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What is going on in Missouri? First, we get word that anti-labor forces are launching a campaign
to amend the state constitution so that all union elections must be
conducted by what they call “secret ballot.” Now it appears that two
Republicans in the state ...

Expected to be one of the most brutal congressional fights
of Barack Obama’s first term, the battle over card check is already
heating up in one Midwestern state. Save Our Secret Ballot, a new coalition
backed by business interests and conservative think tanks, is ...

At a rally underneath the Gateway Arch in St. Louis today, Barack Obama spoke to a mammoth crowd estimated at 80,000 to 100,000 people.  Obama marveled at the size of the audience as he took to the podium: "All I can say is, wow."  Read the Post-Dispatch's ...

Wow. Big news today out of Michigan.  The McCain campaign has announced that they're pulling all staff out of the state and redistributing them to Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida.

So taking that into consideration, let's have a look at the current map.  What emerges is ...

We've been carefully tracking Indiana's swing state status, but now it appears the race for Missouri may be just as tight.  A CNN poll released today has Barack Obama leading John McCain by one point -- 49-48 percent.  The last CNN survey in the state -- conducted three weeks ...

Here's a ringing endorsement for the ongoing war in Iraq. Despite describing itself as the "largest Iraq and Afghanistan veterans organization in America,"
Vets For Freedom (VFF) had some trouble scaring up like-minded folks to rally at the
vice presidential ...

In the last year, the state of Illinois has aggressively pushed for
stricter standards against air pollution at the national level. That
push has now put us at odds with one of our neighbors across the
Mississippi. Today the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports
how Missouri'...

As the summer election season hits its stride, we're seeing more and
more evidence that Barack Obama is benefiting from the cross-country
battle he waged with Hillary Clinton during the Democratic
primary. Yesterday, National Journal's Carrie Dann reported on how the drawn-...

Critics of the Indiana voter ID law upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court late last month warned that the highly restrictive bill could set a dangerous precedent by giving cover to other fledgling anti-voter campaigns nationwide.

Our neighbors in Missouri are already ...