http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star Politics 60 Sun, 11 May 2008 22:19:33 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/615554.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/615554.html Sun, 11 May 2008 21:43 CDT WACO, Texas | President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau. http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/steve_kraske/story/614611.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/steve_kraske/story/614611.html Sun, 11 May 2008 00:35 CDT Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty were in town Tuesday. So what? Here’s what: The Washington Post just rated them the most likely Democratic and Republican vice presidential running mates. http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/615301.html http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/615301.html Sun, 11 May 2008 13:52 CDT Barack Obama's campaign is considering a suggestion from John McCain's campaign for the two presidential hopefuls to participate in joint town meetings and debates around the country starting this summer, Obama's chief strategist said Sunday. http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/615508.html http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/615508.html Sun, 11 May 2008 21:42 CDT Hillary Rodham Clinton toured the birthplace of Mother's Day in rural West Virginia, offering Democrats a subtle reminder Sunday that her fading candidacy remains strong among women and blue-collar, white voters. http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/615187.html http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/615187.html Sun, 11 May 2008 21:07 CDT Former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said Sunday that he thinks Barack Obama will be the party's presidential nominee and that Hillary Rodham Clinton must be careful not to damage the party's prospects in November as she continues her campaign. http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/615160.html http://www.kansascity.com/445/story/615160.html Sun, 11 May 2008 21:42 CDT Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/615579.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/615579.html Sun, 11 May 2008 22:08 CDT A Kansas City Council member is proposing a property tax increase to support museums in the city. Deb Hermann, chairwoman of the council’s Finance and Audit Committee, has introduced an ordinance to ask voters on Aug. 5 to support raising the current museum levy of 2 cents to the authorized limit of 10 cents. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/615582.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/615582.html Sun, 11 May 2008 22:08 CDT TOPEKA | Two of the area’s longest-serving Kansas lawmakers are calling it quits this year. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614701.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614701.html Sun, 11 May 2008 00:35 CDT Three businesses have sued to block the Missouri Department of Revenue from increasing the fee it charges for motor vehicle and driver records. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614461.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614461.html Sat, 10 May 2008 18:33 CDT WASHINGTON | The trump card Hillary Clinton held in her bid for president — her support among superdelegates — slipped from her grasp Saturday. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614548.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614548.html Sat, 10 May 2008 20:13 CDT 1. Mortgage refinancing (HR 3221): Voting 266-154, the House agreed to expand the Federal Housing Administration’s backing of home loans to induce mortgage firms to voluntarily rework loans now headed for default. A yes vote backed the plan. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614463.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614463.html Sat, 10 May 2008 22:03 CDT John McCain has been known to say he is “older than dirt” and has “more scars than Frankenstein.” http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614734.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614734.html Sat, 10 May 2008 21:13 CDT CRAWFORD, Texas | Jenna Bush couldn’t see herself getting married at the White House surrounded by antique furniture and oil portraits of presidents. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614597.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614597.html Sun, 11 May 2008 00:53 CDT DURHAM, N.C. | Voter excitement, always up before a presidential election, is pushing registration through the roof this year. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614480.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614480.html Sat, 10 May 2008 18:43 CDT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. | Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says the euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles probably died more humanely than death-row prisoners do. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614740.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614740.html Sat, 10 May 2008 21:13 CDT Columnist Fred Barnes calls the Obama-Clinton face-off “the most exciting, interesting and informative race for a party’s presidential nomination in more than two decades.” http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614544.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/614544.html Sat, 10 May 2008 20:08 CDT Guests on today’s TV news shows: •NBC’s “Meet the Press,” 8 a.m. on Channel 27; 9 a.m. on Channel 41 — Guests: Sen. Chris Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat; Terry McAuliffe, campaign chairman for Hillary Clinton. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/613616.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/613616.html Fri, 09 May 2008 21:15 CDT WASHINGTON | They call it gridlock in aviation when runways are blocked and nothing moves. They call it business as usual on Capitol Hill. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/613846.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/613846.html Sat, 10 May 2008 00:10 CDT Barack Obama has saturated West Virginia with TV ads attacking the oil industry. A new ad from Hillary Clinton also chastises the oil industry. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/613860.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/613860.html Fri, 09 May 2008 23:35 CDT WASHINGTON | It was a political maneuver not even their mothers could love. Immediately after Congress agreed (412-0) to “celebrate the role of mothers in the United States” and support Mother’s Day, U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt of Kansas stood and called for a second vote. He then joined 177 other GOP congressmen, including Sam Graves of Missouri, in voting to rethink the matter. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/612103.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/612103.html Thu, 08 May 2008 22:37 CDT JEFFERSON CITY | The Senate added new restrictions and boosted penalties Thursday for utilities that erect power plants illegally, but approved legislation letting Aquila Inc. keep its Cass County generating station. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/612209.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/612209.html Fri, 09 May 2008 00:03 CDT Kansas civic leaders convinced Johnson County commissioners Thursday that it's time to move forward on a research triangle involving the state's two largest universities. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/612247.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/612247.html Thu, 08 May 2008 22:41 CDT WASHINGTON | Sen. Barack Obama got a front-runner’s welcome at the Capitol on Thursday, pressing congressional superdelegates to support him in a visit that had the feel of a campaign victory lap. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/612126.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/612126.html Thu, 08 May 2008 22:16 CDT Before Hillary Clinton could speak at a big Washington fundraiser, protesters interrupted, yelling about her promise to “obliterate” Iran if it nuked Israel. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/612272.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/612272.html Thu, 08 May 2008 22:41 CDT Kansas lawmakers spent the 2008 session wrestling mightily with problems of national, even global scope, and their failures were nearly as big.