I've got good stuff coming up . . . I'm just not totally enthused for blogging this morning . . . Here's a link collection for now.
A big sign that this cowtown needs Obamacare: Over 1,000 People Attend Massive Free Health [...]
For the second time, a Topeka man is pushing for a national holiday to honor President Barack Obama.
"Nov. 4 - the Day America Grew Up" is what community activist Sonny Scroggins calls the holiday he wants to add to your calendar.
Scroggins is passing around a petition that he hopes will convince Congress to enact the holiday.
Scroggins pushed the idea last [...]
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 [...]
[In the interest of transparency, please allow me to post this note to indicate my change of perspective. I agree with Sarah and Donald in the comment section below that the use of President Obama's campaign logo in classrooms was just a mixup and had nothing to do with Mr.' [...]
Steel plates a sign of Funkhouser's failure
Refreshing to hear KC public school official acknowledge staffing levels
Schoeller on Jetton: "If it's true, we'll part paths"
Skelton key to Obama gaining traction on Afghanistan
Fired Up! Missouri notes that the Congressional Quarterly posited that U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton [...]
Congressional Quarterly reported today (subscription required) that Rep. Ike Skelton will play an important role in the Congressional debate on Afghanistan.
As President Obama seeks to sell his escalation of the Afghanistan War to a skeptical Congress, House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton will almost surely emerge as [...]
CONSISTENT CLAIREGOP Senators, Roy Blunt and Peter Kinder are attacking Medicare Advantage “cuts” proposed by Republicans earlier this year.
A White House spokesman says Obama is likely to endorse using about $139 billion in unallocated TARP funds for a new jobs creation program.
Columbia Tribune - Jonathon Braden - 12/3/09
Pencils and notebooks resembling President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign ads have been sold in at least one Columbia school and other public schools, causing the company that distributes the materials to travel around the state yanking the [...]
Sen. Claire McCaskill was one of nine Democratic lawmakers to sign a letter to President Obama Thursday that says other countries should take a larger role in dealing with climate change. "Poorly designed climate policies could jeopardize US national interests by imposing burdens on" [...] 
Rep. Roy Blunt
WASHINGTON — In the 2008 presidential election, Republican nominee John McCain narrowly won Missouri’s 11 electoral votes despite Democrat Barack Obama’s strength with African-American voters in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas.
While the African-American turnout in the 2010 midterm elections…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - We’ve yet to see the first snowflake in Illinois this season, but the air is already thick with political campaign ads. Today, it’s Alexi Giannoulias, the third Democratic candidate for President Barack Obama’s former U.S. Senate seat…
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Sen. McCaskill
WASHINGTON — After praising President Barack Obama for his new war plan, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., returned Wednesday to her refrain — abuses in government contracting.
During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense…
[...]In cased you missed it, here's what some local lawmakers had to say about President Obama's speech:
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee:
“This is parallel to what we did in Anbar Province in Iraq, working with the local folk much more, supplying resources to them. It worked.
Can [...]
JEFFERSON CITY — Perhaps tiring of continued Republican attacks that she won’t take firm positions on important national topics, U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan, a Democrat, issued a news release today backing President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan strategy.
“I support the decision by…
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Obama delivers his plan at West Point
Local Republicans offered a mix reaction to President Obama’s announcement last night that he will send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.
U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, who is retiring next year, was mostly positive, offering…
[...]Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, who's running for the Senate next year, came out foursquare behind President Obama's plan for Afghanistan.
Here's what the 2010 Democratic candidate had to say:
"The failure to focus on Afghanistan for the past several years has created a difficult and dangerous situation. I [...]
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Robin Carnahan threw her support behind President Obama's Afghanistan strategy Wednesday morning."The" [...]
Sen. Kit Bond, a Republican, and Rep. Ike Skelton, a Democrat, say President Obama made the right decision in ordering an increase in U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Bond doesn't like the idea of an 18-month pullout schedule, however.
Wednesday night, The American Friends Service Committee and the KC Iraq [...]
Analyzing Kander's ethics reform plan
Thoughts on President Obama's handling of Afghanistan
Video: Palin fans wait outside for Springfield book signing
An ethics complaint is field against Bill Stouffer's Congressional campaign, the Kansas Lottery Gaming Facilities Review Board approves a casino plan for Wyandotte County, and the quarterly homicide report [...]
KC Biz Journal: Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center 
