Politics

KSIS and the Sedalia Democrat are giving you a chance to get to know the candidates for this year's general election at an upcoming forum.  A candidates forum will begin at 6 p.m. this Wednesday, July 25 in the Thompson Conference Center of the Heckart Science and Allied Health Center on the State Fair Community College campus.  The candidates for assessor, treasurer, eastern commissioner and western commissioner will be on hand to answer your questions.

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Gun control has always been a major issue of debate in America — right up alongside the more recently heated topics of abortion, same-sex marriage and health care — but the tragic shooting of 71 people during a Colorado theater’s showing of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ has given this controversy a brand new spotlight.

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President Barack Obama was scheduled to speak this morning at a campaign stop in Fort Myers, Florida. Instead of speaking about his upcoming re-election campaign, he instead delivered a speech on the ‘Dark Knight Rises’ shooting in Aurora, Colorado.

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Barack Obama got the old “Bronx cheer” during the second quarter of the USA versus Brazil men’s basketball exhibition at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC, Monday night.

However, the boos had nothing to do with what the crowd thought of his job performance as president. Instead they were reacting to his inexplicable decision not to kiss his wife Michelle when the First Couple was featured on the arena’s Kiss Cam.

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Many national polls show President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, essentially tied in the upcoming race for the White House. But according to a new survey, there’s at least one segment of the population Obama has mostly locked up: smartphone users.

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The South American country of Uruguay wants to put drug dealers out of business, and it’s considering a rather novel way of doing it: the government itself would sell marijuana to registered citizens, making it the first country in the world to do so.

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According to most estimates, the 2012 presidential election will be the most expensive ever held. Much of that money goes to TV ads, which will air increasingly as we get closer to November.

Do they really make a difference?

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There are a couple of things you can count on the American people doing each time an election year rolls around — updating their voter registration cards and buying more guns.

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Tke Knob Noster Fair goes through June 9, and each day is full of activities.  Last night, (June 7), the Knob Noster Fair really got into full swing with the Grand Parade that stretched down the main drag, with more floats, classic cars, motorcycles and political candidates than in recent years

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Lately we’ve seen Bill Clinton stumping for President Obama as he ramps up his reelection campaign — but you likely won’t see George W. Bush doing the same for GOP candidate Mitt Romney.

Why not? Probably because a new survey finds Bush has the lowest favorable rating of any living former president.

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