Talk:Claire McCaskill

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Contents 1 Discussion 2 restored twice 3 Late Former Husband's Name 4 Federal Drug Investigation 5 Links 6 "victory ... was larger than the other two"

[edit] Discussion

Can some one explain the last line of the article: "She had long been rumored to be considering a run against Talent, especially in light of Governor Matt Blunt's sagging poll numbers." I don't understand what this is attempting to say. Wouldn't Blunt's sagging numbers have led toward the opposite conclusion (another run against him)? Kenj0418 05:11, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

I think the idea is to suggest that Blunt's low poll number suggest Republicans are vulnerable in Missouri. I agree that it is poorly phrased, and probably not relevant to the article. TMS63112 16:32, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Its removed now Kenj0418 00:59, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

This article lacks any mention of the Federal investigation into alleged drug use by Claire McCaskill when she was Chief Prosecutor in Jackson County, Missouri. I would write up something but I don't have all the facts yet. Until then, I believe this article is biased. Abacab 19:09, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't know how the failure to inlcude an unsubstantiated rumor can make the article biased or contrary to Wikipedia's NPOV policy. I think presenting such an accusation without a solid source, even on this talk page, is contrary to Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons. TMS63112 19:21, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

It's not unsubstantiated. There were many news reports on it in Missouri (Which can be found on YouTube) along with documents from the Federal Prosecutor regarding their investigation of Ms. McCaskill. As I said, I would add the section when I got the chance because it is not bogus to mention an INVESTIGATION into ALLEGED drug use. People running for Federal office who've been investigated by the Feds should have it mentioned in their bio.Abacab 19:26, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

It would not be bogus if you could cite a source to substantiate that there was an investigation. You say this was widely covered, but I have followed McCaskill's careeer pretty closely since she first ran for statewide office in 1998. I have no recollection of this. A quick search for "McCaskill" on YouTube turned up nothing. TMS63112 19:31, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Here: Part 1 and here: Part 2 Abacab 19:33, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I have removed the NPOV tag from the article. As noted by User:TMS63112, the failure of Wikipedia to report on criminal allegations does not violate the NPOV policy. If User:Abacab insists on tagging the article, I would suggest that he tag the article for factual accuracy. --TommyBoy 23:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Fair Enough Abacab 23:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I have added the info relating to the federal drug investigation to the article, citing the sources provided in this discussion. --TommyBoy 07:09, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I have contacted User:ArmedCitizen, and asked him to cite a source which explicitly states that McCaskill was responsible for changing the ballot language. --TommyBoy 05:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Ladies & Gentlemen; There wasn't any legal recourse after-the-fact in Missouri.

There are facts verifiable by dates and the position of Claire McCaskill in that timeline. Co-conspirators included Governor Mel Caranhan, his daughter Robin Carnahan, Handgun Control Inc., and most prominently, the Clinton/Gore Administration.

Further information is available at the following:

http://www.moccw.org/jamison.html http://www.moccw.org/language.html http://www.moccw.org/nrapropb.html http://www.moccw.org/pressreleases.html http://www.moccw.org/news.html

Incidentally, Perhaps one of the strangest 'events' was the taped phone message from Hillary Clinton that was used in the Urban areas the weekend prior to Proposition B referendum voting day.

ArmedCitizen 13:38, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Information relating to McCaskill's divorce from David Exposito has been removed the article without explaination.. I believe this information is relevant and should be re-added. I would have reverted the deletion if I knew how to do it without impacting User:ArmedCitizen's unrelated edits. --TommyBoy 01:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] restored twice

McCaskill is an avid supporter of Handgun Control Inc,. and in the position of State Auditor; helped to change the approved ballot language ^[1] for Proposition B which lead to the 1999 defeat of a conceal carry law in the State of Missouri.

That was removed without reading the above source information.

Now it has been restored.

ArmedCitizen 07:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Late Former Husband's Name

For the second time since September 10, User:24.107.159.34 has changed the name of Claire McCaskill's late former husband from David Exposito to David Esposito despite the fact that the external link reporting his death states his name was David Exposito. I have reverted the changes again, and posted a note on his Talk page urging him to cite a source for his edits. --TommyBoy 14:06, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Federal Drug Investigation

I have reverted an anonymous user's deletion of information relating to the federal drug investigation of Claire McCaskill. That information had been sourced by two links from YouTube, which have since been removed for lack of licensing information. I have contacted User:Abacab, who originally posted the YouTube links as sources, and asked if he is aware of any other sources which would comply with Wikipedia policy. --TommyBoy 17:39, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I am not aware of any other sources for said video clips. I don't know what we should do vis-a-vis the article sans citation regarding the drug investigation. Perhaps there are published articles that I will have to google for.Abacab 11:20, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Links

I want to propose what I believe is an informative external link for this page: McCaskill's page at whereIstand.com. I'm a topic editor at wIs, just so that's out there, but the site is maybe best described here as a more dynamic and collaborative version of ontheissues.org, which appears frequently in politicians' articles here. Users post and vote on evidence of public figures' positions on a wide variety of issues, as you'll see from the link. Should it be included? --EsperantoStand 01:25, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "victory ... was larger than the other two"

In the notes section, the article says Sen. McCaskill's Senatorial victory was "larger than the other two." What does is mean to have a "large" victory? Does it mean Sen. McCaskill's margin of victory was greater than that of the other candidates? Does it mean media coverage of her victory was greater? Does it mean her victory had a greater impact on the national political landscape?