McCain scheduled to stop at Columbia Regional Airport

Sen. John McCain is scheduled to stop in Columbia on Monday afternoon.
The Republican presidential nominee from Arizona will be landing and making an appearance at the Columbia Regional Airport.
McCain’s stop in Columbia will be between a pair of rallies in Missouri — in St. Charles at 9 a.m. and in Belton at 3:45 p.m. [...]

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Look for Schieffer to call candidates on question-dodging

CBS “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer told The Washington Post that he will challenge candidates to answer his questions when he moderates tonight’s presidential debate.
After watching the first two debates between the presidential and vice presidential candidates, Schieffer said he would try to make sure that the candidates answer his questions. In the vp [...]

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Final prez debate promises heated discussion and engagement…hopefully

I’m sure watching tonight’s final presidential debate is high on your list of must-see TV. The Missourian will once again be live-blogging the debate at The Watchword. This includes a team of reporters scouring and dissecting the candidates statements and, more importantly, fact-checking their claims and attacks. I was thinking about the usefulness of this [...]

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Missourian Q&A with Joe Biden

Missourian reporter Joel Walsh sat down with Democratic Vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday. Here’s Biden’s thoughts on issues affecting Missouri residents.
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Ride the bus, register to vote

Those eligible to vote in Missouri will have an easy opportunity to register to vote in November.
Members of Grass Roots Organizing will be riding Columbia Public Transit buses registering residents to vote from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 2.
Oct. 8 is the deadline to register to vote in the November election.

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