Tom Sheck at MPR has a snippet from a fundraising letter Gubernatorial candidate, Marty Siefert, recent emailed where he makes an extraordinary light-weight argument regarding fiscal responsibility.
Tomorrow, the city of Minneapolis will lay off 25 police officers as a part of budget cuts. You may recall that just last [...]
And now a message from the Obama Administration Peanut Gallery:
“In the long run we can’t continue to spend as if deficits don’t have consequences, as if waste doesn’t matter, as if the hard earned tax dollars of the American people can be treated like monopoly money, that’s what we’ve seen [...]
Pat Doyle from the Star Tribune did a piece on the DFL candidates and their reliance on tribal casinos for campaign funds. Here is the story below:
Money is the lifeblood of politics, and DFL candidates for governor are engaged in some public bloodletting to get it.
When candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher [...]
Let Me Understand This:
We got into this recession because we spent too much money we didn't have on things we couldn't afford and didn't need, so the way out of the recession is for the government to spend MORE money that we don't have on things we can't afford and don't need?
The government [...]
CQ Politics reports that 6th District Republican Rep. Michelle Bachmann's fundraising organization has parted ways with the controversial lawmaker, describing it as a "defection."
The respected Capitol Hill publication also notes that Bachmann has lost three chiefs of staff over the last three years, the latest being Michelle Malkin.
The [...]
By a vote of 217 to 212, the House approved additional spending for "shovel-ready" construction projects and money to avoid layoffs of teachers, police and other public employees. No Republicans voted for [...]
Earlier today, Steve Kelley sent an email out to supporters asking for money because MDE and the MNGOP were beating up on him. You can see the picture here. I broke this story on Twitter this morning. To get more news faster, follow me on twitter.
You can [...]
"If you think this movement is more circus sideshow than actual threat, you'd be mistaken. Republican candidates are falling all over each other to get [Sarah] Palin's endorsement, and the tea party movement is responding. Money is pouring in.
"Either we match the passion and activism of these new forces' [...]
"If you think this movement is more circus sideshow than actual threat, you'd be mistaken. Republican candidates are falling all over each other to get [Sarah] Palin's endorsement, and the tea party movement is responding. Money is pouring in.
"Either we match the passion and activism' [...]
Northeast-based artists and arts supporters made up about one-fifth of the crowd at a listening session Nov. 17 for the Arts, History and Cultural Heritage Planning Project. The project deals with spending the 19.75 percent of the money generated by the Amendment to Minnesota's' [...]
Why am I forced to fund my enemies?
I don’t send money to al-Qaeda. I don’t send money to the DNC. But, I do send money to Garrison Keillor. As an entrenched member of NPR, Mr. Keillor has been using my lunch ticket for decades. He owes me. [...]
Why am I forced to fund my enemies?
I don’t send money to al-Qaeda. I don’t send money to the DNC. But, I do send money to Garrison Keillor. As an entrenched member of NPR, Mr. Keillor has been using my lunch ticket for decades. He owes me. [...]
Congressman Collin Peterson, a blue dog Democrat, from Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District seems to be contemplating a possible retirement.
Peterson spent more than he took in last quarter: raised 110K, spent nearly 130K. That’s a burn rate of 120% – a lot of that money was given away to the DCCC [...]
Despite a priority on jobs, Minnesota stimulus funds not targeting highest unemployment, analysis finds
REUTERS/Rick Wilking
As federal stimulus money flowed through state governments and 28 federal agencies, the priority [...]
Several local media outlets have picked up on the story about Kelliher’s fundraising flap:
Star Tribune: Donations raise controversy for Kelliher, DFL
The DFL Party calls 7 donations to aid the gubernatorial candidate’s access to voter data “a blunder.”
Seven donors gave the DFL Party money that benefited House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher [...]
After the debacles of the overall housing bubble and the Ginnie Mae rerun last week, one might think that government might reconsider the notion of demanding that banks make marginal loans on a large scale. Last night’s interview with Barack Obama on CBS shows that populists have a particular [...]
In an earlier post, MDE linked to a story from MPR about internal strife over a DFL database file. This situation could also potentially turn into a campaign finance violation. MPR says Kelliher contacted the DFL to start raising money for her campaign for Governor:
Kelliher wasn’t available to comment [...]
Ultraliberal activist Robert Borosage has posted something at the Huffington Post that essentially says that the Democrats didn’t throw away enough of your money:
President Obama is sensibly focused on jobs, unveiling a new initiative yesterday in the wake of the jobs summit. Elements included everything from new infrastructure spending [...]
Ultraliberal activist Robert Borosage has posted something at the Huffington Post that essentially says that the Democrats didn't throw away enough of your money:
President Obama is sensibly focused on jobs, unveiling a new initiative yesterday in the wake of the jobs summit. Elements included everything from new infrastructure spending' [...]
