Posts Tagged ‘Claire McCaskill’

Bryan Cave lawyer Tom Schweich, who probably knows a lot more about Afghanistan than Affton or Gallatin, was supposed to be a U.S. senator.  But, he bowed to the pressure (and promises) of his fellow Republicans and left this year’s field largely open for U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, avoiding a clash of pedigrees in the season’s marquee race.  Schweich’s willingness to postpone his ambitions to be in Washington, D.C., until he can face off with U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in 2012, earned him a war chest of big Republican donations for an uphill campaign to unseat incumbent Auditor Susan Montee.  Anchored by local GOP super-donor Sam Fox, Schweich has been racking up donations in Ladue-size chunks of $10,000 and $20,000 in recent days.  Though, a note to Schweich’s treasurer: Generous repeat donor Roy Pfautch does not work for “Civic Progress” as the campaign has reported several times.  Pfautch works for Civic Service,  Inc.  Even these days, there is a difference.  BTW Roy Pfautch is an ordained minister and knows how to separate church from state.  And. the guy has an art for living.

He has not reached the same step of political twitterdom as Missouri’s Sen. Claire McCaskill (@ClaireCMc), but followers of St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay (@MayorSlay) heard his tweets on Arizona’s new immigration law repeated on national TV last week by CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Slay was singled out as a strong advocate for both immigrant rights and federal immigration reform. Meanwhile, McCaskill warned her thousands of Twitter follows that she would be “off the grid” over the weekend celebrating an anniversary (the couple’s 8th) with hubby Joe Shephard.

Kacie Starr Triplett, the excruciatingly self-promoting St. Louis alderman, has sent out an e-mail to her supporters (and pretty much everyone else) asking us to “Join President Obama and Me at an Event for Senator Claire McCaskill.”  The columnist is less surprised at the hint of hostess than at the fact that Triplett managed to mention McCaskill at all. Meanwhile, McCaskill  has tapped hometowner Neal E. Boyd, winner of America’s Got Talent, as a “special musical guest” for her March 10 dinner here with the Prez.