Hon. Mark Abel - Former Minority Floor Leader, Missouri House of Representatives; Candidate for Missouri Treasurer 2004

Mayor Kay Barnes - Mayor, Kansas City, MO 1999-Present

Bert Berkley – Chairman, Tension Envelope Inc.; Founder, Local Investment Commission (LINC) Kansas City

Councilman Alvin Brooks - Mayor Pro Tem, KC City Council

Hon. Charlie Broomfield – 2004 Democratic Nominee for Congress (MO-6th); Former Assistant Majority Floor Leader, Missouri House of Representatives

Hon. Bekki Cook - Former Missouri Secretary of State; Democratic Nominee for Lt. Governor 2004

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver – Member of Congress (MO-5th); Mayor of Kansas City 1992-2000; City Councilman 1980-1992

Hon. Nancy Farmer – 2004 Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate; Missouri Treasurer 2000-04; Missouri House 1992-96

Sen. Chuck Graham - Assistant Minority Leader, Missouri Senate; State Representative, 1996-2004

John Halpin - Senior Advisor, Center for American Progress

Rep. Jeff Harris – Minority Leader, Missouri House of Representatives

J. Gerald Hebert – Former Chief, Voting Rights Division, USDOJ; Campaign Legal Center

Sly James – Managing Partner, The Sly James Firm; President, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Hon. Jason Klumb – Missouri State Representative, 1992-1996; Candidate, Missouri Treasurer 2004

George Lakoff – Bestselling author of Moral Politics and Don’t Think of an Elephant; Senior Fellow, The Rockridge Institute

Rep. Paul Levota – Assistant Minority Leader, Missouri House of Representatives

Phil Levota – Chairman, Jackson County Democratic Committee

Mayor Carol Marinovich – Mayor, Kansas City, Kansas 1997-2005

Hon. Joe Maxwell – Missouri Lt. Governor 2000-04; Missouri Senate 1994-2000; Missouri House 1990-1994

Terry Mcauliffe - Chairman, Democratic National Committee, 2000-2004

Rep. Dennis Moore – Member of Congress (KS-3rd): Former Johnson County District Attorney

Jerry Riffel – Former City Council President, Kansas City

Hon. Phil Snowden – Missouri State Senate 1980-1998.

Hon. Steve Stoll – Missouri Senate 1998-2004; Candidate for U.S. Congress 2004

Mark Talisman – Bestselling author; Democratic Activist; Harvard Lecturer; Chairman, Jewish Memorial Foundation

Tom Tuch – Former Director, US Information Agency; Career Ambassador, US State Dept.

Sen. Charles Wheeler - Missouri State Senator, 2002- Present; Former Mayor of Kansas City; Former Presiding Commissioner of Jackson County