Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C000960 10/17/2014 MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Claire McCaskill 1941 Spring House Dr St Louis MO 63122 United States Senate 10/17/2014 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s $540,000.00 since February, $250,000.00 in the month of October.

We hadn’t noticed the junior senator from Missouri doing the same for his party, but then again, he doesn’t have to because, well, checkmate.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C091212 10/17/2014 FRIENDS OF TODD RICHARDSON Missourians for Excellence in Gov’t 6175 Westminster St Louis MO 63112 10/17/2014 $10,000.00

C091212 10/17/2014 FRIENDS OF TODD RICHARDSON Grow Missouri 308 East High Street Jefferson City MO 65101 10/17/2014 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Wouldn’t it just be easier to write one check?

Previously:

How “a broad based coalition” is now defined in Missouri and America (September 12, 2014)

[….]

The Grow Missouri PAC’s “broad based coalition” consists of $6,045,000.00 from Rex Sinquefield (in blue)

and $22,000.00 (in-kind) from Pelopidas LLC over the fourteen month existence of the PAC.

[….]

Campaign Finance: Well, there are two… (July 2, 2014)

… and they’re both from Missouri.

[….]

The Republican State Leadership Committee is topping off the Republican State Leadership Committee – Missouri PAC. Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C051039 10/17/2014 RSLC-MISSOURI PAC Republican State Leadership Committee 1201 F Street, NW Suite 675 Washington DC 20004 10/15/2014 $10,700.00

[emphasis added]

Maybe they’ll use the money to fly a blimp painted in psychedelic colors around Cole County.

By the way, that’s a total of $210,700.00 within the last two weeks.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Who is getting propped up this time? (October 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Now we know… (October 6, 2014)

Campaign Finance: But wait, there’s more… (October 12, 2014)

Others are noticing (October 17, 2014)

Today, at TPM:

Who’s Behind The Whopping Six Figures Being Spent To Oust A Dem State Judge?

By Dylan Scott Published October 17, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT

A month ago, Missouri GOP prosecutor Brian Stumpe had less than $100 on hand in his campaign to unseat Cole County Circuit Court Judge Patricia Joyce, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Now, just a few weeks later, he has received $100,000 — all of it funneled into his campaign by a national group, the Republican State Leadership Committee, which has spent a total of $200,000 so far in this race for a single state judgeship….

….”If you sue the state of Missouri, if there’s a lawsuit in which you’re bringing a constitutional question or challenging ballot language or a fiscal note by a state auditor, those cases are directed to the Cole County Circuit Court,” Roy Temple, chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party, told TPM. “It is a judgeship that has statewide importance.”

Joyce is the only Democratic judge at the Cole County Circuit Court; her two colleagues are Republican. So ousting her would, in theory, be a significant win for Republicans looking to influence the outcome of the kind of cases Temple described….

What the voters in Cole County are seeing on their television:

Announcer: Meet liberal judge Pat Joyce. Radical environmentalists think Joyce is so groovy. And the lawyers funding her campaign do, too. Pat Joyce ruled against farmers and their property rights so she could side with radical environmentalists. And Joyce’s reelection is bankrolled by the same lawyers who profit from the cases she oversees as judge. Pat Joyce, groovy for them, bad for us.

It’s paid for by the Republican State Leadership Committee – Missouri PAC. They obviously think Cole County voters are stoopit.

“…And the lawyers funding her campaign do, too…” Ah, chutzpah. And yet we don’t know who provided the money for the RSLC-Missouri PAC contribution and ad, do we?

Yes, the RSLC thinks Cole County voters are really stoopit.

“…the same lawyers who profit from the cases she oversees as judge…” All lawyers profit from the cases judges oversee. On all sides of an issue before a court. They get paid for being lawyers, and, you know, that includes appearing in court to do, you know, law things. It’s their job.

Yes, they definitely think Cole County voters are really stoopit.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Who is getting propped up this time? (October 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Now we know… (October 6, 2014)

Campaign Finance: But wait, there’s more… (October 12, 2014)

Wouldn’t it be easier just to buy the whole state outright?

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141374 10/16/2014 FRIENDS FOR JENNIFER FLORIDA Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut St Louis MO 65085 retired 10/14/2014 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

C141374: Friends For Jennifer Florida

3873 Hartford Street Committee Type: Candidate

St Louis Mo 63116 Party Affiliation: Independent

[….] Established Date: 06/09/2014

  Termination Date:

Candidate Treasurer Deputy Treasurer

Jennifer Florida Sharon Oatis

3873 Hartford Street

St Louis Mo 63116 3729 Oak Hill

St Louis Mo 63116

[….]

Election History

Election Year Primary Outcome General Outcome Political Office

2014 Recorder Of Deeds City Of St Louis

[emphasis added]

Bipartisanship!

Here’s another disingenuous piece of campaign mail on behalf of Dean Dohrman (r), the incumbent republican in the 51st Legislative District –  received today and paid for by the Missouri republican party:

Somebody has it backwards, but it’s Dean Dohrman (r).

Think about that for a moment.

Gary Grigsby, the Democratic Party candidate in the 51st Legislative District doesn’t presently serve in the Missouri General Assembly. Gary Grigsby has never served in the Missouri General Assembly. He does not nor has he ever had the ability to vote for or against a bill on the floor of the House.

Meanwhile, Dean Dohrman (r) spent his time in the General Assembly in Jefferson City voting against Sharia Law, voting against Agenda 21, and voting for nullification (which was settled 150 years ago). Nope, nothing on jobs.

Dean Dohrman (r) did vote to screw education (and the University of Central Missouri) in his district. School Boards across the state opposed that ill conceived cut to public education for the benefit of the wealthiest few.

Dean Dohrman (r) did vote to allow the state to intrude on an individual’s medical decisions.

With no record of legitimate legislative achievement to speak of Dean Dohrman’s (r) benefactors in the Missouri republican party have to resort to mailers like this.

And look who else has been propping up Dean Dohrman’s (r) campaign recently (via the Missouri Ethics Commission):

C111221 10/13/2014 COMMITTEE TO ELECT DEAN DOHRMAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE House Republican Campaign Committee PO Box 1313 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/13/2014 $26,804.66

C111221 10/16/2014 COMMITTEE TO ELECT DEAN DOHRMAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE Realtors Political Action Committee-Missouri PO Box 30635 Columbia MO 65205 10/15/2014 $14,797.30

[emphasis added]

Previously: Dean Dohrman (r) thinks your stoopit (October 10, 2014)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C041029 10/16/2014 CITIZENS FOR WILL KRAUS Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retire 10/15/2014 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Like the republican incumbent needs the cash?:

C041029: Citizens For Will Kraus

612 Sw Trailpark Circle Committee Type: Candidate

Lees Summit Mo 64081 Party Affiliation: Republican

[….] Established Date: 01/26/2004

  Termination Date:

Information Reported On: 2014 – October Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $193,868.49

Monetary Receipts + $81,586.00

Monetary Expenditures – $1,371.60

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $80,214.40

Ending Money On Hand   $274,082.89

[emphasis added]

Uh, that was before the really, really, really big contribution from the really, really, really wealthy individual. Because we all know, one can never take an election result for granted. There is one exception.

The individuals who filed for the 8th Senate District seat:

State Senator – District 8

Republican

Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Will Kraus 612 SW TRAILPARK CIR LEES SUMMIT MO 64081 162 2/25/2014

That’s it. No one else. That’s the one exception.

So, what’s the $100,000.00 for and what does it really buy? Just asking.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: For what purpose? (September 3, 2014)

Well, well, somebody’s an early friend of Catherine Hanaway’s (r) 2016 campaign for Governor.

Campaign Finance: locking up the vote at 9109 Watson Road (April 15, 2014)

[….]

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR [pdf] 4/15/2014

[….]

Citizens for Will Kraus

612 Trailpark Circle

Lees Summit MO 64081

3/31/2014 $5,000.00

[….]

[emphasis added]

We’ll definitely keep an eye on that $100,000.00.

A petition at the White House site:

We petition the Obama Administration to:

Let police do their job in Ferguson MO!

We the people are sick and tired of the protestors, rioters, and looters! These people are criminals and need to be arrested and prosecuted! Police cannot work to their full potential and are getting harassed and assaulted! Trespassing and vandalizing are against the law! There have been threats to even kill cops and white people up there! There is a difference in peaceful protesting and the stuff that is happening there.

Created: Oct 13, 2014

Issues: Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement, Economy, Family

Signatures needed by November 12, 2014 to reach goal of 100,000 99,093

Total signatures on this petition 907

[emphasis added]

The creator of the petition is from Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

“We the people are sick and tired of the protestors…”

Well, there is that pesky First Amendment, which by they way, the petitioner exercised with this petition. We suppose the lesser known “until other people are sick and tired” clause could be invoked for petitions to the White House, too.

“…There is a difference in peaceful protesting…”

Wait, didn’t the petitioner write that they were sick and tired of protesters?

We give up.

It’s money, but still, significant campaign contributions can be overshadowed by even larger contributions. Today Rex Sinquefield dropped a total of a million dollars between two republican statewide candidates who are running in 2016. There were other campaign contributions of note by other individuals and entities to other entities.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: making a choice (October 15, 2014)

Campaign Finance: now we know where the rest of the million dollars went (October 15, 2014)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C091068 10/15/2014 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC Vicky Hartzler For Congress PO Box 30080 Columbia MO 65205 10/14/2014 $20,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’s what happens when a republican incumbent in Congress doesn’t feel the need to take her opponent seriously.

And, Senator Claire McCaskill (D) continues to contribute significant money to the Missouri Democratic Party.

C000960 10/15/2014 MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Claire McCaskill 1940 Spring House Dr St Louis MO 63122 United States Senate 10/15/2014 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s $490,000.00 since February, $200,000.00 in October (so far).

Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) committee has been chipping in, too.

C000960 10/15/2014 MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Nixon For Missouri PO Box 143 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/15/2014 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s $75,000.00 in October (so far)

A blast from the past:

C141545 10/15/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE AND BETTER GOVERNMENT Missourians for Matt Blunt Inc. PO Box 695 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/14/2014 $110,546.34

[emphasis added]

Well, it’s all in the family:

C141545: Missourians For Responsible And Better Government

Po Box 695 Committee Type: Political Action

Jefferson City Mo 65102

[….] Established Date: 10/03/2014

  Termination Date:

Treasurer Deputy Treasurer

Andrew Blunt

931 Wildwood Dr #201

Jefferson City Mo 65109

[….]

[emphasis added]

What can they be up to? Just asking.

Previously: Campaign Finance: making a choice (October 15, 2014)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C081145 10/15/2014 CITIZENS TO ELECT KURT SCHAEFER ATTORNEY GENERAL Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 retired retired 10/15/2014 $250,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’s penny ante for some people. Just not for the vast majority.