Good morning voters

I spoke to a few of our reporters who have been out at the polls since early this morning, and it appears that voting is going pretty slick. Not a lot of lines or people electioneering in south Columbia. One of our assistant director of photography drove around to most of the polls in north [...]

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Obama visits MU

The lines to see Sen. Barack Obama are snaking down Ninth Street and winding down University Avenue more than 4 hours before the Democratic presidential candidate is expected to speak.
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News of Obama’s campaign stop broke earlier this week and crews began preparing for an expected large crowd on MU’s south quad Wednesday.
Both [...]

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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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McCain campaign to stop in Columbia on Monday

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain plans to visit Columbia on Monday, said Tina Hervey, communications director of the Missouri Republican Party.
The Boone County Sheriff’s Department was contacted by the Secret Service earlier this week about working with Columbia and Boone County law enforcement as part of McCain’s security detail, Maj. Tom Reddin of the [...]

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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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UPDATE to ‘Palin: Cheers and Jeers’

UPDATE: I found this to be a good estimation of the actual responsibilities that the vice-presidential office currently encompasses and how it has been transformed in recent years:
The Heartbeat Job
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Palin: Cheers and Jeers

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Palin: Cheers and Jeers

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I figured I’d give you a couple of days to absorb the vice-presidential debate. So now that the hot air and bluster has disippated. Here’s some food for thought for an October Sunday.
Gov. Sarah Palin’s performance on Thursday night ignited the columnists and bloggers alike to share their [...]

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Following undecided voters as they make their choices

Undecided voters. That small percentage that wield so much power in elections, particularly presidential ones, that nobody seems to be able to crack into what they care about. What makes them hold back and wait to pick a side.
After every debate and every horse-race headline, pundits analyze “what this means for Obama for undecideds” or [...]

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