by Mike Lear | Aug 8, 2012 | Elections, News
He said less than a week ago that he didn’t trust polls that said he was trailing in the GOP primary race for U.S. Senate. On election night, Congressman Todd Akin’s mistrust proved right. Akin received more than 217-thousand votes, to more than...
by Mike Lear | Aug 3, 2012 | Elections, News, Politics / Govt
Congressman Todd Akin says he’s not concerned by polls early this week that showed him trailing Sarah Steelman and John Brunner in the GOP Senate race. Akin says he’s been through campaigns before, and he doesn’t trust the results of polls that come...
by Mike Lear | May 14, 2012 | Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
Behind closed and locked doors, radio commentator Rush Limbaugh was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians today in a private ceremony in the Missouri House of representatives. In an event announced about 25 minutes before it began and not opened to the general...
by Mike Lear | Feb 20, 2012 | News, Politics / Govt
The Republican party candidates for United States Senator have for the first time been together in a debate, Saturday at Lincoln Days in Kansas City’s Crown Center. The trio said more on stage about the President than they did about Senator Claire McCaskill or...
by Mike Lear | Jan 31, 2012 | News
Two Republican candidates for Senator Claire McCaskill’s office have taken part in their second debate. While former state treasurer Sarah Steelman and Congressman Todd Akin agreed on many issues, they challenged one another over earmarks. Akin supports the use...
