by admin | Nov 23, 2000 | Politics / Govt
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...
by admin | Nov 16, 2000 | Politics / Govt
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...
by admin | Nov 8, 2000 | Politics / Govt
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...
by admin | Nov 7, 2000 | Politics / Govt
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...
by admin | Oct 27, 2000 | Politics / Govt
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...