What We Missed

This blog has been out of order.

Due to a mini-vacation, and then some "spam" lockdown on blogger, the postings have been poor.

Since I've been gone, Sen. Claire McCaskill has spoke of how doctors were wined and dined at Springfield restaurants by pharmaceutical company reps. McCaskill also took some heat for her comment about the war "squandering the future of our nation." Mike Huckabee was forced to disclose he had raised $764,000 during 2nd quarter fundraising, and has less than a half a million dollars on hand to spend. Huckabee also said he if doesn't finish in the top 3 in next month's Ames, Iowa straw poll, he may drop out of the race. But is Huckabee really the second most attractive candidate to the religious right?

Jay Nixon sent supporters an e-mail stressing he's "not pro-abortion," but does support Roe. v. Wade. Meanwhile, Governor Matt Blunt raised about $1.7 million over the past 3 months and has $5.8 million in the bank to spend. Meanwhile, Nixon raised just under $1 million and has $2.5 million on hand. The G.O.P. hammered Nixon for his AmerenUE money. The Dems lambasted Blunt for the money he received from people he appointed to state boards and commissions.

The National Taxpayers Union praised Blunt for moving forward with Missouri's new accountability portal. Missouri is now the sixth state this year to join the "Google Government" movement to implement comprehensive Internet databases that citizens can use to track government expenditures.

Rep. Roy Blunt said the new terror assessment notes the lengths the Bush administration and Congress have gone to keep the homeland safe. The United States Senate rolled in the cots for a filibuster over the war and timetables for withdrawal. Sen. McCaskill may be a bit sleepy. She had the 2 a.m. to 3:30 a.m shift. Missouri's junior Senator said she's convinced Republicans will eventually cave and acknowledge President Bush's strategy is unworkable. Rep. Ike Skelton wants troops to begin redeployment out of Iraq within 120 days.

There. I miss anything?