19 hours ago by BobMcCarty

Recently, VoteVets.org began running a television commercial designed to tear down Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) as he seeks the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-Mo.). Unfortunately for the folks from the liberal group purporting to represent veterans, my Kansas City friend ...

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19 hours ago by K.Hill

A recent ad targeting opponents to last year's Clean Energy Act has drawn the ire of campaigns of those targeted. Posted below is the ad from VoteVets.org, the political action committee composed of veterans from Iraq & Afghanistan generally opposed to further military action there as is, and their ...

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1 day ago by Left Coast Rebel

The recent attack against Roy Blunt's Senate campaign comes from James Sander and VoteVet.org. The commercial lists Sander's residence as Columbia, Missouri, but Sander is only a recent transplant to Missouri. This is important to know because he attacks Roy Blunt for not supporting the Clean Energy ...

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4 days ago

Following now-Senator Scott Brown’s supermajority-busting win of TedKennedy’sSeat™ in Massachusetts, the Democrat rats are quickly leaping from the Obama sinking ship. The latest “ run away” moment comes on the heels of the Obama FY2011 budget proposal. Unsurprisingly, the POTUS continues his trilli ...

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4 days ago by Nate

So, he needs money to stop himself? Here is an email I just got from his campaign: Dear Nate, Our campaign is advancing well and thanks to friends like you our campaign clearly has the momentum. In the last year I've attended 260 events and traveled tens of thousands of miles across our state. I've ...

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6 days ago by Ed Kilgore

With yesterday’s easy primary victory by Mark Kirk in IL, and with the news that former Sen. Dan Coats will leave his lobbying gig to take on Evan Bayh in IN, Republicans are now getting excited about the possibility of retaking the Senate this November. They should probably chill a bit. Chris Cilli ...

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6 days ago by Rachel Rose Hartman

Sarah Palin’s PAC, SarahPAC, has raised more than $2 million since its formation in Jan. 2009. So which lawmakers and candidates are benefiting from all that potential spending cash? Well, here’s the list: Politicians Who Received SarahPAC Donations in 2009* Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) $3,500 Re ...

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6 days ago by Jonathan Chait

One of the most annoying conservative tropes of the health care debate is the claim that we could easily solve the same problems with simple, painless, low-cost steps. ( Mike Crapo: "What Americans really want is the kind of step-by-step reforms that Republicans have been advocating for years." Roy ...

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7 days ago by McKay

After the unveiling of President Obama’s gimmicky budget on Monday, both Missouri Senate candidates — current Secretary of State and scion Robin Carnahan and oleaginous lifetime D.C.’er Roy Blunt — had critical things to say. From Prime Buzz comes word of their individual critiques (Carnahan’s first ...

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12 days ago by Duane Graham

Roy Blunt was given around 618 words today in the Joplin Globe to criticize Democratic efforts to “ ram through their government takeover of health care.” Blunt is concerned that, “ Washington Democrats are bent on fulfilling their New Year’s resolution behind closed doors and with no accountability ...

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