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Missouri

What’s the matter with Missouri: 2017 edition

July 15, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Missouri region, Republicans Leave a comment

The blood-red Missouri legislature, the state’s once-Democrat-now-Republican Governor, and our party-uber-alles senior Senator continue to make this state a beacon for everything that’s going

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A MO Democratic candidate calls for a Balanced Budget amendment. Wait, what?

June 27, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Budget, Government, Missouri region, Politics One comment

In a shocking policy statement released last week, Democrat Jason Kander—who is running for US Senate to unseat Republican incumbent Roy Blunt—announced that he

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Gun crazy: Senator Roy Blunt edition

June 27, 2016 Willy Kessler Guns, Missouri region Leave a comment

We’ve all heard the tragic stories about parents who just look away for one distracted second while disaster strikes their helpless toddler. There’s the

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Trump candidacy threatens MO’s Blunt

May 11, 2016 Willy Kessler 2016 Election, Missouri region 3 comments

Wanna know how lots of GOP politicians feel about their 2016 presidential candidate, Donald Trump? That’s easy. He scares the bejesus out of ’em.

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Public Opinion Polling

McCaskill

McCaskill vs. Hawley: What the pollster asked

April 17, 2018

Missouri’s incumbent U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill faces a challenge in November from

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American Communitiy Survey

American Community Survey: Is it useful? Is it safe?

April 7, 2018

I filled out the U.S. Department of Commerce’s American Community Survey today,

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Brexit

Brexit, Colombia, Trump, and the threat of the unexpected

November 4, 2016

This year pre-Brexit, polls in Britain were equivocal. Would Britain continue as

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poll

Inane questions undermine poll results

August 30, 2016

Last night, Rachel Maddow reported that a just-released national poll by liberal-leaning

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