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The Johnson County Republican Party will hold a convention of all Republican precinct leaders of the 25th Kansas House District to elect Rep. Terrie Huntingon's replacement.
Huntington, you may recall, resigned her House seat effective Jan. 1 to move to the state Senate. She's succeeding former state Sen. David Wysong who resigned because of family reasons.
The convention [...]
Issuing 2010 election predictions is harzardous work, given the macro political trends these days (the economy, Afghanistan, Iraq, among them).
But at year's end, the folks at the non-partisan Cook Political Report have issued a forecast for the new year that shouldn't be missed.
The bottom line:
Republicans will pick up 20-30 seats [...]Senate Majority Leader Kevin Engler [R-Farmington] also is bracing for trouble. Eight of the 10 senators term-limited in 2010 are Republicans. Of the 10 additional senators term-limited in 2012, seven of them also are Republicans.
"Over half my majority is term-limited, and most of them aren't' [...]
UPDATE: I’ve made a couple of changes to offer more clarity to this post.
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Republican Party pointed out in a news release today that another recent winner of a driver’s license fee office — this one…
[...]UPDATE 2: Not surprisingly, the game of ethical tit-for-tat is going back and forth between Missouri political parties on this issue. The Missouri GOP, which had previously complained about Carnahan’s radio ads on fraud (see below), now says it might…
[...]Americans United for Change is not impressed with the GOP's attempted filibuster of war spending legislation.
[...]
I'm struggling to wrap my head around the hypocrisy exhibited in this gambit by Kit Bond and his GOP colleagues:
Senate Republicans said Thursday that they would try to filibuster a massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an unusual move that several' [...]
The Post-Dispatch: "If the GOP doesn't want to be branded the "Party of Stupid," it could stand to nominate more people who can speak eloquently on complicated policy matters."
' [...]It appears that Rep. Jason Brown will not run against Rep. Rob Schaaf in the 34th Senate District GOP primary.
KY3's Dave Catanese and Sen. McCaskill's communications chief Adrianne Marsh are moving on to new adventures.
Senator McCaskill’s contracting oversight committee is questioning the extensive use of contractors in [...]
I chuckled a bit to myself upon reading this tidbit in Jerry Berger's latest column:
GOP's Mo. Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder pointed out that he'll run for governor and chuckled, "As President Obama goes, hopefully he's helped our team a lot."
Praying for a cataclysmic Obama implosion is [...]
UPDATED: With Yoder's release (below):
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FouYoderr-term Kansas state Rep. Kevin Yoder will run for Congress, Republicans told Prime Buzz this morning.
Expect a formal announcement later today.
The 33-year-old Overland Park Republican enters a burgeoning GOP 3rd District primary that already includes former state Sen. Nick Jordan and former [...]
State Sen. Chuck Purgason doesn't appear to be letting up in his criticism of Rep. Roy Blunt's leadership as GOP Whip and Leader from 2003-2008. Speaking Friday on 97.1 FM Talk's "Allman in the Morning" program, Purgason reiterated his concerns with Republican deficit spending and Blunt's unapologetic defense of' [...]
Another Republican has taken himself out of the running in the race to replace Rep. Dennis Moore in Kansas' Third Congressional District.
This time it's State Sen. Jeff Colyer, who made the announcement in a release that includes an endorsement of Nick Jordan, the GOP candidate in 2008.
“I [...]
I'm sure Missouri Politics gets some people excited but for the most part it's mainly an exercise in name calling. In this instance it seems kinda rough, could be time for somebody to call "Green Balloons."' [...] 
The House passed a sweeping financial regulatory bill today that, apart from anything else it might do – the Senate still has to pass its own version – will likely become another weapon in the Republican arsenal next year.
Like the economic stimulus package and health care reform legislation, not [...]
Congressman Ike Skelton joined a unanimous Republican caucus in opposing a $447 billion dollar spending bill passed by the House Thursday. The A.P. notes: The 1,088-page, $1.1 trillion measure would provide $447 billion in operating budgets for 10 Cabinet departments, awarding increases averaging almost [...] 
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Republican strategist Karl Rove celebrates a "stellar" class of GOP U.S. Senate candidates for the 2010 cycle and notes that of the two Republicans he's contributed financially to, one is Roy Blunt. "Republicans have also recruited good candidates for" [...] 
Rep. Ike Skelton
WASHINGTON — In his latest departure from the Democratic majority and liberals in his party, Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Lexington, joined congressional Republicans who voted against a wide-ranging $447 billion spending bill Thursday.
In a statement entered into the…
[...]Following the Springfield News-Leader story regarding the Nixon Administration rebidding 10 fee offices, Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party issued the following statement:
“This is the latest in a series of setbacks for Jay Nixon’s scandal-plagued fee office system. Nixon [...]Republican House members said they spent little time discussing former Speaker Rod Jetton's assault charges and the resulting damage to the GOP.
The Office of Administration will rebid contracts to operate 10 fee offices previously awarded to Alternative Opportunities Inc. Officials with OA and the Dept. of Revenue discovered the company [...]
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.....is that the meeting was no great shakes.
Republican House members said they spent little time discussing former Speaker Rod Jetton's assault charges and any damage to the GOP.
Mainly, the focus was on 2010 legislation coming down the pike, GOP sources tell Prime Buzz.
There was a review of what constitutes ethical behavior for state lawmakers with [...]
Malek, left, and Black
A pair of Washington’s most consummate insiders — Fred Malek and Charlie Black, whose resumes are as long as any Republicans in D.C. — are hosting a fundraiser this evening for GOP Senate hopeful Roy Blunt.
Black is…
[...]In the hotly contested GOP primary for the U.S. Senate in Kansas, Jerry Moran today snapped up an endorsement from former Missouri Sen. Jim Talent.
In endorsing Moran, Talent praised his "proven record of supporting small business, tax relief for working families and fiscal responsibility."
Talent, btw, is keeping his name very [...]
The Star has just published an anonymous Dear Colleagues letter -- "presumably a Republican state rep," reporter Steve Kraske writes -- demanding that the House GOP caucus find new leaders not named Rod Jetton or Steve Tilley. It begins:
To My Colleagues, (I am withholding my name today so you read [...]
Former U.S. Senator Jim Talent will keynote Greene County's annual Lincoln Day event in March, organizers tell The Notebook. This year's GOP get-together is slated for Saturday, March 20th at the University Plaza Hotel & Convention Center. Former Gov. Matt Blunt will serve on a [...] 
Former Vice President CheneyBig talk from former Vice President Dick Cheney:
"I think we'll pick up a lot of seats (next year)," he told Fox New's Sean Hannity Tuesday. "Prospects for the Republicans in 2010 are very good."
More:
"Right after Obama was elected, there was [...]
Why don't we have a minimum tax?
A strategy for bringing the public option to Kansas
Blunt backs Forsee's letter on climate change
Gov. Jay Nixon is supporting a legislative push to strengthen DWI laws in Missouri, thoughts on the rivalries among GOP political consultants, and will other Democrats in [...]
