So much for John McCain's moment of humanity at the Lakeville rally. That was the Senator we respect, showing a flash of strong character. Unfortunately, he's still letting his campaign's handlers smear Barack Obama.
How much? This morning's CQPolitics headline says it all: Fact-Checking the Ayers [...]
“Steven Schier, a political science professor at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., said Sarvi’s chances of upsetting Kline don’t look good.
‘It’s a conservative district, and Kline is reasonably popular,’ Schier said. ‘Even in the best conditions, you’ve got to have resources (to challenge Kline), and Sarvi doesn’t seem to have [...]
My wife went back to work full time in September, and I only managed three blog entries last month and none so far this month, which is almost half over. My main excuse is that I’m caring for our 4-year-old daughter and our 9-month-old son. We have less child care [...]
Minnesota mourns the loss of former state Sen. Allan Spear, DFL-Minneapolis, whose legacy of even-handedness across the political aisle and courage as the nation’s first openly gay legislator will continue to influence the state.
Spear died Saturday of complications from heart surgery. He was 71. He is [...]
Smart Politics is running a series of election profiles of all the Upper Midwestern U.S. Senate and U.S. House races leading up to the November 4th elections. The series will culminate with Smart Politics' official projections. The fifteenth profile in the series is Wisconsinâs 7th Congressional District race.
Candidates: [...]
âWhatâs the difference between the right to free speechâwhich is enshrined in the Constitutionâversus the ârightâ to health care, which is not? Well, back in the day, we would simply say that a right has legal authorityâitâs in the Constitution and therefore itâs a not just a right, itâs a [...]
âGovernment exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.â
âRonald Reagan
âWe should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times.â
âGeorge Washington
"I think it's very important for the American President to mean what he says. That's why I understand that the enemy could misread what I say. That's why I try to be as clearly I can." -- George orWell Bush, The Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., September 23rd, 2004
Clearly, America [...]
Especially the ones that work for the media.
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Hey Hey, Big Spender, El “Earmark” Tinklenberg
If there’s one thing about Democrat El ‘Gas Tax’ Tinklenberg that is for sure, he has a nose for pork. He’s so good at sniffing out how to soak taxpayers in the shady earmarking process that he is cozying right up next to [...]
There is lots of blame to go around for how our credit markets got into the current mess.
Counterproductive government regulations, poor judgment by investment bankers and mortgage brokers, and an irrational belief that housing prices never fall all played a major part in getting us to where we are [...]
By Eric Black | Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
The bottom line is that if the Democrats won every Senate race in which they are currently leading in the polls, they would make a net gain of eight [...]
In Monday's local news roundup, a real hot button issue as smoky backyard fires imperil civility. Plus: the Strib's Norm profile and the death of the Minnesota music biz's godfather.
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Much has been made of McCain’s angry crowd in Lakeville last week, where the candidate snatched a microphone from the hands of a questioner asserting that Barack Obama is “an Arab.” McCain’s response to this claim? “No ma’am. He’s a decent family man and citizen.”
Let’s run [...]
John Kline has been, for a couple of terms now, the Minnesota Second District rep in Congress. Heâs a reliable and solid conservative, and therefore I support him unabashedly and without reservation. While I believe that âendorsingâ a candidate would make me sound like a pretentious fop (Iâm a blogger, [...]
Iâm sure youâve heard it all over the media, how âenragedâ and âfrighteningâ McCain/Palin supporters are. For a reality check, I suggest you check out Michelle Malkinâs latest post.
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