Congresswoman Bachmann attended the Restoration Weekend and received no less then 3 standing ovations.
Bachmann gets standing ovations at conservative conference
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann attended the Restoration Weekend conference in Palm Beach, Florida over the weekend. The event appeared to be a who's who of conservative activists and conservative [...]
From the newsletter:
It’s Finally Here!
This is to announce the long-awaited arrival of our new SD41 GOP website. You can take a look by typing in either sd41gop.org or sd41gop.com. When you get there, you’ll notice a completely new look and a lot of new material on our first [...]
I updated my GOP 2010 page for the Governor’s race. An emailer noted I was a bit behind. And I was, it’s been July since I updated it. Whoops. Time flies when you are busy.
If time permits, I will try to add links to the ‘for sures’ over Turkey break, [...]
When Gov. Tim Pawlenty told MSNBC audiences early this month that “there’s a range of behavior and issue positions you can take” and still be a Republican, it created a small stir among pundits. One, Ariana Huffington, characterized Pawlenty’s sentiment as a GOP “litmus [...]
“Rather depressingly, Tim Pawlenty could win the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 simply by being the least offensive candidate,” writes The Daily Beast’s Reihan Salam. Pawlenty’s “appeal is clear,” Salam writes, “on paper.” He’s even-tempered and has a “compelling personal story”; he’s got that commonsense [...]
Since the GOP night of the long knives that followed the transportation veto override in 2007, no House Republican has ventured outside the fold on any high-profile matter of taxing or spending. But a lot of legislative DFLers think the 2010 session and a looming election could change that equation.
There's' [...]
A Republican with deep ties to the Minnesota business community has decided against a run for governor next year.
Minnesota Business Partnership Executive Director Charlie Weaver said today he won’t get into the wide-open race. Weaver had been mulling a campaign since incumbent GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty ruled [...]
Allen Quist
'Retooled' Allen Quist ready to challenge 1st District Rep. Walz
By Doug Grow
Monday, Nov. 23, 2009
Withdrawing from politics after losing to Arne Carlson in the 1994 governor's race, the former GOP lightning rod says he has [...]
Allen Quist
'Retooled' Allen Quist ready to challenge 1st District Rep. Walz
By Doug Grow
Monday, Nov. 23, 2009
Withdrawing from politics after losing to Arne Carlson in the 1994 governor's race, the former GOP lightning rod says he has' [...]
The recent news about the decision by State Senator Steve Dille not to run for reelection because he can't win the GOP endorsement got me thinking about purging elected officials who too often defy their own party, but I'm trying to think more deeply than just schadenfreude over [...]
While Republicans Erik Paulsen and Michele Bachmann are leading by a wide margin in the amount of funds raised overall by the Gopher State's U.S. House representatives and announced congressional candidates in the current election cycle, it is Bachmann's two DFL challengers, Maureen Reed and Tarryl Clark, [...]
In 2006, people said that the conditions surrounding GOP candidates were toxic. Four long years later, Charlie Cook is describing President Obama as “beyond radioactive in their districts.” Veteran Washington Post columnist David Broder paints a grim picture, too:
It’s simply not true that America is ambivalent about everything [...]
In 2006, people said that the conditions surrounding GOP candidates were toxic. Four long years later, Charlie Cook is describing President Obama as "beyond radioactive in their districts." Veteran Washington Post columnist David Broder paints a grim picture, too:
It's simply not true that America is ambivalent about everything [...]
It isn’t a secret that some within the GOP establishment prefer keeping Michele Bachmann arm’s distance away. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if Michele wore that as a badge of honor. Nonetheless, the establishment snipers persist like they did in this City Pages hit piece:
But more importantly, many [...]
It isn't a secret that some within the GOP establishment prefer keeping Michele Bachmann arm's distance away. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if Michele wore that as a badge of honor. Nonetheless, the establishment snipers persist like they did in this City Pages hit piece:
But more importantly, many [...]
Minn. company confident of cause of tour bus crash
Minn. GOP biggest user of tax break Pawlenty axed
Testimony ends in Petters trial; closings Monday
Mpls.-based media institute is closing its doors
92,500 Minnesotans are facing foreclosure
Posted in News Tagged: Minnesota News Headlines [...] Former GOP state Rep. Ron Erhardt of Edina is exploring a run for his old House seat as a Democrat.
“I’m looking to run. I raised money earlier in the year,” said Erhardt today in a telephone interview with PIM…
…Erhardt said it appears his chances of winning [...]
Former GOP state Rep. Ron Erhardt of Edina is exploring a run for his old House seat as a Democrat.
“I’m looking to run. I raised money earlier in the year,” said Erhardt today in a telephone interview with PIM.
Erhardt, a moderate, spent nine terms in the House. When Republicans controlled [...]
After three consecutive months of a declining percentage of Minnesotans filing unemployment claims, the Gopher State's seasonally adjusted jobless rate increased to 7.6 percent in October - up from 7.4 percent in September.
Unemployment in Minnesota has increased 35.7 percent from one year ago (5.6 percent) but is [...]
After viewing Bluestem Prairie’s coverage of Allen Quist’s announcement that he will be the GOP candidate for Congress against Tim Walz, I have one thing to say:
Sally Jo, you should know that Quist prefers “fisherman” to “angler.”
From a February 8, 1986 story in the [...]
Posted in Video Tagged: Michele Bachmann [...] State Chairs from Four Parties Come Together on Saturday to Celebrate Elections and Volunteers
St. Paul— Leaders from the DFL, Republican, Green, and Independence parties will come together on Saturday for the seventh annual Nonpartisan Party, which celebrates elections and volunteer political activism.
“It’s important to take the time to build relationships [...]
