Monday, September 24, 2012
The former House Speaker and Presidential candidate was the headliner at a Kirkwood fundraiser Monday for the embattled GOP nominee.
Saying U.S. Rep. Todd Akin's race against incumbent Claire McCaskill is a key in the Republican Party's quest for control of the United States Senate, former House Speaker and 2012 Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich came to Kirkwood for a fundraiser Monday and compared the current contest to the uphill fight Harry Truman faced in getting re-elected to the Senate in 1940 and later as President in 1948. Gingrich told reporters gathered at the Kirkwood Train Station for a news conference prior to a mid-day fundraising lunch at Trattoria Branica that he expected party organizations, including Presidential nominee Mitt Romney, to start to rally back behind Akin next month ahead of November's election. Akin has been shunned by national …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The Monday event in Kirkwood will not be open to the news media.
One day after conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly announced that former U.S. House Speaker and 2012 Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich would appear at a Monday fundraiser supporting the U.S. Senate campaign of U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-Wildwood), the Akin campaign announced it would be closed to news media. A campaign spokesman told Patch Wednesday there would likely be a Monday morning news conference regarding the event, which The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports will be at Trattoria Branica in Kirkwood. It will be the highest-profile attempt at fundraising for the Akin campaign since national GOP interests urged him to get out of the Senate race following his comments about "legitimate rape" and pregnancy last month. Akin has resited …
Friday, April 20, 2012
Also, find out why Newt Gingrich may not be a fan of the St. Louis Zoo, and we have links to this weekend's congressional district caucus events.
The tea party movement’s activism may have helped tip the 2010 election cycle to Republicans, especially since dedicated volunteers helped Republicans win the U.S. House and close the gap in the U.S. Senate. So it’s no surprise that candidates—including the three major Republicans running for the U.S. Senate in Missouri—are trying to gather support from tea party organizations and political figures. But one of the interesting aspects of the movement is its inherent decentralization—no one entity speaks for everybody. For instance, former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman announced a few weeks ago an endorsement from Tea Party Express, a California-based group that touts itself as the “nation’s largest tea party political action committee.” “…
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
But Mitt Romney has more than twice the number of delegates as his main challenger; and Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich remain in the race.
Even after Rick Santorum won in Louisiana, an Associated Press article in the New Orleans Picayune noted that Santorum still “dramatically lags behind (Mitt) Romney in the hunt for delegates.” The New York Times lists the delegate count like this: That means Romney is nearly halfway to the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination. But Santorum’s win was part of a pattern, according to an Associated Press article in the New Orleans Picayune: “The under-funded underdog has tended to win in Bible Belt states that include Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama.” While campaigning in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, Santorum “took an unmistakable jab at Romney: "Don't make the mistake that Republicans made in 1976. Don't nominate the …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Republican Committee organizers say they tried to be fair to all caucus participants by trying to see that delegates were apportioned to candidates according to participant numbers.
During Ron Paul’s March 10 visit to Lindenwood University, Brent Stafford got up and urged Paul supporters to attend the caucus and “make national news.” And they did. “Just not in the way we wanted to,” Stafford said Sunday. The St. Charles County Republican Caucus at Francis Howell North was shut down Saturday with no business conducted. Stafford and another caucus attender were arrested by St. Peters Police for trespassing after the caucus. Now, the “St. Patrick’s Day Massacre” has two sides of the county's GOP pointing fingers at the other. Stafford said that before the meeting, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney supporters had decided to support him (Stafford) for chairman. Pre-Caucus Planning “We talked to them and I told them I was intent on …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Rick Santorum's wins in the conservative South--Newt Gingrich's stronghold--may show conservatives he's their guy.
Ron Paul presses on, Rick Santorum surges in the South, Mitt Romney doggedly holds onto frontrunner status, and Newt Gingrich is, well, Newt. Washington Post Columnist Dan Balz wrote that Santorum’s wins in Mississippi and Alabama earned him an opportunity to consolidate a conservative base “with former House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) unable to win either state in his home region.” Balz wrote: “The former senator from Pennsylvania must now convince Republicans in other regions that his brand of conservatism would make him a stronger nominee against Obama.” But you wouldn’t know it to hear Romney speak. In fact, in dogged frontrunner status, Romney hasn’t mentioned his Republican rivals much. An Associated Press story reads: “The more …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Maybe. But it’s unlikely that a less than Super Tuesday will provide a decisive win for the Massachusetts governor, pundits say.
After a win in Arizona and a tie in Michigan, Mitt Romney could solidify his position as the Republican frontrunner with a strong showing Tuesday, the date when more delegates will be up for grabs than any other in the Republican presidential primary. But Rick Sanctorum is neck and neck with Romney in key states such as Ohio, as the Washington Post declared the two are in a virtual tie for the Buckeye State. Santorum maintains that he is conservatives’ choice. The Washington Post quotes him saying that no matter how much money Romney spends, “conservatives will not trust him.” The Associated Press says the election could end Newt Gingrich’s campaign or give Ron Paul more credibility. Paul is dominating Patch’s nonscientific online poll. “…
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
St. Charles County Patch sites are polling readers on a weekly basis to gauge their interest in the election, its candidates and what issues are most important to them.
As the final four GOP nominees prepare for this week's debate in Arizona, it's still anyone's guess as to who the eventual candidate will be. Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum appear to be swapping places. Newt Gingrich has been relatively quiet. And one report from CNN says Ron Paul may have hit his ceiling. From CNN: All four Republican presidential hopefuls have jointly suffered from an increasing Republican anxiety about the field. The latest CNN/ORC poll, conducted a week ago, shows 55 (percent) of Republicans are satisfied with their presidential candidates, down 11 points from October 2011. Arizona's debate matters. It could be an oasis for Gingrich's regularly in-debt campaign, providing an audience of millions for the price of a plane…
Saturday, February 18, 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 …
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
St. Charles County Patch sites are polling readers on a weekly basis to gauge their interest in the election, its candidates and what issues are most important to them.
Ron Paul fell less than 200 votes shy of claiming his first primary as Maine held its presidential preference primary over the weekend. Unfortuanately for Paul, the showing didn't mean much as, similar to Missouri's non-binding primary, Maine's actual GOP candidate won't be decided until March 11. Paul is still looking for his first victory in the campaign season. His stock has dropped ever since he was polled as one of the favorites to compete in Iowa. From The Washington Post: The campaign’s top hopes appear to be in caucuses held in Washington state on March 3 and those held in Alaska, North Dakota and Idaho on Super Tuesday on March 6. Meanwhile, as CNN reports, the race for the Republican presidential nomination appears to be all …
Scott Simon
11:06 am on Friday, September 21, 2012
Those who follow biased ratings and ignore reality really bug me. Hey, I spent 30 years in media and politics so my new Think Quickly On My Feet rating: Akin rating: D-. Reason? He's not a rookie in front of a TV camera and to make that kind of statement proves he's not very bright. more ›