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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!SEATTLE -- They think of the homemade cookies, the plate of yummy goodness she brought to their locker room not so long ago. Mandi Schwartz was all bundled up then, wearing triple thick layers and a mighty scarf but still shivering quite a bit. Her immune system, weakened by a recent bone marrow transplant and countless rounds of chemotherapy, probably shouldn't have been subjected to a cold and drafty ice rink, but that is Mandi. She is a hockey player, and true hockey players, the ones weaned on wake-up calls before sunrise and long drives to games and aching, bruised shins, well, those ...
Missouri is technically a swing state, but not in the traditional sense. While similarly minded states like Ohio and Florida divide their allegiances between Republicans and Democrats, in Missouri it's basically between Republicans and Carnahans.That's right, with the exception of Sen. Claire McCaskill, the Carnahan Clan is responsible for just about every significant Democratic victory in the state over the past two decades. Among the family stars:A.S.J. Carnahan: His 1945 election to Congress launched the family dynasty.Mel Carnahan: Son of A.S.J. and a former governor and lieutenant ...
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