TEA TIME RETURNTHToday Liz Lauber rejects a recent government study conducted by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that recommends women wait until the age of 50 to begin regular mammograms. The new study says most women don't need mammograms in their 40s and should get one every two years starting' [...]
"Interesting . . . but means nothing""PROBABLY" in race until the end 7th District GOP Congressional candidate Darrell Moore said late Friday that a new poll showing him ahead in the primary race to replace Roy Blunt was encouraging, interesting and basically meaningless. "This poll" [...] 
IKE . . . TO THE RIGHT House Armed Services Committee chair Ike Skelton broke with the Obama administration on trying the men accused of plotting terrorist attacks in U.S. criminal courts. "As a former prosecutor, I am not yet convinced that the right decision was" [...] 
King political prognosticator Charlie Cook has switched his ranking for Missouri's 4th Congressional District race from "a likely Democratic seat" to "a lean Democratic seat" in 2010. The move is minor, and still favors Rep. Ike Skelton. But it's also significant for Republicans who believe [...] 
7th District Congressional candidate Billy Long signed a pledge with FreedomWorks to not support earmarking if elected to the U.S. House next year."So many politicians have a habit of breaking their word, telling their constituents one thing while doing another. They know that nobody" [...] 
Springfield physician and school board member Michael Hoeman will formally announce his candidacy for State Senate Monday, setting up a likely general election battle with Republican Rep. Bob Dixon. District #30 incumbent Norma Champion is vacating her seat in 2010 due to term limits. Hoeman, a [...] 
Longshot U.S. Senate candidate Chuck Purgason said he's encouraged by a new Public Policy Polling survey that shows his support in double-digits and noted that Congressman Roy Blunt's high unfavorable numbers in the Ozarks exemplify the problems of the Republican Party's frontrunner. The poll, conducted [...] 
"Dog & Pony Show"SLAMS DEAL AS 'UNWISE and PREMATURE" Sen. Scott Rupp blasted Gov. Jay Nixon's plan to freeze tuition at colleges and universities as a "dog and pony show" that's already enshrined in state law. "It does nothing but re-affirm the tuition cap the' [...]
"In some ways, George Bush's lead is as thin as November ice."--Dan Rather on Election Night 2004Take 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 . . [...] 
Sen. Kit Bond and Congressman Roy Blunt met in Washington, D.C. Tuesday with dozens of World War II veterans taking part in the inaugural "Ozarks Honor Flight."From his testimony before Ways and Means committee, Jeff Rainford describes how pensions are a big part of the city's budget problems:
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A campaign consultant with ties to the southeastern U.S. has signed on to advise the 7th District Congressional campaign of Michael Wardell.
Down to 9.3%SIGN OF STABILITY A BRIGHT SPOT FOR NIXON Missouri's unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a point to 9.3 percent in October, keeping the Show-Me State's jobless rate about one full point below the national average. Nationally, the unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent last [...] 
