Thursday, November 8, 2012
It's a bit early, but Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's name is being bandied about as part of a Democratic ticket in 2016.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
As Gov. Jay Nixon and Sen. Claire McCaskill led a blue resurgence in a red state in 2012, some started mixing mentions of the Missouri governor with the year 2016. St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan may have been among the first to suggest a Democratic Nixon taking run at White House. But national media have since picked up on the fact that Nixon, a Democrat, has turned up the ability to appeal to Republicans as part of this year's re-election effort, as chronicled by the Huffington Post. “I think if Gov. Nixon were to run for president in 2016, he would use the Bill Clinton model from 1992 and run as a centrist or moderate,” said David Kimball, professor of political science at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Others …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
In the race for the White House, who has your vote incumbent Barack Obama or his Republican challenger Mitt Romney?
It's hard not to notice that election season is heating up. The signs—both literal and figurative are hard to ignore. Earlier in August, Missouri had its Primary Election to narrow down the field for statewide races. Ads for candidates are filling local airwaves and running non-stop. On the national level, Mitt Romney has chosen Paul Ryan as his running mate. Yes, it's election time. Next Monday, Aug. 27, the Republican National Convention will kick off in Tampa, Fla. The four-day convention is expected to conclude with Mitt Romney officially claiming the Republican nomination for president, a title he has unofficially had for several months. Romney's presumptive nomination means one part of the ballot will be set. The next domino is …
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Mr. Obama is the 44th President of the United States and is looking to get reelected in the 2012 elections.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Name : Mr. Barack Hussein Obama Age : 51 Place of residence : Chicago, IL Attended college : Yes College : Columbia University Degree : Bachelor's degree in Political Science Year of graduation : 1983 University : Harvard University Law school Area of research : Juris Doctorate Year of graduation : 1991 Job titles held : Community Organizer, Developing Communities Project President, Harvard Law Review Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Chicago Law School Party affiliation : Democrat Running for a: Federal office Running for position: President of the United States Incumbent: Yes First elected: 2008 Previous elective offices : U.S. Senator (Ill.) Unsuccessful bids for elective offices : None. Address P.O. Box 803638…
Mr. Romney, a former Governor of Massachusetts is the nominee of the Republican Party for President of the United States in the 2012 elections.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Name : Mr. Willard Mitt Romney Age : 65 Place of residence : Belmont, Mass. Attended college : Yes College : Brigham Young University Degree : Bachelor's Degree in English Year of graduation : 1971 University : Harvard University Law school and Business School Area of research : Juris Doctorate Year of graduation : 1975 Job titles held : Management Consultant, Boston Consulting Group Vice President, Bain & Company Co-Founder/CEO, Bain Capital Party affiliation : Republican Running for a: Federal office Running for position: President of the United States Incumbent: No First elected: 2002 Previous elective offices : U.S. Senator (Mass.) Unsuccessful bids for elective offices : Ran for the position of Senator of Massachusetts in 1994. …
Sunday, July 8, 2012
A new study from the Pew Research Center says Americans think elections are too long and exhausting. And this year's Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney campaign is sure to be no different.
Republicans and Democrats find little to agree on these days, but they have some similar reactions to the 2012 presidential campaign. Nearly identical percentages of Republicans and Democrats say the election will be exhausting. That's according to a new Pew Research Center study released Thursday. The study shows most Americans say the campaign has been too long and dull (56 percent each), while 53 percent say it has been too negative. At the same time, an overwhelming majority (79 percent) views the presidential campaign as important. But this is nothing new, Pew says. The public has long expressed the view that presidential campaigns are too long. In surveys conducted over the past three campaigns, asked at different stages in race, …
Tuesday, February 28, 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.
We're one week away from Super Tuesday and the GOP presidential landscape is as confounded as ever. From CNN: After a relative lull in the campaign, Tuesday's primaries bring new focus and urgency to campaigns of front-runners Romney and Santorum as well as trailing candidates Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul. For Romney, Michigan amounts to a vital test because the state is considered home turf, due to his childhood years there while his father George was governor. If Romney wins Michigan, he would seem likely to cement his status as the presumptive nominee. A victory for the recently resurgent Santorum would raise further questions about Romney's ability to attract broad conservative support in later primaries or against President Barack…
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…
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 …
Tuesday, February 7, 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.
The funny thing about today's Missouri presidential preference primary? It matters just as much as this unscientific poll in terms of who will capture the Republican presidential nominee. It's true, the today's Republican primary is nonbinding, meaning the GOP nominee will be chosen at a March 17 caucus rather than at the polls today. But there's still plenty to be interested in. While today's primary is largely a beauty contest, it will still show who Missouri voters favor at this point. Should one nominee do better or worse than expected, you can surely expect to see attack ads on their character. With Newt Gingrich sitting the Missouri primary out, Nevada winner and front-runner Mitt Romney took aim at rival Rick Santorum, according …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
St. Charles County Patch sites are polling its readers on a weekly basis to gauge their interest in the election, its candidates and what issues are most important to them.
After three GOP presidential candidates claimed victories in the country's first three presidential primaries and caucuses, Mitt Romney once again stepped up to claim his front-runner status with a convincing victory in Florida. Romney garnered 46 percent of the vote, according to Patch, while Newt Gingrich received 32 percent. Rick Santorum, who visited St. Charles Community College Monday, received 13 percent of the vote and Ron Paul got 7 percent to round out the voting. From CNN: The victory gave Romney all 50 of Florida's convention delegates, and more importantly, new momentum heading into a series of caucuses and primaries in the next month building up to Super Tuesday on March 6, when 10 states will hold nominating contests. In a …
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12:19 am on Saturday, April 13, 2013
Nixon needs to pardon an innocent man, Ryan Ferguson, or it might come to haunt him in the 2016 democratic primary. more ›