Blunt taking it to the streets (and TV)

Congressman Roy Blunt’s face may appear on the tube today, stumping for Texas Governor George W. Bush. Blunt is back in Missouri this week after some quality with Bush in Austin. The pair had lunch and discussed the strategy Bush would like to use in congress to...

Elector defends system

A member of Missouri’s electoral college is defending the way we elect a President. Mike Korte of St. Joseph goes so far as to say the set-up doesn’t need to be reformed. Korte says the arrangement makes sure smaller states like Missouri have enough of a...

GOP wins some, loses some

High highs and low lows characterized the election campaign in Missouri this year for republicans. State republican party chairman John Hancock has never seen anything like it. The national results looked great for republicans for a while last night–but the...

Cyberpolitics favor Gore

A communication professor at MU did some research showing Al Gore’s official website was more effective than George W. Bush’s. Glenn Hansen studied 260 students, many of whom spent several minutes with one site or the other. Hansen’s research shows...

Ads not as negative, professor says

The negative Presidential campaign ads aren’t quite as thick on the airwaves as four years ago. University of Missouri-Columbia professor of communication Bill Benoit says 42% of the statements in this year’s ads are negative, compared to 53% in 1996. The...