Penrose on Politics
by Brett Penrose
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Keeping Watch on the Candidates - headline news
Breaking News About the Missouri Senate Race
By CRAIG HOSMER
Missouri Democratic Party | Feb. 3, 2009
Earlier today, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced that she will be a candidate for the United States Senate.
This is exciting news for the Democratic Party. As a statewide candidate, Robin has proven her broad appeal, earning the votes of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans across Missouri. In fact, in 2008, more Missourians voted for Robin than have ever voted for a candidate in our state's history.
And I believe that in 2010, she will be victorious as well.
That's because Missourians are looking for someone who will go to the Senate and get to work on solutions for the major challenges we face. And that's just what Robin Carnahan has done as Secretary of State. She's brought innovation and reform to the Secretary of State's office, actually making the types of changes the politicians in Washington have only talked about. Her efforts to take on big, unscrupulous financial institutions and scam artists on behalf of Missouri investors and taxpayers are a perfect example of the type of leadership she will bring to the Senate, and I know she'll be a great U.S. Senator.
Robin's got the strength to go the distance in this race, but she'll need to count on many of us supporting her along the way. Are you ready to help her win in November 2010? I hope so and ask you to go to her website to watch the special video message she has posted and to join her team today!
Obama takes office with great inaugural
By MARTIN SIEFF, UPI.com
Barack Obama took office Tuesday as the 44th president of the United States with the greatest inaugural speech in a generation in which he warned the American people to "put away childish things."
Obama's inaugural was relatively short. His three written pages of speech were delivered in only 20 minutes. But his speech was striking for its mixture of unapologetic confidence and pride in America's great history and heritage, mixed with sober, frank warnings that the way ahead out of the present economic crisis and global conflicts would be neither quick nor easy. Read more ...
Read Full Transcript: President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address, ABC News
Nixon sworn in as Missouri govenor
By JASON NOBLE
The Star's Jefferson City correspondent
JEFFERSON CITY | Jay Nixon was sworm in today as Missouri's 55th govenor.
Nixon, the state's attorney general for the last 16 years, took the oath of office moments after a nearby church tolled 12 times to signify the noon hour.
Then, following a 19-gun salute from heavy artillery in the distance, Nixon addressed a crowd of about 4,000.
"Today, we make a fresh start," he said. "It's a day on which we separate the shortcomings of yesterday from the hope of tomorrow." Read more ...
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