Tuesday, July 31, 2012
A Patch panel of party insiders from the local and state level believes the presumptive Presidential nominee will carry Missouri in November.
If the presidential election were held today, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would carry the state of Missouri. That's according to a recent survey of GOP party insiders assembled as part of Patch's ongoing "Red Arch" project. Previous Red Arch Survey Coverage: Of those surveyed, 57.1 percent said they strongly agreed with the statement, while 38.1 percent somewhat agreed. One respondent somewhat disagreed (2.4 percent) while another was neutral on the question. The survey reflects the general evolution of Missouri Republicans as it pertains to the likely nominee. Former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum won Missouri's non-binding primary, and Romney had to work until June to cement a majority of the state's convention …
Friday, April 13, 2012
Even if the state's presidential primary had carried delegate weight, would Mitt Romney's defacto hold of the GOP nomination be any different now?
Missouri politics may be the best arena to ask “what if?” For instance, what if Republican Matt Blunt had decided to run for re-election in 2008? Would he have defeated then-Attorney General Jay Nixon? Or would he have been swept under the relative Democratic wave that year? And what if Chris Koster had decided to run for attorney general as a Republican? Would he have emerged victorious out of a GOP primary or would have been defeated by more conservative candidates? Political prognosticators can only dream. But a more recent version of that fun and exciting exercise comes about with Missouri’s presidential caucuses. After the legislature failed to move the primary date to March, Republicans in the state had to go through with a non-…
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Backers of the former Massachusetts Governor won Saturday after a second vote was needed.
Republicans in Creve Coeur Township met Saturday and ultimately rallied behind a slate of delegates backing former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, after a spirited and sometimes contentious caucus gathering in Maryland Heights. Two actual votes were taken, with several attempts to verify each count. In the end, Romney's slate of delegates defeated those for former Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania) by a count of 54-53. Supporters of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) garnered 16 votes. The first vote was a 53-53-21 tie. Confusion reigned through much of the vote, thanks to uncertainty over check-in procedures and voter verification. Committeeman Neal Breitweiser told Patch before the event that he expected roughly 60 people to show up. …
Friday, March 16, 2012
Candidates at the state and federal level are weighing in on the field of 64.
It’s March Madness, and that means it’s become trendy for politicians to predict who they will go far in the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament. President Barack Obama, who is well-known to have a passion for basketball, released a bracket earlier this week that included the beloved Missouri Tigers in the Final Four. Also getting into the pick 'em spirit is Dave Spence, a Frontenac Republican running for governor. His campaign released a bracket that had Mizzou winning it all, and Saint Louis University making it to the Elite Eight. By the way, intrepid politico Eli Yokley Tweeted a few days ago that Gov. Jay Nixon, who could be Spence’s opponent later this year, wouldn’t divulge his Final Four picks. FINAL COUNTDOWN TO CAUCUS After weeks …
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Today's Patch conversation starter keys off the recent flurry of attention some of the GOP candidates are finally giving to Missouri.
Missouri has largely been left out of the spotlight in this year's run for the Republican presidential nomination, but we've had a few flashes of relevance in recent weeks. Rick Santorum, who casts himself as the conservative alternative to frontrunner Mitt Romney, visited the St. Charles Convention Center on the night of his win in the non-binding GOP primary in Missouri. Over the weekend, Ron Paul visited Lindenwood University for a rally in front of 3,000 supporters. And today, Mitt Romney is making his first campaign appearance in the state, just ahead of the GOP caucuses that will be occuring in fits-and-starts, but focused on Saturday, in the state. He'll appear for a campaign stop at Kirkwood Park for an outdoor "Town Hall" meeting …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Plus, filing dates for Congressional races might be moved back and Steelman gets on the air
The word “non-binding” was thrown around often when either previewing or analyzing Missouri’s GOP primary. And with good reason: The real battle for delegates will take place at the party’s March caucuses. Although former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum easily won Missouri's Republican primary, it doesn't necessarily ensure that he'll get the Show Me State's delegates. Santorum's primary victory – along with wins in the Minnesota and Colorado caucuses – helped revive the former Pennsylvania senator’s campaign against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The delegate situation will be decided at the Missouri Republican Party's caucuses, which begin in March. It's a complicated process that involves participation at the county, congressional and …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Plus: Santorum surges, while Martin and Koster make news for different reasons.
Campaigns these days can no longer just rely on advertisements and direct mail to deliver a message. They also need to have a quick-fire presence on the Web. That aforementioned statement is not necessarily revolutionary. Campaigns have utilized the Web as both a messaging tool and an opposition research mechanism for more than a decade. But with more and more people getting information about politics and politicians through the Web, the demand is high for manpower to update Twitter pages, fill Facebook pages, manage e-mail lists and organize YouTube videos. For instance, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) announced – via, of course, Twitter – that Blue State Digital’s Alex Kellner would be joining her re-election campaign as a digital director…
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
St. Charles County residents say outcome of vote shows how the base of the Republican party truly feels.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum addressed a crowd of supporters in St. Charles on Tuesday night, soon after he was declared the winner of both the nonbinding Missouri primary and the Minnesota caucuses. "Tonight, the voters in America, Missouri, Minnesota,....I hope you have been listening to our message," he said. "Mitt Romney has the same positions as Barack Obama." Santorum said he's got a pro-growth jobs message and that he cares about both the very rich and the very poor. "I care for 100 percent of America," he said. Most of his speech was aimed at Pres. Barack Obama. Santorum criticized the president's new regulation that would require health insurance to cover birth control and contraceptive services. "We were told, 'You have…
Patch was live blogging as the former Republican Senator from Pennsylvania hosted an election night party at the St. Charles Convention Center.
Rick Santorum's presidential campaign made a second stop in St. Charles County in eight days Tuesday night as the former Pennsylvania Senator held an election night party at the St. Charles Convention Center. Patch monitored activities at the event with live blog coverage. You can reply the action right here and read more Patch coverage:
Residents talk about the issues important to them, even though the primary election itself has lost some of the practical luster.
One poll worker working at Parkway Northeast Middle School wondered in jest if there had been an accident on the interstate as activity at the polls was fairly quiet Tuesday morning. At other locations around Creve Coeur, there were signs of a typical voting day, only no signs supporting candidates actually on the ballot in Tuesday's presidential preference primary. Signs backing State Representative Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) were all one could see, and she won't even be on the ballot for re-election until the fall. But despite the fact that Missouri's primary on the Republican side will not be a factor in the delegate count, voters still came to make their voice known, both as a show of patriotism and as citizens concerned about the …
PaulRevere
4:18 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2012
Sonny: Really, You understand everything about what the Republican Romney wants to do and how deceitful he might be. BUT, you don't understand what the Democratic Party wants to do to fix this country problems. Question!-- What could possibly be in Romney 2011 tax return that will MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER? I doubt YOU would really know the terms, Passive income, Alternative minimum taxes, Capital … more ›