6 hours ago by myprogressivelife

Ya know, I was contemplating all the electoral craziness that will take place next year, and I figured that it was time to rank the craziness: 1. MN-GOV This is a race that I have blogged about before. It will be a top flight race, attracting the heavy hitters from both parties. My prediction now is ...

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2 days ago by GOP Lounge

For Immediate Release Burson Taylor Snyder November 20, 2009 (202) 225-6536 BLUNT URGES DECISION ON AFGHANISTAN TROOP LEVELS –“We fear this process has emboldened our enemies.” – WASHINGTON, DC— Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt today urged President Obama to make a final decision about troop levels in ...

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2 days ago by David Catanese

Matt Blunt is Missouri's least popular Governor during the past 25 years, and voters could hold that against his father in the 2010 election cycle, according to a new survey by Public Policy Polling. A survey of the state's Governors found that just 29 percent of respondents chose Matt Blunt as thei ...

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3 days ago by David Catanese

Congressman Roy Blunt is urging the Financial Services Committee to schedule a hearing to examine a report that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was unprepared to deal with bailout money AIG received last year. Blunt said the committee must investigate before legislation regarding further AIG-st ...

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4 days ago by David Catanese

"In some ways, George Bush's lead is as thin as November ice." --Dan Rather on Election Night 2004 Take the relentless ads by the League of Conservation Voters targeting Roy Blunt and the cadence of criticism building against Robin Carnahan for her silence on specifics . . . and toss it all out. Aft ...

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5 days ago by Duane Graham

Since before the election of Barack Obama and after, we’ve all seen some historically stupid commentary coming from the bowels of American politics, namely the hysterical right-wing of the Republican Party. And many of us have sort of become jaded by it, no longer shocked by the inanity and idiocy s ...

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7 days ago by David Catanese

Congressman Roy Blunt said he doesn't think Democrat Robin Carnahan's campaign strategy of avoiding specific positions on issues will prove successful in their 2010 U.S. Senate contest. "In one of the most high profile Senate races in the country, I doubt if at the end of the day, some vague, 'I'm e ...

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8 days ago by David Catanese

WHAT the CHUCK? I n the field conducting a new Missouri U.S. Senate race poll, Public Policy Polling leaks in a Tweet Saturday that Sen. Chuck Purgason may be polling in double-digits against Congressman Roy Blunt in the 2010 GOP primary. From the Twitterboard: "Interesting finding on our Mo. poll s ...

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10 days ago by David Catanese

Congressman Roy Blunt noted that political action committees (PACS) were meant as part of a campaign finance reform after the Watergate scandal, while seemingly dismissing a USA Today report on lobbyist contributions he's received. "Lobbyist money is when a lobbyist would write a personal check. Tha ...

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11 days ago by David Catanese

A TRUCE? Two months after she officially pulled the plug on a potential bid for U.S. Senate, former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman met with Roy Blunt in Springfield Wednesday, a GOP source tells The Notebook. Blunt's campaign confirmed the tip tonight. "He wanted to talk to her about a couple of iss ...

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