Editor's note: This is a preview of an article that appears in the November issue of Gateway Journalism Review. Goodbye, purple. So long, pink. Hello, red. If anyone needed more evidence that Missouri no longer is a bellwether state, the aftermath of Congressman Todd Akin’s Aug. 19 remarks about “legitimate rape” and female bodies’ defenses against impregnation should end … [Read more...] about Missouri: The true-blue red state
Missouri gets high marks for political coverage
As an avid consumer of Missouri political campaign coverage for 40 years, let me be among the first to declare that it has never been better than it was in 2010: more content, additional outlets, sophisticated analysis. Despite depleted resources, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch deployed two skilled reporters (Tony Messenger and Jake Wagman) fulltime and drew upon veteran … [Read more...] about Missouri gets high marks for political coverage
Fall elections could be bad for Democrats
Labor Day marks the time to get more serious about predicting the outcome of the November national elections. Political scientists — including this one — have recently returned from the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. In even-numbered years, there is invariably one or more sessions on projecting the outcome based on past trends and mid-to-late summer poll … [Read more...] about Fall elections could be bad for Democrats