ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Missouri-02 Overview Rep. Todd Akin easily wins re-election in MO-02 It appears that Missouri will remain a Red State in the 2008 election. Not all of the provisional ballots have been counted yet, but McCain remains ahead by approximately 5000 votes and it would take a big turnaround for MO to go to Obama. This is a rather big deal, as [...]
Show Me Progress - Front Page (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
After his unsuccessful run against Todd Akin in the Second Congressional, Bill Haas announced at the last meeting of West County Dems that he and some other concerned citizens had met and talked about the need for campaigning for 2010 races to start next spring. It couldn't hurt. Deb Lavender wasn't part of that conversation, but I got an e-mail from her this week saying that she is looking...
Feministe (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
... to which IPS had access, was signed by Republican Party representatives Smith (New Jersey), Todd Akin (Missouri), Jo Ann Davis (Virginia), Mike Pence (Indiana), Steve King (Iowa) and Joseph Pitts (Pennsylvania). The bill ”on which the Senate is about to vote would legalise the violent murder of unborn children and the exploitation of women through abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy,”...
Docuticker (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
... terrorize civilians and military alike in Iraq and Afghanistan, said Subcommittee Ranking Member Todd Akin (R-MO). “JIEDDO was created as an agile and temporary organization to fight an emerging threat. The question now before us is where JIEDDO as an organization should go next. This report will hopefully help move that conversation forward thoughtfully.” + Full Report (PDF; 1.1...
The News Buckit (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
I was reading the Post-Dispatch yesterday night, and I'm pretty sure their list of endorsements was to the left of Maria Chappelle-Nadal's. Straight ticket democrat for state offices, Democrat in the 9th, the only Republican they endorsed was Todd Akin (given that his opponent is a bit weird, I'm not surprised). Here's to the death of journalism. Hopefully we don't need to celebrate the...
Listics (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
... Referendum on Socialism! We won! “This campaign in the next couple of weeks is about one thing,” Todd Akin, a Republican congressman from Missouri, told a McCain rally outside St. Louis. “It’s a referendum on socialism.” “With all due respect,” Senator George Voinovich, Republican of Ohio, said, “the man is a socialist.” At an airport rally in Roswell, New Mexico, a well-known landing...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... They are Reps. William Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan, both St. Louis Democrats, and Rep. Todd Akin, R-Town and Country.In the 9th, Luetkemeyer, 56, and Baker, 48, fought to replace six-term Rep. Kenny Hulshof, a Columbia Republican who ran this year for governor. The 25-county district stretches from the Iowa state line to the Lake of the Ozarks and from Columbia to the western fringe...
asisaid by Timothy R. Butler (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... Palin (R )For Governor: Kenny Hulshof (R )For Lt. Governor: Peter Kinder (R )For U.S. Congress: Todd Akin (R )For Secretary of State: Mitch Hubbard (R )For Attorney General: Mike Gibbons (R )For State Senate: Tom Dempsey (R )For State Representative: Mark Parkinson (R )For Circuit Judge: Ted House (D )Amendment 1, English as the Language of Business: YESAmendment 4, Adjustments to...
The Bullshit Express (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
So McCain's closing argument is that Obama is a socialist and America will become a socialist country? “This campaign in the next couple of weeks is about one thing,” Todd Akin, a Republican congressman from Missouri, told a McCain rally outside St. Louis. “It’s a referendum on socialism.” “With all due respect,” Senator George Voinovich, Republican of Ohio, said, “the man is a socialist.”...
The New Yorker (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
... week: Senator Obama is a socialist.“This campaign in the next couple of weeks is about one thing,” Todd Akin, a Republican congressman from Missouri, told a McCain rally outside St. Louis. “It’s a referendum on socialism.” “With all due respect,” Senator George Voinovich, Republican of Ohio, said, “the man is a socialist.” At an airport rally in Roswell, New Mexico, a well-known landing...
Later On (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
... Senator Obama is a socialist. “This campaign in the next couple of weeks is about one thing,” Todd Akin, a Republican congressman from Missouri, told a McCain rally outside St. Louis. “It’s a referendum on socialism.” “With all due respect,” Senator George Voinovich, Republican of Ohio, said, “the man is a socialist.” At an airport rally in Roswell, New Mexico, a well-known landing...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
... week: Senator Obama is a socialist.“This campaign in the next couple of weeks is about one thing,” Todd Akin, a Republican congressman from Missouri, told a McCain rally outside St. Louis. “It’s a referendum on socialism.” “With all due respect,” Senator George Voinovich, Republican of Ohio, said, “the man is a socialist.” At an airport rally in Roswell, New Mexico, a well-known landing...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
UPDATED, 10:05 a.m.ST. CHARLES -- Politicians warming up the crowd for a John McCain rally in St. Charles this morning included U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, who warned of "the creeping socialism" that is a dark cloud on the horizon if McCain loses the election for president.Akin didn't mention Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama by name, but Akin did say that McCain is...
