By Antonio D. French
Filed Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 11:55 AM
THE POST NEEDS ADS -- For the second day in a row, the Post-Dispatch ran a full-page ad pleading with political campaigns to advertise in its pages. "Attention Candidates: We can help you win the vote," read Tuesday's ad on page A7.TAX RETURNS RETURN -- The GOP continues to try to make Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill's husband an issue in her campaign.The Missouri Republican Party issued a press release this morning blasting McCaskill and her husband, Joseph Shepard, for refusing to release his tax returns to the media.
"With a family fortune of between $13 million and $30 million amassed through taxpayer-financed tax credits, hundreds of government subsidized real estate partnerships and an offshore tax shelter in Bermuda, McCaskill and Shepard for months have arrogantly refused to release their tax returns even though Sen. Jim Talent and his wife Brenda released theirs long ago," Republicans said in the press release.
On KWMU's "St. Louis on the Air" this morning, McCaskill said they have released more than enough information on their personal finances and that her husband's "complicated" tax returns would just be used to further distract from the important issues of the campaign.
CRACKING OPEN THE PIGGEE BANK -- A telling sign of the trouble Missouri Republicans find themselves in is this little bit from Steve Kraske of the Kansas City Star:"Sen. Kit Bond, a Missouri Republican who has stashed $2.8 million in his political action committee, is spending it. The biggest recipient: Jim Talent, with $450,000."
Labels: Commercials, U.S._Senate_Race
1 Comments:
The Potato always backs the richest candidate. Claire you got our vote.
10/17/2006 12:34 PM
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