Bob McCarty Writes

As I walked into Francis Howell North High School in St. Peters, Mo., to attend the 2012 St. Charles County Republican Presidential Caucus March 17, I did not expect fireworks and had no plans to provide anything but cursory coverage of the event.  During the week that followed, my plans changed. I found myself writing [...]

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In a post published Friday, I shared news of how members of the St. Charles County (Mo.) Republican Party were involved in the process of redrawing township boundary lines in the county earlier this year and how that involvement was indicative of a pattern.  Today, I share evidence of how that pattern seems to date [...]

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After publishing six pieces directly or indirectly related to fallout from the 2012 St. Charles County (Mo.) Republican Presidential Caucus March 17, I decided to take a look at the media coverage that’s followed my efforts and look ahead to what might come next in this unfortunate saga. Host Jamie Allman of 97.1 FM NewsTalk‘s [...]

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A few days after the 2012 St. Charles County Republican Presidential Caucus ended badly, a member of the St. Charles County GOP Central Committee shared with me the content of an email message that was sent to members by Chair Eugene Dokes early Wednesday morning.  Attached to the message, the subject of which was “Re:  [...]

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By Foster Friess, Guest Blogger Democrats are fond of talking about the Clinton era budget surplus President George W. Bush “squandered” and the terrible financial mess President Barack Obama “inherited.” Both arguments ignore a few basic facts. First, presidents don’t control spending, Congress does. Second, outside events have to be taken into account before you [...]

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Republican Chuck Purgason, the 14-year veteran of the Missouri State Senate taking on Congressman Roy Blunt in the Aug. 3 GOP primary for U.S. Senate, says the results of a new poll show him as “the clear favorite” in November. Purgason cites a Magellan Strategies poll which questioned 1,234 registered voters in the state of [...]

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Hector Maldonado hasn’t gained much traction in his bid to win the Republican primary for U.S. Senate race in Missouri.  Recently, however, he did earned national headlines when he told a campaign crowd in Branson that he’s thinking about filing a lawsuit against Robin “Coakley” Carnahan, the lone Democrat in a contest littered with Republicans [...]

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