Friday, January 18, 2013
Sarah Gamblin-Luig will be part of the Lesbian and Gay Band Association which will march Monday playing tunes from Pitbull and Lady Gaga.
If you plan to watch Monday's inauguration as President Barack Obama begins a second term in the White House, keep an eye out for Sarah Gamblin-Luig, who grew up in Mehlville. Gamblin-Luig will be performing in the parade as part of the national Lesbian and Gay Band Association, the first LGBT association to ever participate in a presidential inauguration. She'll be playing the trumpet in this history-making group. Follow her updates from the front lines of the Inauguration by reading her blog posts. Or, "like" us on Facebook to hear when she's written a new post. Gamblin-Luig is already lamenting packing warm clothes and her trumpet in her first blog post. Gamblin-Luig grew up in Mehlville and now works in the city of St. Louis' Emergency…
Saturday, November 3, 2012
The U.S. Senate candidate's campaign also addresses reports about the Congressman's arrests in the 1980s at abortion protests.
On Saturday night, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin held what an aide said would likely be the campaign's last campaign rally in St. Louis prior to Tuesday's general election. At what his campaign described as a "Family Values Rally" at Westminster Christian Academy in Town and Country, Akin, currently the 2nd District U.S. Congressman from Wildwood, touched on familiar themes in his campaign against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO). Citing McCaskill's record supporting President Obama'a healthcare reform and the federal stimulus bill, among other areas, the Wildwood Republican called McCaskill Obama's "strong right arm" in front of an audience geared toward religious conservatives. Akin was introduced by former St. Charles County …
Saturday, September 15, 2012
The latest Patch 'Blue Arch' survey took the pulse of Missouri Democrats following the party's convention in Charlotte.
More than a few political observers have noted in the 2012 election cycle that President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has failed to match the excitement brought on by the 2008 campaign. But according to a survey of Democratic party activists in Missouri, 85 percent of those polled say they are more confident in the President's chances of winning in November now that we're through the convention season. That is one of the findings of the latest Patch Blue Arch survey of Democratic officeholders, candidates, voters and other activists taken September 10-12. Fifty-two people were surveyed and 27 people responded. Read Also: Post-Conventional Wisdom: Missouri GOP Activists Say They Have Momentum Fourteen point 8 percent of the panelists…
Monday, September 3, 2012
The latest 'Blue Arch' survey of activist Democrats asked respondents about the presidential race, the Akin-McCaskill U.S. Senate contest and what Democrats should do to counter a possible post-convention bounce for Mitt Romney.
If the election were held today, President Barack Obama would not carry the Show-Me State. That's the biggest finding in the latest Patch 'Blue Arch' survey of current and former Democratic party officials and activists, taken between August 27-30. Just over 50 people were surveyed and 31 responded using an automated survey tool. When asked, to describe their state of agreement with the question: If the election were held today, Barack Obama would carry the state of Missouri, 41.9 percent said they somewhat disagreed, while 22.6 completely disagreed. While some observers wondered if the fallout from GOP U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin's remarks about legitimate rape might help put Missouri back in play nationally, most polls show Mitt …
Thursday, June 28, 2012
By a 5-4 vote, President Obama's health care legislation survived a constitutional challenge. Tell us what you think about the decision.
9:15 a.m. Update Multiple news outlets are reporting that the United States Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act. Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion and wrote in part, "The Affordable Care Act is constitutional in part and unconstitutional in part The individual mandate cannot be upheld as an exercise of Congress's power under the Commerce Clause. That Clause authorizes Congress to regulate interstate commerce, not to order individuals to engage it. In this case, however, it is reasonable to construe what Congress has done as increasing taxes on those who have a certain amount of income, but choose to go without health insurance. Such legislation is within Congress's power to tax." Read the entire opinion…
JP
8:17 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Just voted for the Romney / Ryan ticket. Could careless about the McCaskill / Akin vote...Missouri is a lost cause. more ›