On MSNBC’s “Daily Rundown” Wednesday morning, Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill told host Chuck Todd that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should turn down his rhetoric and work with Republicans to solve the payroll tax impasse. (more)
It’s the super-PAC that keeps packing a punch. (more)
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, up for re-election in 2012, has come under fire by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) for her inconsistent debt ceiling rhetoric. (more)
Former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, who is being discussed as a possible Democratic contender in 2012 for the seat held by retiring Sen. Herb Kohl, is raising money to publicly “shame” a bipartisan collection of congressmen in their home districts. (more)
In 2008, Barack Obama pulled out a narrow win in North Carolina. Some would call it a fluke, pinning the GOP defeat in the Tar Heel State to John McCain’s dysfunctional field campaign strategy. After all, North Carolina had long been a conservative bastion, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to capture the state prior to Obama was Jimmy Carter, a native Southerner, in 1976. Still, Team Obama surely read something in the “tobacco leaves” because it invested significant resources into a state not typically considered a presidential battleground. (more)
Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill admitted Monday that she had failed to pay about $287,000 in back taxes and will sell a private plane that has created considerable controversy as she prepares to run for a second term in 2012. (more)
Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill can breath a sigh of relief with news that Missouri Republican Rep. Jo Ann Emerson has ruled out a challenge. But Republicans continue to target McCaskill as a vulnerable Democratic incumbent. (more)
As the government draws closer to a possible shutdown, party leaders are digging their heels into the ground by refusing to negotiate on spending cuts for a short-term spending bill, but it may be moderate Senate Democrats that end up saving the day. (more)
Tea Partiers and Republicans in Missouri can breathe a sigh of relief. A competent, articulate conservative has entered the race to face Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) in 2012. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security, Medicare and virtually every other federal program would face the budget ax under legislation unveiled Tuesday aimed at forcing Congress to dramatically cut spending over the coming decade. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., is retiring and his party has a big problem in 2012 — and beyond. (more)
Rep. Sam Graves has been considering a 2012 campaign against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) since the November midterm elections, when his supporters began gauging his interest, the Missouri Republican said Wednesday. (more)
T-mobile gets better reception than Obamacare. Support for the law cratered to just 43 percent — an all-time low — in last month’s Washington Post poll. And since two more provisions took effect on January 1, repeal ought to be Republicans’ top priority — come Hell or high water. (more)
In the coming days, the House of Representatives will take up and overwhelmingly pass a bill to repeal the health care bill signed into law last year. The repeal bill will then languish in the Senate; Democrats simply have the numbers, and the president’s veto. Yet, this doesn’t mean that more subtle reforms to the bill are off the table — in fact, they’re likely to see implementation, presidential signature and all. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than two months after voters gave Republicans six more Senate seats and control of the House, the GOP is lining up candidates for 2012, well ahead of the pace of previous election cycles. (more)
Repeal of the military’s ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ policy appears to be a lock. With four moderate Senate Republicans planning to vote for repeal, supporters now have 61 votes — more than the majority needed for passage and enough to to prevent a filibuster. But opponents are going into hyper-drive, attempting to stop what now appears to be inevitable. (more)
The defeat of a pork-laden $1.1 trillion “omnibus” spending bill in the Senate Thursday night was the first serious indication after the Nov. 2 election that the Tea Party movement has staying power and will be a force into 2011. (more)
Senate Democrats on Wednesday defeated an amendment to pay for the $60 billion in unemployment insurance payments that were included in President Obama’s tax deal with Republicans, which included a provision that would have eliminated taxpayer-funded benefits for millionaires. (more)
Missouri Republican Sarah Steelman is set to launch her bid to challenge Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). The former state treasurer and gubernatorial candidate made the announcement in a post on her website Tuesday evening. (more)
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is vowing to bring the immigration-related “DREAM Act” to the Senate floor and some Senate Republicans are sounding the alarm bells, highlighting that it would offer amnesty to an estimated 2.1 million illegal aliens. (more)
