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@ JACKIE in DALLAS........ Well said! I agree 100%. I am a former-Republican, now registered Independent. Americans must take time to THINK, research, and not just be "spoon fed" by the media!

What I find most disturbing of all, is the number of people who get their news from Limbaugh or Hannity! Every now and then I tune in to Hannity's show on "Faux News" and what I hear coming out of his mouth is scary! Hannity takes an issue and spins it until he can scare his audience into 'believing' that the Commies are coming!

PLEASE, people, THINK for yourselves.

Sorry........ Mr. Blunt........ you don't stand a chance!

"My sense is Missourians and Americans are not well served by one-party rule," Blunt also said..
GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!

Where were his "senses" when the Repugs and Bush had a one party rule????

Such hypocrisy!

why don't you run on a platform of helping get the economy going

GOPers are such 'us and them'

There are greater issues than being the opposite to the democratic party

The U.S. is in a recession, how about fixing some of the problems

I dont know whats going in my home state anymore. They elected a dead guy and the guy who lost to the dead guy became A.G of the whole country. I dont know who is dumber my state or the whole country.

So this clown thinks the past 8 years of Republican rule were all about "open debate" and "common sense"? Give me a break! The Republican Party pretty much wrote the book on all things "overreaching"! Is this guys name Blunt or is that what he's been smoking?

So this clown thinks the past 8 years of Republican rule were all about "open debate" and "common sense"? Give me a break! The Republican Party pretty much wrote the book on all things "overreaching"! Is this guys name Blunt or is that what he's been smoking?

First and foremost, if you love America, you will pay more taxes and ask our government fo be more responsible.

To Ex Republican

Tax cuts = deeper sauna of quicksand of slow moving death for us all to bathe in... hee..hee..

To Jean

Did Obie cause the sky to fall? If not, who cares.

Some of you don't appear to understand politics at all. If you think one side is going to make it easy for the other to get or mainain control you must be from cloud cookoo land.

NICK < ARE YOU FROM MISSOURI.

WE HAVE JUST GOT A NEW GOVENOR. CORRECT , AN HE HELD THE JOB OF ( OR AS ) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL .
BETWEEN HIM AND OBAMA , THEY ARE THE GREATS PAIR OF OUT RIGHT LIARS .

WHY FOR I HAD DEALINGS WITH THIS , FLIP FLOPPER , AND YES , DONE NOT ONE THING FOR ME EXCEPT COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AN 31/2 YEARS OF SLEEPLESS NITES . AN TO THIS DAY , THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM , IN MISSOURI HAS A REAL BAD ODOR.

SO I SAY TO YOU , KEEP YOUR OBAMA AN THE PELOSI BUNCH . NEXT ROUND OF HAND OUTS, TRY THE CC CAMP . OR SIGN UP FOR WPA.. ENJOY YOUR STIMILUS , MAYBE YOU ARE THE ONE THAT GOT MINE ???? LIARS STICK TOGETHER .

Well Mr. Blunt....I bet you didn't mind one party rule when the GOP was in majority...

they really have thick skin.

To Jackie in Dallas.

It always amuses me when Liberals, or supposed "fiscal Conservatives" yammer on about how Bush killed 4,000+ American soldiers with the Iraq war, yet don't even bat an eye at the 40 Million plus killed through abortion. What a bunch of hypocrites!

Personally I feel bad for Missouri. The choice is a dynasty or a dynasty! I too wish regular folks can run for office but the way things are set up, only millionaires and billionaires can run for anything and none of them can relate to regular folks, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE!

Funny how Republicans seem to have a double standard. Blunt didn't seem to worry about one party rule when the Republicans had both houses and the white house but now democracy is in danger with the Dems in the White House and House of Reps. Just like Rep. Issa's letter to the White House about making sure all White House e-mails are saved. Funny how I never heard boo from any Republican when the Bush Admin. "lost" (more like destroyed evidence) millions of e-mails. I hope Blunt loses, not because he is a Republican, but because he is a hypocrite and crook...well I guess that is the same as a Republican these days. I feel sorry for the few honest Republicans having to carry the same party name with people like Blunt.

RE: FEC–that was brought out some time ago-don't remember the details, but it was supposedly explained to most people's satisfaction.

HaHa....Big loser that what it sounds like, all over again, get over your party it's about the country not your obstructionist party!

Willie,

Throw turds at the Democrats? Gee, adult is that? Grow up. It isn't always a choice between conservative and liberal. I'm a fiscal conservative who was appalled at what Bush did to this country. Not only his financially irresponsible behavior in favoring the few and the large corps, but his throwing away of more than 4000 American lives.

All Americans need to stop thinking in terms of labels: Republican vs Democrat, conservative vs liberal, right-wing vs. left-wing. If you really start to analyze people's true beliefs, very few actually fall into a single label. Instead of throwing names at each other, hoping that the names will hurt and somehow win the argument, we need to start considering how to sit down and discuss issues rationally and without bile, prejudice, and labels. Compromise is not a dirty word...it is how people should deal with differing opinions and beliefs.

We have major issues facing us, and we haven't seen the end of them yet. Unless we can work together, seeking to go beyond labels and sound bites, we will fall. It is as simple as that.

I am from Missouri............NO on Blunt

Jean,

Shall we number all the GOPs that got below-market loans, or even stuff for free? Remember Ted Stevens? Many politicians and even just wealthy people can get below-market loans...it is a part of the irony of this country that the people who least need special treatment are the ones who get it. It is a bi-partisan situation, that happens every day, in every city, in every state. No laws were violated...as stated by the FEC. So we are to accept that when Sarah Palin is found guilty of ethics violations but didn't violate a law it is OK, but when President Obama, at the time only a Senator and not even running for President, didn't violate a law but got something you couldn't, you want to hold him accountable for it anyway? Get real.

"Common sense and open debate are in danger of being suppressed by the overreaching liberal monopoly"

Considering what the Republican crooks have done recently, Blunt's statement is an insult to the American people. No president has lied, misled and manipulated the public more than W.Bush.

Why does he think Pres. Obama is going around the country-so he can hear the questions and concerns of the people. He certainly can't hear them sitting in Washington all the time.

As a african american i think the republican party means well but it's directed in the wrong direction. They should appeal to their base ideals. Alot of minorities are conservative. The slang....is just a bad example and it will farther disenfranchise african americans by making them feel like a party has to dumb themselves down to make a connection.

Wow, did the Republicans sing a different tune when THEY controlled the House and Senate. How much "open debate" occurred during most of W's terms?

I am from Missouri, and I'm thrilled that I'll get to vote in this upcoming election.

No way will I vote for Blunt. His son was a disaster as Missouri governor, and the elder Blunt has not done anything to impress me during all his years as a rep.

As for his running on the platform of eliminating "one-party rule," I see his point. But I'd vote for some Independent (or anyone else) before voting him into the Senate.

That being said, he will do very well in this race. As always, it'll be a close one.

Would be nice if average citizens had a chance to run for office. Or a third party would be nice.

So where was this great need for "control over one-party rule" in 2001? Republicans had a majority in the House, the Senate, and had the White House.

I understand the need for checks and balances...if that is the true desire of the GOP. What I feel it is, instead, is the grasping of a party out of favor, and out of luck, to get their power back and to be as obstructionistic as possible. If I were this Republican candidate, I think I'd find some issues of real substance to run on, and hope that his platform speaks for him, rather than sheer numbers in the makeup of the Congress!

The GOP doesn't get it.

Until or unless you start offering solution to the problems that face the nation you will never win.
You can't just be the party of NO, you must offer an alternative.
You can't rely on your republican conservative principles, they have been tried, weighed and measured and found lacking.
Image is nothing, substance is everything.

"My sense is Missourians and Americans are not well served by one-party rule," Blunt said. "It's sort of like when Bush and Cheny were running things after 911, except that it's Democrats in charge, and that's just not ok. The only one party system we're in favor of is our own one party..."

Missourians remember what he did and not to Mention is Son "Matt Blunt" no Way Joker!

The fearmongering about one party control is ridiculous. The "balance" only occurs when BOTH parties sit down with the intention of being reasonable. The GOP has NO intention of doing any such thing and this was proven by their constant rebuffing of Obama's bipartisan overtures and attempts to engage them in the discussion regarding the stimulus: they simply stuck to their disproven ideology and insisted that we either accept more of it or they will try to block us from doing anything.

This is too funny. I'll vote for Carnahan. A whole bunch of people voted for her father over another republican (Ashcroft), and Mr. Carnahad had died in a plane crash before the election...

YEAH BOYEEEEEE!!! Trizzle-dizzle economizzle and the tax-to-the-cuts yo!!!!

"Given the responses of the liberal elite that I see on these forum boards, I'm thinking it's time I start throw turds at Democrats again."

To WILLIE: We rather you "threw" them...than ELECTED them!

Please we do not need another do nothing vote "NO" on everything that the President needs to get us out of another "Republican Depression".

Please do not vote for this Republican vote Dem to get this country moving again. We have had it with the Republicans!

"My sense is Missourians and Americans are not well served by one-party rule."

REALLY???! Really?? Well, it seemed to serve you all well enough when the Repugnants were the "one party" doing the ruling!! Didn't it?

Well...here's a news flash for you! The American people have had a belly full of you lot! And WE like it the way it is now! That's why Repugnants are OUT, and the Democrats are IN!!

And for your information Sir, we, the American people...Democrats Liberals, Progressives, AND Republicans ARE the "people who work hard, pay their taxes, and want solutions to urgent economic problems and the ongoing threat of terrorism." That's first thing you idiots in Washington need to learn!

Checks are not something you want to give to those that have no credit! And The GOP's definition of ballance is what the do once they have all the weight on their side of the scale. These Regional guys crack me up, HAAAAAAAAAA.

Given the responses of the liberal elite that I see on these forum boards, I'm thinking it's time I start throw turds at Democrats again.

Just what America needs, another recycled racist neocon.

He's right, one party rule is never a good thing. Yeah Roy Blunt for Senate!!!

This is a waste of time, no way is Roy Bunt is getting elected, Im waiting on the day of elections for Miss Carahan, this guy needs to get a life.

There is no way Missouri will elect another Carnahan. One is enough, and she isn't even doing a good job for her state.

Sure, Blunt is a very credible for the GOP candidate but he should still face a hell of a race from Robin Carnahan. THe latest poll has Carnahan narrowly LEADING Blunt.

I agree whole heartly with congressman Blunt. Look what his parties total control of government did to our great nation. The big problem with Senator Blunt is he is just another Kit Bond. A big mouth and a closed mind.

Blunt...is that his name,his way of speaking or the top of his head?

"My sense is Missourians and Americans are not well served by one-party rule," Blunt also said, citing the massive stimulus measure signed by President Barack Obama that won little Republican support.

That would also apply to 6 years of the prior president, too, unless Mr. Blunt is a hardened partisan.

Bond never did much in the Senate. Blount did nothing in the House.

GOP Pitch to Voters: Fill mighty small shoes with someone with mighty small feet.

This guy is under investigation and is a criminal just like 90% of the GOP now – but it seems since MI didn't vote for Obama they are on the verge of joining the new confederate party of the white hood boys. Let's hope the fact the white hood party is still trying to destroy America the people suffering in MI will kick them out.

He's running on a platform of obstructionism rather than representation for the people of Missouri!?!?! Someone throw shoes at this clown.

I hope he runs so we can get another senate seat and clean up the mess that Bush made.

A bushy/cheney/abramoff blunt..........oh boy...........

who cares

His reasoning is to keep Democrats from running Congress??? Shouldn't his reaons be, 'I have better ideas', 'I can lead in a better way', 'I can help the country get better'? Aren't we just proud of the characters we are trusting to 'lead' this country. Shame on you and the ignorant people that elect you!!!

Obama is out door to door taking his messages directly o the people through trips to different cities and email messages in an effort to hear from people who work hard, pay their taxes, and want solutions to urgent economic problems and the ongoing threat of terrorism. The Republicans in both houses are not only opposition they're obstructionist. Their motto is still my way or the highway. Unless they change their tactics and follow in line with the lonely three Repub Senators who actually worked on the stimulus bill, Obama will win out because he is going over the heads of the stubborn and conversing directly with the public.

Too bad he doesn't practice what he preaches. Obviously he hasn't been listening to the American people, only to his fellow republicans.

Not so fast. Blunt is very much a Southwest Missouri candidate and has very little name recognition outside of the 7th Congressional district. Furthermore his son left the governship basically in shambles. Therefore when he is challenge by Sarah Steelman who has held state wide office and is very popular, Blunt will have a very hard time getting his own party's nomination. This article was clearly written by someone who knows little to nothing about Missouri politics.

Roy Blunt has experience that I know of since he has been in Congress. I also recognize the Carnahan name since her mother was Senator for two years; but, my question is what experience does Robin Carnahan have other than being the Secretary of State of Missouri.

I remember another secretary of state that ran for Congress, won and 2 years later was defeated....Katherine Harris of FL.

Does Robin have any other experience in politics. We all know that coming from a political family doesn't qualify you. (i.e. George W. Bush, Caroline Kennedy)

So he thinks that we want the "Party of No" to continue their partisan politics? His son was so disliked as a governor, he had the brains to not even run for a second term. It will be a pleasure to vote against him in the primary, and then vote for Robin Carnahan in the general election! We do not have to register to a political party in Missouri, so we can vote in which ever primary we want to.

Last I checked, I am hardworking (50 hours a week architect), pay my taxes (early every year), and want solutions to the economic and ongoing terrorist (and other) international problems. I also believe in Obama and voted for various Democrats. Can't we disagree without implying that only one point of view has the monopoly on these concerns and charactor traits?

Changing the package will not affect the content. Republicans do not believe what Steele is saying and it will be apparent in their policies. Putting a black man as the face of your party does not change the fact that Republicans do not believe in an open tent. Having Jindahl rebut President Obama's speech will not change the message of exclusion!

What a toad. I guess he feels the American people's voice doesn't matter. It's the GOPigs voice that really matters. American people voted in overwhelming numbers and the message is clear. NO MORE WINDOW LICKERS IN DC.

I hope all the "No We Can't" Grand Obstructionist Party members get booted out of office. They're playing dirty politics at a time when our country desperately needs everyone to put differences aside and work for the good of the country. The Republicans are continuing what GW Bush started, running this country into the ground.

This man is a religious fundamentalist fascist, zealot, power-hungry whore. He complains about a 1 party rule, but if he had his way, the Republican fundamenalist bigots would be in absolute control of everything, including our private lives!

Hey Roy! Do you think that Missourians and the American people have been well served by TWO-PARTY rule? Someone give me a well-reasoned answer to that one and I might believe again... and now that I'm thinking of it, I'm betting you'd be singing a different tune if your party was the one in control... either way, both parties have outlived their usefulness.

another big mouth do nothing repub. they are getting more desparate everyday. it is so sad. they can't come up with any new candidates just like they can't come up with any new ideas. same old stuffing men.

Never has Washington been in greater need of hearing from people who work hard, pay their taxes, and want solutions to urgent economic problems and the ongoing threat of terrorism."

I guess he's saying that Democrats don't "... work hard, pay their taxes & want solutions ..."

This is exactly why the GOP is dying in America. The republicans cannot stop with the slimy rhetoric of the past. They keep dumping on everyday people and expect us to just follow them like lemmigs. America has to realize that the Dems are the "Party of the People" and the GOP is the "Party of corporations, rich people & special interests".

Sounds just like McPalin saying that small town America is where the "real" Americans are. Well, according to the last couple of elections, the GOP is not where America wants to be. The republican obstructionists must be stopped right now so that the mid terms in 2010 will be another sweep for the Dems.

There is such a difference between Blunt & Claire McCaskill that it is obvious to me that even in a GOP stronghold like Missouri, people need to wake up and smell the truth. The GOP does not stand for America !!!!!!

Blunt was just a King George Bush rubber stamp anyway. Go back to where you came from Blunty !!!!

Hmmm... Mr. Blunt suggests that as a liberal-minded Democrat, I don't work hard, don't pay taxes, and don't want solutions to the economic mess and terrorism. Please allow me to be blunt in my response... we liberal Democrats ARE responding to the economic crisis and terrorism, without your help. I'm offended that you think I don't work hard or pay taxes.

Hey Mr. Blunt-

How well served were Americans from 2001-2006 under one party rule? Why did you not complain then? Why were you one of the Republicans so eager to pass legislation without even having the Democrats be part of it?

You may have missed it but the people who work hard and pay their taxes spoke up recently. We told you that we were tired of your divisive politics, cronyism, and hypocrisy about "real Americans". You may want to go to the library and research it.

I'lll send $ to any democrat – Blunt is a right wing nut.

Blue states forever

As a Missourian, I can say this... I have voted for Bond for years... but I will never support Roy Blunt for that Senate seat. The Blunt family , like the Bush Family needs to disappear from politics for the good of the State of Missouri and this great Nation.
Roy Blunt as the Republican Whip, also led this country into the position it's in now...
I will work very hard to remind every Missourian that Roy Blunt's actions in Congress hurt the state of Missouri, and this Nation.

Go for it....problems aren't rightly solved with only one view...
the balance is to have all views and take a little from each.

No more rethuglicans ever!

Dear Obama,

Thank you for showing us how to OWN the decisions we make in life. Thank you for showing America what it means to be a MAN again. Above all, I dont agree with all your policies since I am a conservative Christian, but thank you for showing America that once you make a decision, you need to OWN up to it. By the way, the Cabinet fiasco, that is NOT your fault. These are overgrown adults that are highly educated with years of professional experiences. They need to OWN their own problems of not filing taxes. You're not to blame for it. They should know better what interrogations and scrutinization looks like.

This has got to be a joke, right?

I'm so glad to see Kit Bond leaving after all these years. He brought an Amendment to the stimulus package and the Dems adopted it. Then he votes against the stimulus package. Now the old coot is going all over his state telling people he is the one responsible for getting them the stimulus money. What kind of person does that? Missouri is lucky to be getting rid of the likes of him. And if they have any sense they will put a Dem in his seat.

"Common sense and open debate are in danger of being suppressed by the overreaching monopoly in Congress and the White House,"

Gee. I wonder why this tthe republicans did not notice it between 2000-2006?

Doesn't Blunt have some Abromoff stink about him?

On the other hand, to people in Missoura, Carnahan is still a good name.

we the people want to keep you and your corporate thief friends

as far away from the positions of power

as possible

for the foreseeable future!

The openly declared Republican position is to prevent the government, elected by me and a majority of Americans, from solving the nation's problems. "Just say 'No,'" is their slogan. Their platform is voodoo economics and Herbert Hoover social programs (meaning: do nothing for people who are suffering).

Somehow, these right-wing extremists have developed the thought in their minds that only they are worthy of leadership and only their bizarre ideas can be implemented into law.

The Republican Party has declared war on the middle class and the poor. They prefer to rule a bankrupt country rather than help govern a prosperous one. A healthy democracy needs two or more parties, but neither of them should be the Republican Party.

You have my vote Carnahan

will Missouri really vote for a partisan obstructionist who supported Bush's lies about WMD in Iraq?
will Missouri really vote for the House cheerleader for Bush's economic policies?
I guess after 6 terms, Blunt needs more time in Washington.

Pick a WOMAN!! Congress has been controlled by men for too LONG>>>>>> and it spelled DISASTER>..

Closed-Shop? Then Pop, another new face comes on the scene. Where are you? (not this guy. You!).

Not being from Missouri, I am not too familiar with either of the Republican candidates. I will say, however, that it's sad that the #1 reason a candidate gives for why he should get the Republican primary vote is that he can keep the Democrats from getting complete control in the Senate.

What about good ideas? How are you going to help your state and your country? If Republicans want to have a say in things, they need to at least act like they care about the country more than they care about winning elections. Sad, sad, sad.

Yeah, the GOP is "protecting" our country and citizens by making sure there is no Democratic majority!?!? Where the hell were the "protectors" the last 8 years? All they did was rubber stamp everyting Bush wanted. Look where it got us. We w on't be fooled again by your lies......

GOP = Godless Old Pedophiles

Wow... and the Republican party is the gift that just keeps giving. Roy Blunt was the former WHIP huh?

Well, I hope he's in for one serious beat down because he's about to get his butt WHIP like never before in Missouri.

I find it very funny that every Republican that comes out talking, does nothing but blow "hot air" of petty threats and obstructionist rhetorics. Have you ever noticed that? Is that ALL they have?

Sad....

" "Never has Washington been in greater need of hearing from people who work hard, pay their taxes, and want solutions to urgent economic problems and the ongoing threat of terrorism.""

Good Lord. They are stull running campaigns that labels Democrats/Liberals as just lazy welfare people while they are the hard-working "REAL AMERICANS".

I'm actually starting to believe that Conservatism is some sort of mental disability. They just don't have any clue why they were voted out in 2006 and 2008.

Go ahead GOP – Continue with your mud-slinging negative and insulting campaigns. I guess you need another Election before you get that Americans hate your vile junk you spew.

Maybe send out the "Barack the Magic Negro" song again to everyone. That should rile up the hate that you permenantly wallow in.

So let me get this straight, his platform is that he wants to oppose the President and the democrat's control of the issues. Not that he necessarily has better ideas, just that he wants to offset the Democratic majority in the Senate. Now its official, the Republicans are intellectually bankrupt.

What happened to the concern about 'one party rule' when Repulicans controlled all 3 branches of government?

I'm in MO and I'm voting for Carnahan. You go girl!

"My sense is Missourians and Americans are not well served by one-party rule,"

I would bet that Rep Blunt didn't feel that way when W was in the White House and Republicans were having their way in Congress...

Hypocrites – all around. America will be watching in 2010...

One of the most captivating statements uttered by Blunt is–"Common sense and open debate are in danger of being suppressed by overreaching liberal monopoly in congress and the WH". Wow and wow indeed!

That was one heck of a Blunt statement which kept reverberating in our ears. If GOP keeps feeling that way and acting like they are the saviors of the world, one party system is more than enough.

One thing is consistent and true with the GOP, they are as loony as ever.

But, I look forward to see the likes of Orin Hatch and Jim "Boner" with some gold "toofuses" when opening their grills in the coming debates.

Entertainment doesn't get any better than this!!

I guess one party rule is okay, as long as it's your party.

"Common sense and open debate are in danger of being suppressed by the overreaching liberal monopoly in Congress and the White House,"

Interesting. Blount wasn’t too interested in common sense and open debate during the era of republican majority and G.W. Bush. If the Republicans didn’t like something the democrats were going to do they just threatened to change the rules so that they didn’t need any democratic support. This man is a hypocrite of the highest order and his inability to separate the truth from a lie should in itself be a reason for banning him from public office.

"Never has Washington been in greater need of hearing from people who work hard, pay their taxes, and want solutions to urgent economic problems and the ongoing threat of terrorism."

Moron. You guys have been heard loud and clear, weighed, measured and been found wanting. To summarize:

"tax cuts socialism spending pork trickle-down illegals terrorism second amendment fear fear fear bipartisanship da-n immigrants outsourcing no no no we're so angry we're not in control!!!"

This does increase the Republicans' chances of holding onto a seat that they already have. That's the extent of the good news for them – a pretty thin reed.

Tax cuts will remove the threat of terrorism, right?

Present day Republicans are a joke. All they have in their arsenal is "Tax Cuts" and "Terrorism". They need to simply cease to exist, they are a party of the past, that represent only 2% of american and would rather destroy the country then serve its best interests. Between the mantra of "Do nothing" and "Tax cuts raise the dead, feeds the world, cures cancer and gets you into heaven", its time for them to simply give up. They have no solutions. GOP, the problem to all of our solutions.

The modern day GOP is rotten to the core!

no more republicans, just listen to STEELES comments and you can see why we ARE THRU WITH ALL YOU RACIST AND ARROGANT REPUBLICANS.

That's right yo!!! We gotta fight for our trizzle-dizzle economizzle!!!

Where is this story?

"The Federal Election Commission (FEC) notified Judicial Watch this week that it has “closed the file” on our complaint against Senator Barack Obama for allegedly accepting a below market rate mortgage loan in 2005 not available to the general consumer. In its factual and legal analysis, however, the FEC does confirm that Obama obtained a discounted loan but said no laws were violated.

So, to sum: Yes Barack Obama did receive a special below-market loan the rest of us couldn’t get. And a big “no” to the idea that he ought to be held accountable for it. Upset? So are we."