Missouri Lt. Governor Campaign Launch: Judy Baker for Missouri

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Sunday June 24, 2012 · 1:57 PM PDT

2012/06/24 · 13:57

Folks at DailyKos may know her from her previous run for Congress in Missouri's 9th district, but Judy Baker has launched her campaign for Lt. Governor of Missouri. As many are familiar, she is running to replace current Lt. Governor Peter Kinder of St. Louis strip club fame.

You can catch the video in full below the fold, or at her website. Judy was instrumental in helping stop legislation that would have prohibited discussion of sexual orientation in the classroom.

As you can see from this statement from her website - she looks to bring a welcome dose of reality to the Lt. Governor's office:

I'm running for Lt. Governor so that I can be part of the solution to some of Missouri's most pressing problems; from finding ways to create jobs and grow our economy, to helping Missouri's returning veterans lead rich productive lives; to providing our seniors the support they need to live vibrant and independent lives for as long as possible, and to fighting for priorities like Missouri's schools' from primary and secondary to our colleges and universities.

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Tuesday February 01, 2011 · 5:48 PM PST

2011/02/01 · 17:48

Iowa stands to be ground zero in the process of defining the 2012 GOP nominating process - on a number of levels. Tea party vs. establishment Republicans. Social conservatives vs. moderates (if they exist). Neo-cons vs. traditional foreign policy moderates.

One issue stands to intersect in many ways between national politics and state level dynamics; that issue is gay marriage.

Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate are pushing an expansive amendment that would ban both marriage equality and civil unions. The measure (HJR 6) passed the House today, but efforts seem likely to stall in the Senate.

I don't have much further commentary on the politics or the process, but I really do think the below video demonstrates the gravity of the issue and the difference between age groups and how they view marriage:

(below the fold)

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Thursday March 30, 2006 · 2:48 PM PST

2006/03/30 · 14:48

It's a "culture of corruption" I tell you. I'm not naive. There are Democrats that are unscrupulous and campaign finance law isn't exactly the most cut-and-dry everyday sort of stuff to follow - but come on. Seriously. Political Forecast has a great post on the recent folly that has befallen the Nussle Campaign for Governor '06 - and finally the Iowa Democratic Party has got some fire in their belly. According to Political Forecast and the IDP: Read More

Jim Nussle & the Giant Peach

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Friday March 24, 2006 · 6:40 AM PST

2006/03/24 · 06:40

Originally from the No Nussle Blog

The Iowa Democrats are finally showing some savvy and sense of humor. As Radio Iowa reports: Read More

Iowa Politics - Nussle, Yepsen, and the "Big Liberal Media"

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Tuesday February 28, 2006 · 8:42 AM PST

2006/02/28 · 08:42

David Yepsen has an opinion piece in todays Des Moines Register questioning the motivations and logic behind "attacks from Democrats and left-of-center groups on Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Nussle [that] have started early." Yepsen claims that all of these organizations are focused on attacks rather than conveying a "positive message". This is absolutely absurd. Here are some examples of "positive messages" from "special interest" organizations - Read More

Liar, Liar, pants on Fire...Bush not a hunter?

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Monday February 13, 2006 · 6:53 AM PST

2006/02/13 · 06:53

So, Dick Cheney shot a man...that's nuts. Listening to the radio and hearing the Dick Cheney, the Vice President of the United States, had accidentally shot a hunting buddy...Had to pull over...but that's not the most interesting part, to me at least. I think the White House's response is chock full of inconsistency... Read More

Nussle, Bush, & the Christian Connection

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Wednesday February 01, 2006 · 8:58 AM PST

2006/02/01 · 08:58

*Cross Posted from No Nussle Blog
Jim Nussle is replicating the executive branch strategy of Bush in more ways than one. In particular, Nussle has been quickly drafting almost the exact political team in Iowa that Bush used to carry the state in the 2004 election. Iowan's need to realize how closely tied Nussle is to the Bush administration's political apparatus... Read More

Jim Nussle, Big Donors, and the Kickback Industry

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Monday January 30, 2006 · 6:17 AM PST

2006/01/30 · 06:17

***Cross Posted from No Nussle Blog
Mark C. Falb

770 Mount Carmel
Dubuque, IA 52003
$25,000 Contribution to the Nussle Campaign on Jan. 31, 2006
(Campaign Disclosure 1/19/06)

Falb has an interesting "history" as a textbook publishing "magnate". Mark C. Falb is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of Kendall/Hunt Publishing. Kendall/Hunt is based out of Dubuque, IA and a base of conservative support for Representative Nussle's campaign for the governorship in Iowa. Well, you say "So what?"

Little background. Kendall/Hunt is a publisher of textbooks - in particular, college level textbooks. Personally, I know how expensive textbooks can be for a college student (or a public school district). A typical semester at UNI would find me paying over $400 for textbooks on average (while one semester I paid over $600 for books). Imagine how expensive it is for a school district to pay for new books for entire SCHOOLS at these rates (even if bulk discounted). So, as you can expect - Mark Falb is loaded. Read More

Nussle, & Flip Flopping on Minimum Wage

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Tuesday December 27, 2005 · 10:02 AM PST

2005/12/27 · 10:02

[From No Nussle Blog]
This just in, Democrats & union supporters are planning to place minimum wage increase ballot initiatives up for a vote in 2006 races in key states where incumbent Republicans are showing signs of weakness. There's a great post from SusanG over at Daily Kos detailing the initiatives. In particular, I think (and SusanG concurs) that these sort of initiatives could serve as a strong counter to Republican attempts to use ballot initiatives on marriage to drive GOP turnout efforts. Read More

Nussle Fundraising Watch - Calvinists crashing the gates...

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Thursday December 22, 2005 · 8:57 AM PST

2005/12/22 · 08:57

Cross posted at No Nussle Blog:

I thought it would be interesting to start a series on some of the donors to Nussle's past political campaigns. The public needs to realize..it's not just votes that determine if you are a constituent...money makes you a constituent. Those with more dollars get their interests represented. Now, I was under the impression that Nussle was running with Iowa's interests in mind. Yet, there are some major donors to his congressional campaigns that are noticeably absent from living in the state of Iowa.

...more below... Read More

Fundraising Watch - Jim Nussle Part Trois...ENRON

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Wednesday December 21, 2005 · 8:27 AM PST

2005/12/21 · 08:27

Cross posted from the No Nussle Blog

Next update in the Jim Nussle fundraising disclosure process...well, at least those of us here at No Nussle Blog are trying to participate in fully disclosing Nussle's financial backers for him. We aren't alleging that Rep. Nussle has ever broken any campaign disclosure rules. Jim Nussle is fully open and honest about being a corporate shill. He doesn't hide it. Now, I think there are some donors that Nussle would want to run from. In the opening gubernatorial debate after the primary I would love to see the Democratic nominee ask:

"Back in 2001-2002 you received $3,700 in campaign contributions from Enron. Why did you accept this money in the first place, and what made you decide NOT to return the contribution?"

You see, Jim Nussle likes to take money from large companies that engage in deceptive accounting practices, much like Congress! You see, Read More

Nussle, Martial Law, & the GOP GrinchMas

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Tuesday December 20, 2005 · 11:08 AM PST

2005/12/20 · 11:08

Cross Posted from the No Nussle Blog -
Sorry, but this post is going to come entirely from the Center on the Budget and Policy Priorities:

Under this procedure, longstanding House rules that require at least one day between the unveiling of significant legislation and the House floor vote on that legislation are swept away. Instead, under "martial law," the Leadership can file legislation with hundreds of pages of fine print and move immediately to debate and votes on it, before Members of Congress, the media, or the public have an opportunity to understand fully what provisions have been altered or inserted in the legislation behind closed doors. This is the procedure the Leadership hopes to use today to muscle through these bills.

Basically, what this means is that Jim Nussle and the House Republican Leadership didn't want to have a truly open and honest debate about budget priorities. Nussle didn't want to actually have to DEFEND the proposals that he was pushing through congress. More below:
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