Archive for September, 2006

This Week in Blogging, Sept. 19

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

Jeff Roe weighed in on Dem objections to the voter ID law. Mayor Slay had a different take.

Check out Paul Seale’s Arena of Ideas for smart commentary from a solid conservative.

Randy Turner pointed out a ridiculous quirk in campaign finance disclosure law which allows U.S. Senate candidates to file their reports the old-fashioned way, instead of electronically. Turner, a former reporter, also gave his thoughts on last week’s post about reporters and the proper citation of blogs.

At FiredUpMissouri.com, Roy Temple drew parallels between the Bob Ney and Conrad Burns cases and the FBI investigation/non-investigation/figment of the liberal media’s imagination here in Missouri.

The Talent campaign blog provided a recap of the senator’s appearance at the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood. The McCaskill blog hasn’t been updated this month.

On the national level, Marc Ambinder of The Hotline looked at Dems’ microtargeting efforts for November. Looks like the program won’t be in effect in Missouri.

Meanwhile, The Hotline and Wonkette are having a field day with the traveling circus that is Virginia’s U.S. Senate race.

The nation’s best sports blog noted the absurdity of a certain sports commentator sharing his view on Iraq. (Note: Do not click on the link that reads “NBA DRAFT!!!” if you have a history of bladder control issues.) (link possibly NSFW due to language)

If you haven’t already, you should add Greg Reeves’ Crime Scene KC to your daily circuit of KY3 Political Notebook, CDT Vote 2006, P-D Political Fix, and the KC Buzz Blog.

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Succinctly, 9/18/06.

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Apple.

Tree.

Busted.

“Circumstances.”

.elbaveilebnU

Useful (via Keith Mackie).

Funny.

Funnier.

Funniest.

Familiar?

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Tobacco tax, stem cell consultants

Friday, September 15th, 2006

Following up on yesterday’s post, here’s what the consultants and staff for the tobacco tax increase and the stem cell initiative are earning.

Committee for a Healthy Future, Inc.

Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures

Missourians Against Human Cloning

If you don’t recognize the consultants’ company names off the top of your head, just use the handy SOS database to look them up.

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Staff, consultant pay

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

One of the most popular features on johncombest.com over the years has been that of linking to campaign expenditures, including staff and consultant pay. I haven’t done it in a while, so here you go:

Missourians for Matt Blunt, Inc.

Nixon for Governor

Sandra Thomas, CPA for Auditor

Montee for Auditor

Missouri Republican Party (latest)

Missouri Republican Party (July Quarterly)

Missouri Democratic Party (latest)

Missouri Democratic Party (July Quarterly)

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