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5:04 pm
Thu October 25, 2012

Photo ID Not Required To Vote In Mo., Carnahan Reminds Citizens

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There has been a lot of talk this year about changing I.D. requirements for voters, but Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) wants residents to know that the law hasn’t changed in Missouri.

Carnahan says voters can bring a driver’s license or other photo I.D. to the polls if they so choose, but that photo identification is not mandatory.

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4:19 pm
Thu October 25, 2012

Rape Comments Complicate But Don't End GOP Senate Takeover Chances

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Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock holds a news conference Wednesday in Indianapolis to address his comments about rape and abortion.
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Missouri Senate candidates Republican Todd Akin and incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill debate in Columbia, Mo., on Sept. 21.
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Originally published on Thu October 25, 2012 4:00 pm

The enthusiasm with which Democrats seized upon Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's philosophizing about God's plan for unborn children of women impregnated by rape may have suggested the Indiana Republican's election chances had just ended.

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St. Louis on the Air
3:24 pm
Thu October 25, 2012

McGovern Death Resurfaces Presidential Run With Missouri’s Eagleton

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The recent death of Senator George McGovern revived memories of his unsuccessful 1972 Presidential bid.  There are several reasons he lost and one of them was the fallout of the brief vice presidential candidacy of U.S. Senator Tom Eagleton of Missouri. 

Eagleton was dropped from the ticket after eighteen days because of controversy concerning his medical history.

Host Don Marsh talks with author Joshua Glasser whose new book, The Eighteen-Day Running Mate: McGovern, Eagleton, and a Campaign in Crisis, documents the controversy and its causes during that time.

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