Gephardt urges support for Bush

The honeymoon already has started in Washington for President-elect Bush. Congressional democrat leaders are promising to put the election behind them and work with the new administration. Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt is still the democrat leader in the...

Bond pleased with election’s end

Americans from coast to coast will be paying attention to what Vice President Al Gore has to say when he addresses the country tonight. He’s expected to concede the race for the White House and offer to support Governor George W. Bush. This follows...

Secretary Kruse?

Reuters News Service is floating the name of another Missourian in a possible Bush Administration. The Farm Bureau’s Charlie Kruse says he hasn’t talked with Governor Bush about being U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He thinks some of the cabinet...

Bond gathers the flock

Senator Kit Bond, Missouri’s senior republican officeholder, brought fellow republicans together at his home in Mexico late last week. They reviewed what went right and what went wrong this election year. The triumphs: Winning the state for Governor Bush,...

Gephardt travels to Gore’s aid

St. Louis Congressman Richard Gephardt is in Florida, lending support to Vice President Al Gore’s challenge of that state’s certification of George W. Bush as the winner of its electoral votes. If it stands, Bush would be the new president. Gephardt holds...