Audio: MO House passes conceal and carry bill
Bloggers need balance of Statehouse news service
Nixon's small business plan makes sense
A round-up of Tea Party protests around the country, what's been happening lately with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and who was in the crowd that made Vice President Joe Biden stop his speech at a St. Louis fundraiser.
Tiahrt, Moran take different stances on Cuba
Bagyants believes that U.S. Reps. Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt's position on Cuba show telling differences between the candidates for Senate.
Audio: MO House passes conceal and carry bill
Capitol Calling notes that the Missouri House passed a controversial bill that would allow people with a valid license to carry concealed weapons on college campuses and lowers the age from 23 to 21 for permits.
The latest for Gov. Palin
The Wichita Eagle Blog looks at people cashing in on Gov. Sarah Palin's national profile and what has happened since she returned to the political arena in Alaska.
Biden stops speech to recognize Eagleton
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Political Fix writes that Vice President Joe Biden stopped his speech at the start of a St. Louis fundraiser to embrace and acknowledge Barbara Eagleton, whom he credits with changing his life and helping to save his political career.
Bloggers need balance of Statehouse news service
Kansas Jackass laments the shuttering of the Harris News Service at the Kansas Statehouse and argues that bloggers need mainstream media for balance against partisanship.
McCaskill inundated with Tweets over tea party comments
Show Me Progress notes that U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill heard a lot of angry Tweets after writing "the tea party thing confuses me."
The slippery slope of police action and civil liberties
Musings From Brian J. Noggle wonders why the media supports intrusive police action if it helps to curtail what is seen as undesirable behavior.
Bond should be more worried about actual interrogation methods
Fired Up! Missouri is disappointed that U.S. Sen. Kit Bond appears to be more upset that President Barack Obama has released details of interrogation techniques rather than about the actual techniques.
Tea Party posts from around the nation
Conservatism With Heart has a round-up of Tea Party protest posts from around the country.
Nixon's small business plan makes sense
24th State approves of Gov. Jay Nixon's small business stimulus plan because it sounds a lot like the plan that 24th State pitched back in February.
Republican Party insanity
Apparently, I did not know that Bush v. Gore means that, when a Republican gets fewer votes than the Democrat, the Republican wins.
Read this story..
COLUMBIA COUNTY — 20th Congressional District candidate Republican Jim Tedisco submitted a petition to the Dutchess County Supreme Court Thursday asking the judge to declare him the winner of the extremely close special election race, despite the numbers currently being in favor of his opponent, Democrat Scott Murphy.
According to The Associated Press, Murphy leads Tedisco by 178 votes district wide — 79,452 to 79,274.
By the way, if you read to the end of this article you will see that the vote cast by the Kirsten Gillibrand, NY's newest Senator and previous representative from this district, has been counted. Lawyers for the Republican in the race challenged her vote.
What is wrong with today's Republican Party?