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al that could have shattered the state record developed a tv ad blitz to begin airing before spring and honed a campaign message for a competitive challenge from democratic attorney general jay nixon although the republican governor never said so directly he left little doubt blunt was running for re election and he was running to win so perhaps no one was more shocked than those in blunt s inner circle when just 10 days later blunt announced his exit from the race everyone was convinced we would win this race said john hancock a republican consultant and pollster who attended the campaign retreat hancock blunt s campaign spokesman learned the governor was not running just hours before he publicly announced his decision tuesday the associated press confirmed blunt s campaign retreat with multiple participants several of whom recounted the details on condition of anonymity the gathering at the big cedar lodge south of branson included top ranking staff from the governor s office pollsters media specialists fundraisers and people responsible for blunt s communications and grass roots organizing it had been a while since any similar such meeting the gathering in essence amounted to a kickoff for the campaign year participants described the governor as inquisitive engaged involved in all aspects of the planning before their meeting blunt already had shot video footage for a first round of campaign commercials the plan developed that weekend called for blunt s commercials to begin running before spring the goal was to beat nixon to the punch to get a couple of weeks of uncontested air time in which blunt could lay out his accomplishments directly to voters before they got bombarded with competing messages blunt already had raised almost 10 million since he was elected in 2004 though his campaign had barely 4 million on hand as a result of previous expenditures and refunds required by a supreme court ruling blunt s campaign still needed to refund about 2 3 million which would put him nearly even with what nixon had on hand but blunt had shown the ability to rake in large amounts of money before some people thought he could take in about 20 million twice what he raised for the 2004 election and far more than the missouri candidate record of almost 15 7 million set by republican sen jim talent in his unsuccessful 2006 re election campaign the campaign team discussed various factors that could influence the governor s race even several initiative petitions being circulated mindful of how a stem cell ballot initiative spilled over into the 2006 senate race blunt also reviewed internal polling data which meeting participants said showed him closing the gap but still down to nixon blunt s message as sharpened during the meetings would proclaim he converted a 1 billion inherited shortfall into three straight years of budget surplusses significantly boosted education spending presided over the creation 90 000 new jobs since he took office and transformed a broken health care system that same message formed the foundation for blunt s televised state of the state address several days later on jan 15 those who attended the campaign retreat believed it could be a successful message even though nixon would highlight blunt s cuts to the medicaid health care system warn the economy was faltering and assert that the governor had not done enough for education read full post and comments blunt planned campaign just days before quitting at 1 25 2008 09 59 00 pm 195 comments labels blunt matt missouri politics tuesday january 22 2008 embattled kc parks board member frances semler steps down frances semler the board of parks and recreation commissioners appointee whose membership in the minuteman civil defense corps caused a political controversy for mayor mark funkhouser has resigned in a statement faxed to area media outlets including the kansas city star semler writes enough i am resigning in the letter she cites repeated and ongoing personal attacks against her character as a reason and blasts her most vocal opponents and levels her own criticisms at kansas city police chief jim corwin and unnamed city council members saying some on the council have made vicious false and irresponsible claims about me also apparently in recent days semler has taken issue with comments made in published reports by mayor mark funkhouser and his wife gloria squitiro i do believe i have been a positive asset there are many projects i eagerly wanted to pursue semler writes but after reading quotes from funkhouser in the the star last week i feel betrayed semler could not be reached tuesday morning for comment funkhouser in june appointed semler a neighborhood association president to be the sole northland representative on the five member park board the appointment triggered sharp protests from several minority organizations including the national council of la raza in october of la raza voted to pull its convention from kansas city at a projected loss of 5 million because of semler s connection to the minutemen a divisive group that takes a hardline stance on immigration issues on jan 15 the leader if the southern christian leadership conference said that the sclc had decided to move it s convention from kansas city to new orleans and would call for a boycott of kansas city if semler was not removed from the park board rita valenciano head of the local coalition of hispanic organizations said semler s decision to step down was a welcome outcome but she added she would have preferred if the mayor had taken action himself semler had offered to resign last year when controversy first erupted over her appointment but funkhouser declined the notion and publicly backed her appointment it s something that should have been taken care of in the very beginning she said it was a lack of leadership my concern is if the mayor is going to accept her resignation before launching into her criticisms of city officials semler writes as a united states citizen i have always felt able to express my views freely out of respect for the mayor i have allowed my voice to be stilled no longer while referring to illegal immigration as a well organized invasion of illegals she defends the minutemen as an unjustly attacked group dedicated to the enforcement of immigration laws read full post and comments embattled kc parks board member frances semler steps down at 1 22 2008 10 45 00 am 330 comments labels funkhouser mark semler francis saturday january 19 2008 canada manual u s prisoners face torture by rob gillies associated press writer a training manual for canadian diplomats lists the united states as a country where prisoners risk torture and abuse citing interrogation techniques such as stripping prisoners blindfolding and sleep deprivation the foreign affairs department document released friday singled out the u s detention center at guantanamo bay it also names israel afghanistan china egypt iran saudi arabia mexico and syria as places where inmates could face torture the listing drew a sharp response from the u s a key nato ally and trading partner which asked to removed from the manual we find it to be offensive for us to be on the same list with countries like iran and china quite frankly it s absurd u s ambassador david wilkins told the associated press for us to be on a list like that is just ridiculous he said the u s does not authorize or condone torture we think it should be removed and we ve made that request we have voiced our opinion very forcefully wilkins said michael mendel the israeli embassy spokesman said israel s supreme court is on record as expressly prohibiting any type of torture if israel is included in the list in question the ambassador of israel would expect its removal he said a canadian citizen omar khadr is in custody at guantanamo but canada has long publicly said it accepts u s assurances that khadr is being treated humanely the government inadvertently released the manual to lawyers for amnesty international who are working on a lawsuit involving alleged abuse of afghan detainees by local afghan authorities after the detainees were handed over by canadian troops canada said the manual is for training and does not amount to official government policy it is not a policy document or any kind of a statement of policy as such it does not convey the government s views or positions said neil hrab a spokesman for canada s foreign affairs department the training manual purposely raised public issues to stimulate discussion and debate in the classroom human rights groups have long called on canada to pressure the united states to return khadr from guantanamo they say canada has not done enough for khadr who has been in custody since he was 15 khadr is accused of tossing a grenade that killed one u s soldier and wounded another in afghanistan in 2002 he is the son of an alleged al qaida financier and his family has received little sympathy in canada where they ve been called the first family of terrorism dennis edney one of khadr s lawyers said the foreign affairs document shows that canada says one thing publicly but believes something else privately canada was well aware that omar khadr s allegations of being tortured had a ring of truth to it canada has not once raised the protection of omar khadr when there are such serious allegations edney said what does that say to you about canada s commitment to the rule of law and human rights it talks on both sides of its face read full post and comments canada manual u s prisoners face torture at 1 19 2008 01 58 00 am 13 comments labels guantanamo khadr omar torture friday november 30 2007 us withdraws mideast resolution at un by edith m lederer associated press writer in an about face the united states on friday withdrew a u n resolution endorsing this week s agreement by israeli and palestinian leaders to try to reach a mideast peace settlement by the end of 2008 apparently after israel objected u s deputy ambassador alejandro wolff informed the security council that the united states was pulling the resolution from consideration less than 24 hours after u s ambassador zalmay khalilzad introduced it khalilzad had said he needed to consult with the israelis and palestinians on the text of the resolution to ensure that it was what they wanted following the decisions by palestinian president mahmoud abbas and israeli prime minister ehud olmert at the mideast peace conference in annapolis md wolff said the u s had held intensive consultations in the past few days and the upshot was that there were some unease with the idea of a resolution diplomats said israel a close u s ally did not want a resolution which would bring the security council into the fledgling negotiations with the palestinians the diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue said khalilzad introduced the draft resolution without getting broad support from the israelis palestinians and the bush administration keep reading it s not the proper venue israel s deputy ambassador daniel carmon said after friday s council meeting we feel that the appreciation of annapolis has other means of being expressed than in a resolution we were not the only ones to object carmon said he added that the americans had told the israelis that the palestinians also objected abbas speaking to reporters in the tunisian capital tunis said friday that while he didn t know the details of the draft resolution it was a sign of the seriousness of the united states which he also perceived at the annapolis conference this means if what we have learned is verified that there are serious steps that speak to the existence of an american position supporting the negotiations abbas said wolff said the united states realized that the focus we all realized again should be placed and remain on annapolis and the understanding that was reached there it s a momentous decision and rather than dilute from that and in respect to both parties in terms of what they thought would be most helpful we reached a conclusion that it would be best to withdraw it wolff said normally the united states would have consulted israel in advance of introducing a security council resolution as well as the palestinians to gauge their reaction but on thursday israeli ambassador dan gillerman said he knew very little about the proposed resolution adding we will be discussing it and no doubt in very good spirit the state department said secretary of state condoleezza rice had decided such a resolution was unnecessary we have looked at this and at the end of the day the secretary believes that the positive results of annapolis speak for themselves and there is really no reason to gild the lily spokesman sean mccormack said i am not sure that we saw the need to add anything else to the conversation sometimes the results and the event speak for themselves two u s officials who on condition of anonymity described rice s decision to withdraw the draft document said there were several concerns about the resolution including the failure to consult the israelis and palestinians on the language and the possibility that some on the security council might try to add anti israeli language to it ambassador nassir al nasser of qatar the only arab member on the security council said thursday we are happy with the language as it is in the u s draft resolution i am happy that the council is dealing with this issue he said for me this is the main thing the annapolis conference drew 44 nations including israel s neighboring arab states a joint understanding between the israelis and palestinians in doubt until the last minute was salvaged and abbas and olmert reiterated their desire to reach a peace settlement by the end of 2008 indonesian ambassador marty natalegawa the current council president who had hoped the resolution would be adopted friday said he wanted to highlight the strong support in the council for the annapolis conference council members were welcoming supporting and encouraging the parties to diligently follow up he said we are more focused at this time on the substance that there is an absolutely clear message of council unity in supporting annapolis conference and its achievements he said deputy ambassador konstantin dolgov of russia said it was the u s right as the sponsor to withdraw the resolution what is important is that discussions showed that there is a lot of support for the outcome he said we think that it would be important of course for the security council to express itself on this issue because the discussions showed that all security council members supported the outcome of annapolis meeting read full post and comments us withdraws mideast resolution at un at 11 30 2007 11 12 00 pm 11 comments labels bush incompetence israel palestine peace process marines to cut armored vehicle orders a category i mine resistant ambush protected mrap 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