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Analysis: Missouri voters stick with status quo

Associated Press — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:34:51 +0000

The status quo has got to go? Not in Missouri.

Based on election results this past week, Missouri voters might be better described as gung ho for the status quo.

Gingrich raising cash, profile for Akin Senate bid

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:48:58 +0000

Shunned by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin is instead turning to former presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich to help raise his profile and cash in the closing week of his campaign.

Mo. passed over in 2012 presidential campaign

Associated Press — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:43:15 +0000

The 2012 presidential campaign has been unlike anything Missouri voters have seen in quite some time. Or perhaps "not seen" is a better description.

Neither Democratic President Barack Obama nor Republican challenger Mitt Romney has held any public campaign events in Missouri since winning his party's nomination. And neither has run TV ads specifically targeting Missouri.

That's a sharp contrast with the 2008 elections and the intense presidential campaigns that Missourians have come to expect over the past several decades.

Debates draw MU students to nonpartisan campus watch parties

Meg Pulling — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:41:24 +0000

More than a hundred MU students gathered on campus for last night’s presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Presidential candidate and former Governor Mitt Romney.

Several MU student groups, including Tigers Against Partisan Politics, the Missouri Students Association and Associated Students at the University of Missouri, hosted the event to encourage more students to learn about politics. The groups are sponsoring the nonpartisan watch parties at each Presidential debate.

Different format could change the tone of second presidential debate

Michelle Clemens — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:00:54 +0000

In another face-off between the presidential candidates, the format for tomorrow’s debate might create a different tone in the discussion.

An expert at MU said the second Presidential Debate could be a challenge for both candidates. President Barack Obama was criticized by some for not being aggressive in the last debate and said he would perform better in the next debate.

State and local party leaders discuss first of three presidential debates

Maddie Heidenreich — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:52:38 +0000

Missouri Democratic and Republican strategists weighed in on the campaign trail for their parties after Wednesday night's first Presidential debate.

Debate this: Which presidential candidate is better for agriculture?

Sandhya Dirks — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:35:37 +0000

The presidential candidates have yet to meet in a face-to-face debate. But last week in Des Moines, Iowa, ag leaders witnessed a preview of sorts during a Presidential Forum on Agriculture held in advance of the annual meeting of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.

Obama to accept nomination Thursday night

Kip Hill — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:58:39 +0000

President Barack Obama will take the stage tonight (Thursday) in Charlotte, North Carolina, to cap the Democratic National Convention. In 2008, Obama narrowly lost in Missouri.

Republican calls for Akin to bow out intensify

Ryan Famuliner — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:35:12 +0000

There have been a flurry of statements issued Tuesday afternoon calling for Republican US Representative Todd Akin to drop out of the race for the U.S. Senate.

Romney stops in Missouri, accuses Obama of 'moral failure'

Adam Allington — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:49:30 +0000

Presumptive GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney didn’t mince words at a campaign stop in St. Louis on Thursday.

Romney addressed several hundred supporters at Production Products, a military equipment supplier in north St.