official. He's in.

The 2010 RFT News Challenge

Well, Ed Martin didn't tease us for very long. A week after making a non-announcement announcement about his bid for U.S. Senate, Ed Martin today made it official. He's in.

Attention Missouri Marijuana Smokers: Your Candidate Has Arrived

Behold: The campaign commercial for Libertarian candidate Jonathan Dine for U.S. Senate. Given his past prison sentence for marijuana possession (not to mention charges of stealing and identity theft) it's no wonder Dine wants the government off your back -- and his.H/T: Plog

Politicians Want to Text Us, Ruin Last Spam-Free Area of Our Over-Mediated Lives

flickr.com/photos/kiwanja​Show us a campaign e-mail, and we'll show you spam. Call us on our landline, and -- oops, we don't have one. But send us a text, and Sweet Bejeezus we will drop the choking child we're trying to resuscitate and text you right back. JK! (It's true.)  Politicians hav ... More >>

Slate Debunks the Fox News Lawsuit Against Robin Carnahan

To be blunt, Fox is full of it.​From being represented by a law firm with ties to Republican Roy Blunt to using copyright law for the purpose of political censorship, earlier today Slate published a thorough take-down of Fox News and their "bogus" lawsuit against Robin Carnahan, Missouri's Democra ... More >>

Post-Dispatch Changes Coverage at City Hall; David Hunn Takes over for Jake Wagman

Wagman is now politically independent, so to speak.​Dagburnit! We thought we'd beat the Post-Dispatch to their own story -- but they just posted a quick item in front of us.Earlier today Daily RFT received an internal email for the paper outlying changes in the newsroom. Most noticeable among thos ... More >>

Ass Clowns of the Week: Pervert Priest James Grady and Emmitt "Hoggy" Gordon

​A priest who allegedly solicited sex with a 16-year-old and pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography? Or...A gang-banger who fired a bullet that traveled three blocks and struck a two-year-old boy in the face as the child sat on his grandfather's lap?Hmm...tough call. So tough a call tha ... More >>

Who is Ass Clown of the Week? March 26 - April 2

A full moon always brings out the Ass Clowns.​Did you notice it was a full moon earlier this week? How else to explain the bumper crop of Ass Clowns making headlines over the past seven days? You know the rules, vote for the newsmaker whose actions or admissions this week you find to be the most d ... More >>

Video: KKK Leader and U.S. Senate Hopeful from Mo. Talks "Inferior Races"

Heard about Missouri's U.S. Senate hopeful Glenn Miller? The Springfield man is a former leader of the North Carolina Ku Klux Klan and has been airing bizarre radio advertisements throughout the state denouncing the white man for being cowardly and blaming Jews for all the country's problems. (Liste ... More >>

Ass Clown of the Week: Radical Right-Wing Edition!

Which ass gets the hat?​Perhaps it was the presence in the Show-Me State this week of that good-fer-nothin', socialist Barack Obama, or maybe it was just that their haldol injections were wearing off. Whatever the case, Missouri's right-wing extremists were tripping over themselves this week for r ... 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 >>

Lawsuit Brought by Missouri "Birthers" Hinges on Kenyan Newspaper Article

A lawsuit brought on by Missouri state representatives Cynthia Davis (R-O'Fallon), Tim Jones (R-Eureka) and other "birthers" who believe President Barrack Obama was born overseas, hinges on an obscure Kenyan news report from 2004. As Fired Up! Missouri recounts today, the article appeared online in ... More >>

Rep. Wilson's Outburst Is Nothing Compared to How They Used to Express Disagreement in Congress

​RFT managing editor Ellis Conklin offers his two cents on the latest political ramblings in Washington D.C.Goodness, have you ever seen so much hand-wringing and over-the-top condemnation over Representative Joe Wilson's unfortunate discharge Wednesday evening when he derisively hooted, "You ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 8.5

The U.S. Senate votes to increase the food-stamp rolls. (AP)You know who disapproved of President Obama's "beer summit"? The Women's Christian Temperance Union. For reals.Starbucks tries to make an impersonal coffee experience even more efficient. (Wall Street Journal)

Elephant Down: Republicans are Leaving Their Party in Droves, Especially in the Midwest

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 precipiti ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 3.4

A bipartisan effort in the U.S. Senate to strengthen the FDA's food-safety powers. (San Francisco Chronicle)A record number of British pubs closed last year, with much blame being assigned to a beer tax. (Guardian)The hottest cut of meat right now? Would you believe the cube steak? (New York Times)

Headline of the Day: "Lawmakers Cheat and Drink"

Ousted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been criticized by anyone with a pulse over the past two months (compared to the previous six years, when the jabs were mainly given by Illinois residents.) And in defending himself since his December 9 arrest, the politician has often veered into the ... More >>

Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan To Run for U.S. Senate

Robin CarnahanMissouri's Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced her intent this morning to replace Republican Christopher "Kit" Bond as a U.S. Senator for Missouri. Last month Bond told Missouri legislators that he would not seek re-election for a fifth term in 2010. Carnahan, a Democrat, broke ... More >>

The Top 20 Stlog Posts of 2008

The top 20 blog posts here on the Stlog, chosen by a few of us here at the RFT. Highlights include radio broadcaster Kevin Slaten blowing his top at our managing editor, a photo essay of President-elect Barack Obama, a curious e-mail from the American Apparel and a live blog of that debate that h ... More >>

How Much is a U.S. Senate Seat Worth? You Decide! (Updated)

From the "That Didn't Take Long" department of political humor, an eBay listing for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-Elect Obama and allegedly shopped around by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Bidding started at 99 cents and, as of this writing, has reached $51. Bidders, note: Free shi ... More >>

Debate Fever

Get excited about the politics of yore

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Uncommon Knowledge

The Rep knows how to celebrate an anniversary.

Rapid Fire

Where's the line between political blogging and political journalism?

War Is Heck

Unreal works up a sweat over B-list celebs' military records and plays with anthrax in Forest Park. Plus, a local blogger does his gay part on a hallowed gay day.

Live, from Canada

It's the Big Show at the Commonspace

When Was the Last Time You Saw God?

Week of December 3, 2003

Perpetual Voice

Chuck Norman says WGNU will still be wacky after he's gone

No Thanks, We're Brits

Week of October 23, 2002

United We Slam

GOP attacks Carnahan in the name of togetherness

Empty Promises

Missouri has been pouring millions into prisons that aren't being used. But stay tuned: If politicians have their way, there will be plenty of inmates to go around.

The Top 10 Reasons to Reject John Ashcroft

It's not that he's pious. He's simply unfit to serve.

Justice for John Ashcroft?

He deserves a taste of his own medicine in confirmation hearings

The Two Faces of John Ashcroft

Meet Missouri's master of deceit

The Reinvention of Jim Talent

Published the week of October 4, 2000

Will the Real John Ashcroft Please Stand Up?

Missouri's junior senator says he is a pro-consumer health-care reformist. But the insurance companies, HMOs and big business, which give him millions, think he's on their side.

This Ain't No Party

Ross Perot launched the Reform Party as the voice of the American people. Eight years later, it's a shrill, staticky free-for-all, and the moderates can't get heard.

PAPAL BULL NOT ENOUGH

Senate candidate and Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan may have commuted a death sentence, but St. Louis-area Catholics won't be letting him off the hook on the abortion issue

POPE-ASHCROFT HOLY WAR

Fresh from alienating black voters over the Ronnie White fiasco, will Sen. John Ashcroft take on Catholics in his drive to defeat Senate rival Gov. Mel Carnahan?

Guns and Poses

Frenzied politicians do the Littleton shuffle

The Pro-Life Movement Strikes Again

Frenzied politicians do the Littleton shuffle

The Reinvention of John Ashcroft

Frenzied politicians do the Littleton shuffle

The Last Picture Show

Frenzied politicians do the Littleton shuffle

News of the Weird

Frenzied politicians do the Littleton shuffle

Justice for All

Frenzied politicians do the Littleton shuffle