Of course, Keith did have a Republican opponent last time out, Barb Davis White. The MN Republican Party told her to [...]
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Minnesota Editor
Of course, Keith did have a Republican opponent last time out, Barb Davis White. The MN Republican Party told her to [...]
I just finished participating in a blogger conference call, aka BCC, with John Thune that dealt primarily with health care issues.
One of the bloggers that participated asked why Republicans were offering reasonable amendments to the bill. Specifically, he asked if these amendments might not make the bill more palatable and [...]
I just finished participating in a blogger conference call, aka BCC, with John Thune that dealt primarily with health care issues.
One of the bloggers that participated asked why Republicans were offering reasonable amendments to the bill. Specifically, he asked if these amendments might not make the bill more palatable and [...]
Front and center at a state Senate Tax Committee hearing on the bill were Rep. Paul Kohls, who we're [...]
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., is calling the leaked e-mails from climate scientists at a British university research unit a "theft" and "crime" that should be investigated, despite calls from Republicans to investigate the contents of the e-mails themselves, not the way they were leaked.
"You call it Climate-gate. I call" [...]
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Why should First Congressional District residents vote for GOP candidate Jim Hagedorn over other Republicans or U.S. Rep. Tim Walz? “Well, I’ve got a sense of humor,” he told MPR’s Tom Scheck yesterday. But writings purged from Hagedorn’s blog prior to his candidacy announcement [...]
Earlier this week, Rasmussen published one of its regular surveys on partisan identification. Unlike its other polls, Rasmussen surveys adults in general, rather than likely or registered voters to determine the composition of Democrats, Republicans, and independents, which makes it similar to the Gallup effort. And like Gallup, Rasmussen’s [...]
The horror!
Via TPM, mostly because linking to Politico tends to give me the heebie jeebies...The Republicans are steamed at Franken because partisans on the left are using a measure he sponsored to paint [...]
I couldn’t agree more. I blame the stupid Republicans.
Okay, that was obviously meant as a joke; it was the very first [...]
Republicans got another bit of good news Tuesday when Rep. John Tanner, (D-TN), announced that he’s retiring at the end of this term:
Tanner released a statement late tonight confirming the news. “Betty Ann and I had considered retiring in 2007 at the end of the 110th Congress, were it [...]
Republicans got another bit of good news Tuesday when Rep. John Tanner, (D-TN), announced that he's retiring at the end of this term:
Tanner released a statement late tonight confirming the news. "Betty Ann and I had considered retiring in 2007 at the end of the 110th Congress, were it" [...]
Is a lack of fact-checking a measure of lack of interest? Minnesota's Republicans are atwitter this morning about Cook's Political Reports changing its rating of MN-01 from "Solid D" to "Likely D".
Look more closely, though, and Cook's list of Republican candidates in the Overview' [...]
So the President came out last night and announced the worlds worst kept secret - that he is sending 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. Reactions have been swift and varied. Democrats are balking at the troop increase, while Republicans are balking at the 18 month time limit. [...]
The first telltale sign that the Democrats are in trouble in 2010 is found in Scott Rasmussen’s polling. Rumor has it that the DNC and the Obama administration have started buying Maalox by the case. Here’s why they’re justified:
Voters remain more confident in Republicans than in Democrats this month [...]
The first telltale sign that the Democrats are in trouble in 2010 is found in Scott Rasmussen's polling. Rumor has it that the DNC and the Obama administration have started buying Maalox by the case. Here's why they're justified:
Voters remain more confident in Republicans than in Democrats this month' [...]
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The ranks of GOP presidential rivals who poll higher than Gov. Tim Pawlenty may soon thin if doomsayers are correct about Mike Huckabee’s future. Pundits (and Republicans) say the former Arkansas governor is on the ropes for having granted clemency to the suspect [...]
Five new Republican candidates have stepped forward to challenge incumbents in the Minnesota Legislature in next year's general election.
The new filings with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board bring the total number of challengers for state House seats to 37 iin 33 districts, 28 of them Republicans and [...]
Gov. Tim Pawlenty remains at the bottom of the barrel among presidential hopefuls, according to a new Washington Post poll of Republican and Republican-leaning voters.
With 17 percentage-point support, Sarah Palin was the top pick for president of 804 poll respondents who ID’d themselves [...]
While Democrats and Republicans battle it out, most Americans have lost no love for either party and may be lining up behind…neither.
Main Street America has entered an era of populism that embraces neither party. People are tired of government bailouts, spending and unchecked corruption, as well as the media’s [...]
What happened when Republicans controlled Congress?
2006 unemployment #s
4.7...jan.
4.8...feb.
4.7...march
4.7...april
4.7...may
4.6...june
4.7...july
4.7...aug.
4.5...sep.
4.4...oct.
4.5...nov.
4.4...dec.
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(From Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture) 
