You just gotta love this:

Contributing the day’s best anecdote, Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder recalled his first race for the Missouri Senate 16 years ago. Visiting a parish picnic about 100 miles south of St. Louis, Kinder shook hands with an older gentlemen and asked for his support.

David Catanese reported on Friday that Lt. Governor Kinder had announced that those Missourians who had their lives turned upside down by Mother Nature would have some extra time to file their taxes.

Flood victims will now have until May 19th to file their 2007 returns.

As reported by the Political Fix this morning, Peter hosted a bloggers conference call today to discuss his position on House Bill 2250, legislation to create a state sales tax holiday beginning on June 27 and ending at midnight on June 29.

Last week, Peter issued a press release on the bill (download via PDF) where he said:

Today, Peter Kinder picked up the endorsement of St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann. Ehlmann previously served as Circuit Court Judge and Minority Leader in the Missouri Senate

In his endorsement, Ehlmann said, "I am proud to endorse Peter Kinder for Governor. Throughout his entire career, Peter has demonstrated a strong record of proven effective leadership and I am confident that he will deliver the positive change Missourians deserve."

The great John Gizzi, political editor for the national conservative publican, Human Events, concludes in his article today that Peter Kinder, "in terms of name recognition, organization, and early movement... is ahead in a big way."

Good read worth checking out.

It's a simple question: If the Missouri lieutenant governor election were held today, whom would you vote for?

Hopefully, your answer is Peter Kinder!

If so (hehe), will you help propel Peter Kinder to the first victory of 2008 in this online poll hosted by the St. Louis Business Journal.

When it comes to commenting on the attendance for the inaugural Tour of Missouri, some things are simply worth the wait.

In fact, as reported by the Springfield News-Leader, that's exactly what Peter is doing:

The Tour of Missouri wrapped up on Sunday, but people are already talking about next year's race.

Here are two articles that Peter's quoted in talking about the end of the Tour of Missouri and the prospects for a race next year. Enjoy.

State expects to bring race back in 2008

The verdict is in, the inaugural Tour of Missouri is a major success! Here are what some of the folks are saying:

“The start today was phenomenal, it was the one of the most enthusiastic and biggest crowds I’ve ever seen for the first day of a first year race, and especially given it was on a Tuesday afternoon." -Sean Petty, Chief Operating Officer of USA Cycling, Quote from 2007 Tour of Missouri Stage 1 Press Conference

It looks like Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson is taking a cue from KinderSpeaks and others.

If you haven't already, please consider your question to KinderSpeaks today.