Previously:

Campaign Finance: he’ll only waste it on more television commercials (October 18, 2012)

Campaign Finance: he’ll only waste it on even more television commercials (October 24, 2012)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111205 10/27/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR David Spence 2021 S. Warson Road St Louis MO 63124 Self Businessman 10/26/2012 $1,000,000.00

[emphasis added]

Gee, why not abandon any restraint and just go all in?

Governor Jay Nixon didn’t write himself a big check today:

C001135 10/27/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Missouri Health Care Association PAC 236 Metro Drive Jefferson City MO 65109 10/25/2012 $20,000.00

C001135 10/27/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Carpenters’ Legislative Improvement Committee 101 Constitution Avenue, NW 10th Floor Washington DC 20001 10/25/2012 $60,000.00

C001135 10/27/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Myrna A Blair 10 Cricklewood Place Saint Louis MO 63131 Retired Retired 10/25/2012 $10,000.00

C001135 10/27/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 Voluntary Political Fund 12385 Larimore Road Saint Louis MO 63138 10/26/2012 $20,000.00

C001135 10/27/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Hoisting Engineers Local 513 Political & Educational Fund 3449 Hollenberg Drive Bridgeton MO 63044 10/26/2012 $10,000.00

C001135 10/27/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Andrew A OBrien 815 Geyer Avenue Saint Louis MO 63104 O’Brien Law Firm Attorney 10/26/2012 $10,000.00

C001135 10/27/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Thomas A McDonnell 4909 Sunset Drive Kansas City MO 64112 DST Systems, Inc. CEO 10/26/2012 $10,000.00

C001135 10/27/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Union Pacific Railroad Company 600 Broadway Suite 500 Kansas City MO 64105 10/26/2012 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

A campaign button.

Take that, Bibi.

Matthew Zupnick – Screw Ball – Bronze, Steel, Wood – 40 x 24 1/2 x 24 1/2″ – with permission of the artist.

Standard republican operating procedure.

Representative Mary Still (D), the Democratic Party candidate in the 19th Senate District, on the floor of the Missouri House, March 21, 2012.

In April 9, 2011, in the Washington Monthly:

…On the Senate floor yesterday, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), eager to prove that the budget debate wasn’t just about Planned Parenthood, spent some time on the Senate floor going after Planned Parenthood.

“Everybody goes to clinics, to doctors, to hospitals, so on,” Kyl said. “Some people go to Planned Parenthood. But you don’t have to go to Planned Parenthood to get your cholesterol or your blood pressure checked. If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that’s well over 90% of what Planned Parenthood does.”

That’s not even close to being accurate. Just 3% of the organization’s work is related to terminating pregnancies, while “well over 90% of Planned Parenthood does” relates to preventative health care services….

….As political spin goes, this is a true gem. Kyl said abortion is “well over 90% of what Planned Parenthood does” — a blatant lie — and when called on it, his defense is that his remarks on the Senate floor were “not intended to be a factual statement.” What an amazing way to justify all bogus claims — just make stuff up, and if anyone notices that you’re not telling the truth, simply explain that your nonsense was “not intended to be a factual statement….”

[emphasis added]

Today, in the 19th Senate District race, a story about a republican attack piece against Mary Still (D):

GOP ad accusing Still of missing votes takes liberties with dates

By Rudi Keller

Saturday, October 27, 2012

A Republican direct mail piece attacking Rep. Mary Still for missing votes includes a mention of 100 votes taken while she was hospitalized and cites dates when Still was either on hand or the House was on vacation….

….The fact that the dates used are not dates when Still actually missed votes do not undermine the message of the circular, said Jonathon Prouty, spokesman for the Missouri GOP. “If the statements that are made are not actual statements but made to highlight a particular part of the failed record, then the dates are insignificant,” he said…..

We live in a post fact, post truth, post sane America. The stoopid, it burns.  

Previously: Campaign Finance: why, two can play at that same game… (October 27, 2012)

Ed Martin’s (r) campaign for Attorney General is the beneficiary of one of the republican campaign contribution saints of lost causes.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C121046 10/27/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR ED MARTIN David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building Products CEO 10/27/2012 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Talk about disposable income. Literally

A new video from Obama/Biden 2012:

Claire McCaskill’s campaign released the top line numbers in the latest Kiley & Company internal poll done for her campaign. The poll was completed Thursday night, had a sample of 600 likely voters, and a margin of error of 3.5%:

….The partisan breakdown of this sample is 45% Republican; 38% Democratic; and 17% Independents who do not lean toward either party. The seven-point Republican advantage in party identification is very consistent with previous polls….

The numbers:

McCaskill – 53%

Akin – 39%

Other – 1%

Not sure – 7%

7% are “not sure”?

Further:

….Also consistent with our previous tracker, McCaskill has the nearly unanimous support of Democrats (93% to 6%), and a solid, 24-point margin among Independents (56% to 32%).

McCaskill enjoys a 20-point lead among women, but she is also ahead by 8 points among men…

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…Akin’s already-poor ratings have deteriorated further in this latest measure: only 30% of all voters have a favorable opinion of him, fully 58% now express an unfavorable impression.

In sharp contrast, Senator McCaskill’s ratings are 51% favorable and 43% unfavorable…

…voters trust her rather than Akin to protect Social Security and Medicare by a 23-point margin. By similar margins they see her as effective (+23), likeable (+24) and someone who cares about them (+18)….

Uh. Todd (r), that’s not good for you.

Interesting. The results of letting right wingnut whack jobs take over the republican party. If you shine the light of day on them they lose.  

In the Secretary of State race, today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C061132 10/27/2012 SCHOELLER FOR MISSOURI David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Executive 10/25/2012 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Apparently, the one percent aren’t particularly concerned about the appearance of grassroots support.

And there is another one percenter in the game for the same candidate.

Previously: Uh, if you’re not afraid to be around gay people in public it just means you’re not a bigot… (October 26, 2012)

“…Susan Montee claims she’s conservative. No way. Here she is at the St. Louis gay pride parade…”

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111177 10/26/2012 MONTEE FOR MISSOURI McCaskill for Missouri 2012 PO Box 300077 Saint Louis MO 63130 10/26/2012 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

Solidarity.

In the Lieutenant Governor race incumbent Peter Kinder (r) has fired off an attack ad against Susan Montee (D):

Announcer: Susan Montee claims she’s conservative. No way. Here she is at the St. Louis gay pride parade. She’s a real liberal activist. Montee’s pro-abortion. She backs Obamacare. No wonder the NRA opposes her…

Timeout. Uh, there’s a prohibition against abortion and health care reform written somewhere in the 2nd Amendment?

Peter Kinder’s the conservative. He sued to block Obamacare….

Timeout. That didn’t turn out so well, did it?

…cut taxes three hundred twenty million dollars, delivered the back to school sales tax holiday. Peter Kinder for Lieutenant Governor. It’s the conservative results that count.

Heh. These kind of conservative results? Just asking.

Update:

Susan Montee ‏@SusanMontee

Equality. Why would anyone be against that? http://bit.ly/TL3RdC 5:38 PM – 26 Oct 12

clinton ‏@SECbest

Why does @peterkinder think its bad for @susanmontee to be @ pride parade but ok for campaign contributor AB-InBev to sponsor it? #MOLtGov 5:50 PM – 26 Oct 12

Good questions.