Newly minted GOP Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be traveling to O'Fallon, Missouri on Sunday to reunite with her separated-at-birth ideological twin--- State Rep Cyntia Davis.

No word on whether the Secret Service will allow Davis anywhere near Palin's kids.  Story Continued »

Taken a few moments ago at Denver International Airport...

Gold medal American gymnast Shawn Johnson makes her way through the airport to catch a flight to Los Angeles. ­

Scenes from Wednesday night at the DNCC, where Bill Clinton and Joe Biden took the stage...

This morning at the Missouri delegation breakfast, delegates heard from Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jay Nixon as well as Congressman Emanuel Cleaver. 

Nixon addressed attendees by talking about what a great year it has already been, as he has "retired" a Republican Governor in Matt Blunt, a Republican Treasurer in Sarah Steelman, and is poised to retire a "George Bush, John McCain supporting Congressman" in Kenny Hulshof.  

Nixon went on to tell a now-familiar story about how he got his start in public service while he was a child in the home of his two public servant parents.  Nixon then reiterated a much touched-upon theme of the week, by seizing on the importance of this election and of electing Barack Obama.­

­Tony Viessman made the trek to the Democratic Convention to promote "Rednecks for Obama."  It's a play on "Rednecks for Carnahan" from Mel Carnahan's 1992 campaign for Governor.  He hit paydirt with this bit on the CBS News website:

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Answers to questions like "how much does the plan actually cost?"­­ ­­

So Kenny Hulshof waited until many of the capitol and political press were away in Denver before rolling out his health care "plan" to the rest of us.

Kenny Hulshof on Tuesday announced a health-care proposal he said could decrease costs and increase accessibility by allowing consumers to shop collectively for health insurance.­

­Tuesday night's big DNCC event was Hillary Clinton's home-run speech in support of Barack Obama.  Below are some photos from the evening with Missouri's delegation...

Here's some video from this morning's delegation breakfast.

At Wednesday's DNCC Missouri delegation breakfast, three members of the Carnahan family addressed the delegates and special guests...

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"No way, no how, no McCain."  --Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton reaches the podium, as viewed from the Missouri delegation.­

Yes, it's a shaky photo snapped quickly with an iPhone, but it is nevertheless a photo of former GOP Prez hopeful and Matt Blunt ally Mitt Romney:

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Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer reminds us...

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