“Today’s budget announcement shows once again that Minnesota’s
government has a spending problem,” said Minnesota Senate Republican
Leader David Senjem (R-Rochester).
“Our current budget size and deficit is a result of insatiable
spending and expansion of government bureaucracy and programs. The
answer to solving the budget deficit is not to raise [...]
CONLON TO SEEK REPUBLICAN ENDORSEMENT FOR MINNESOTA STATE AUDITOR IN 2010
Former St. Paul School Board Member Tom Conlon announced today that he will seek the Republican Party endorsement for Minnesota State Auditor.
“In difficult economic times for families and taxpayers, as well as Minnesota’s local governments, accountability in how we [...]
Rep. Keith Downey Named to Co-Chair the House Small Business Caucus
ST. PAUL—State Representative Keith Downey (District 41A, Edina) has been named a co-chair of the bipartisan Minnesota House of Representatives Small Business Caucus. The group of legislators from around the state has convened to improve the state’s overall environment for small [...]
Senator Al Franken has a long history of having an explosive amount of anger. According to a report by Politico, Angry Al made a recent come back during a conversation with Senator Bob Corker.
Here’s the except from the story:
“In a chamber where relationship-building is seen as critical, some GOP [...]
St. Paul- On the same day the non-partisan Cook Political Report (subscription required) downgraded the reelection prospects of DFL Rep. Tim Walz, Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton announced that the Party would begin running radio advertisements in the [...]
Previously, the Cook Political Report had the First Congressional District as Solid Democrat now rates the race as Likely Democrat. This is an important move as we get closer to the 2010 election. Tim Walz had been seen as surely to win re-election by national pundits, but now that [...]
If you remember during the 2008 election, it was revealed that Senator Franken* had previously written a skit for SNL that used rape as a joke.
Here is the except below from the Associated Press Story:
In the 1995 New York magazine profile of “Saturday Night Live,” Franken is described among [...]
From Glenn Thrush’s blog in Politico:
Al Franken has gone from stand-up comedian to silent movie star.
Reporters who try to buttonhole freshman Franken (D-Minn.) in the Capitol hallway know the drill: Franken, presumably seeking to avoid political self-immolation through candor, gaffe or quip, scurries away and refers all questions to his [...]
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND?
As Reporter Covering Downtown Council, Rybak Proposed To Downtown Council They Create Position Which He Would Fill. “He began his career at the Minneapolis Tribune in 1979 and left the paper, then renamed the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, in controversy seven years later. While covering development issues in [...]
RYBAK’S BROKEN PROMISES ON CAMPAIGN CASH
2001 Rybak Promised Not To Take PAC Money; Now Rybak Rakes In PAC Money. “Rybak version 2001 scorned contributions by political action committees. His 2009 campaign committee reported $9,000 in PAC contributions by Sept. 1, all but five at the maximum election-year level of $500.” [...]
RYBAK SLAMMED BY CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD
Rybak Ordered To Reimburse Mayoral Campaign $26,500 After Using Funds To Advance Gubernatorial Ambitions. “Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was ordered Friday to reimburse his mayoral campaign for $26,500 in expenses for what campaign finance regulators said were activities to further his 2010 bid for [...]
RYBAK IS WAY OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM
Even Liberal Columnist Conceded Rybak Backed Plan To Confiscate Majority Of Handguns “Radical.” “Start with the headline: Bouza says he’d confiscate majority of handguns. In a year in which DFL politicians running for governor and the U.S. Senate have been almost free of interesting [...]
RYBAK’S WASTEFUL & OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING
Rybak Spent $500,000 On 10 Water Fountains. “During the Aquatennial festival that begins Friday, the city plans to unveil concepts for 10 artist-designed drinking fountains that Rybak championed at $50,000 each. Typical park fountains cost as little as $6,000.” (Steve Brandt, “Price tag on [...]
R.T. STANDS FOR RAISE TAXES
Raise Property Taxes
Candidate Rybak Promised To Hold The Line On Property Taxes. “To foster economic growth, Rybak said he would improve the city’s financial health, hold the line on property taxes, focus development on small business and industrial growth and send a clear message to downtown [...]
Yesterday, Minnesota Network for Progressive Action released their rankings for the DFL candidates for Governor. Former Rep. Matt Entenza, who had previously been ranked #1 overall has fallen to #4. Excerpts are below and you can read the whole post here.
4. Matt Entenza (formerly #1): [...]
New Media Training for Republican Activists
The New Media Committee for the Republican party is planning upcoming training events to be held around the state. The first will be this Monday, and all YR’s are encouraged to attend.
Date: Monday, November 30th
Time: 7:00pm
On Monday, November 30th, the State Party will be [...]
Meggan Ellingboe who works in communications for SEIU has created a blog to promote job openings for political jobs in Minnesota. While she has a history in DFL politics, her goal for this site is to feature jobs on both sides of the aisle.
Currently, there are a few jobs posted [...]
Republican Party of Minnesota Announces December 7th Capitol Rally in Support of Governor Pawlenty’s Spending Accountability Amendment
St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb today announced that the Party will hold a rally on December 7, 2009 in the Capitol Rotunda in support of [...]
Michael Brodkorb had a opinion article published in today’s MinnPost. Partial text is below.
“KSTP television recently ran a groundbreaking investigative report regarding the counting of absentee ballots in the 2008 election. It should give every Minnesotan pause.
Approximately 300,000 absentee ballots were cast in Minnesota last year. Accurate counting of [...]
Earlier today, Blois Olson had a piece published on MinnPost about the candidacy of Mayor RT Rybak for Governor. While the piece is mostly just promoting Rybak’s candidacy there was one glaring part that stuck out:
As Rybak prepares to create a statewide profile he will likely rely on two [...]
Today, several media outlets are reporting that the death of a census worker in Kentucky has been ruled a suicide.
A Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with the word “fed” written on his chest killed himself and staged his death to look like a murder, authorities [...]
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 [...]
Local doctor Maureen Hackett jumped head first into the CD3 DFL battle last week with an appearance on a local DFL Cable Access TV show and an interview with MPR’s Polinaut.
Listen to Hackett stumble through and avoid questions with MPR here.
Hackett: “I like to support good ideas…I like Ralph [...]
From the Winona Daily News:
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If you’re keeping track at home, be careful, this could get messy:
The Legislature is mad at the governor, and so, to try and fix things, they’re taking up the budget issue with the courts.
Now that [...]
Mark Ritchie gave the closing remarks at the MN Netroots gathering over the weekend. The Netroots Nation conference is sponsored by the extreme left wing in America by “online activists” such as Markos Moulitsas Zúniga.
From the Netroots Website:
This conference will be modeled after the Netroots Nation conference (formerly known [...]
On Saturday the local Rochester DFL held an activist training with the key note speaker as Mark Ritchie.
The same Mark Ritchie that said during the 2006 campaign that the Office of the Secretary of State must act in a “non-partisan” manner.
Check back for more on Ritchie tomorrow.
[...]
After Bloggergate, another Liberal Blogger tied to North Star Liberal has shut its doors.
Brian Falldin has deleted all of his site content. Here is the screen shot:
[...]Not only has North Star Liberal closed its doors, but DFL Blogger Political Muse, Eric Austin, has called it quits.
Here’s Eric’s Post:
I recently joined with five other bloggers who I count as friends in the hope that we could create a different kind of blog. A blog that was [...]
Yesterday MDE posted information about a scrubbed post by a new Liberal blog North Star Liberal. Now, today North Star Liberal has shut its doors.
Where did they go?
[...]Yesterday, at the newly created North Star Liberal Blog, on of their bloggers posted a racy commentary on the field of candidates for Governor. This commentary only included candidates on the DFL.
The worst offense was mocking the death of late Senator Paul Wellstone in their piece about Rep. Tom [...]
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 [...]
In a release that I received a few moments ago former State Representative Allen Quist announced his campaign against Congressman Tim Walz.
The release is below:
(St. Peter, MN) – Former State Representative Allen Quist has announced that he will run against U.S. Representative Tim Walz for the First District Congressional Seat. Quist served [...]
St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb today issued the following statement regarding DFL Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s decision to lead a hyper partisan DFL Party training this weekend in Rochester.
“After his utter failure to properly train local election officials resulted in appalling absentee ballot disparities [...]
Dr. Maureen Hackett announced on her website yesterday that she will be challenging Rep. Erik Paulsen in Minnesota’s Third Congressional District. Also, Jim Meffert has decided to enter the race for endorsement against Paulsen.
In Minnesota’s Second Congressional District, Dan Powers has announced his candidacy against Rep. John Kline. [...]
I will be doing home housekeeping in the next few days. Taking out broken links, adding in some new links, editing categories and so forth. In the comment section please let me know about any links you would like added to the blog roll.
[...]Minnesota’s Freedom Foundation Report:
STIMULUS FUNDS CREATING NONEXISTENT JOBS IN NONEXISTENT LOCATIONS
Minnesota ’s 57th congressional district reports 35 jobs with $600,000 in spending
You’d never know it without going on line to the new and improved federal government stimulus tracking website, but the economy and jobs picture is really picking [...]
Year after year states build their budgets around what they expect to raise in tax revenue for the upcoming fiscal year. This means that states budget revenue for programs and services with money they currently do not have. More often [...]
Americans for Tax Reform:
Constitutional Amendment Will Restrain Excessive General Fund Growth
Washington, D.C. – Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) today commended a recent proposal by Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) to restrain spending and make it easier to balance state budgets in Minnesota.
The Governor’s proposed constitutional amendment would limit the size of the [...]
Republican Party of Minnesota: Ritchie Window Dressing On Absentees Won`t Change Broken System
St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota of Chairman Tony Sutton today issued the following statement regarding Mark Ritchie’s announcement that he is proposing a new design for absentee ballots.
“Today’s window dressing from Mark Ritchie can’t change the fact [...]
“Franken’s amendment may make sense for national Democrats in laying down lines of attack heading into the 2010 campaign — but this is not what Franken needs to build a base in Minnesota,” said Larry Jacobs, an expert in state politics at the University of Minnesota.
“Being a poster boy of a [...]
Tarryl Clark Hits New Low In Attack On Rep. Bachmann’s Family
St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton today issued the following statement regarding Tarryl Clark’s attack on Rep. Michele Bachmann’s family. During an interview with The Daily Beast, Clark claimed Rep. Bachmann was not “proud” of her own [...]
After looking into Tarryl Clark’s announcement of her campaign staff it seems there has been some sort of shake up in the campaign.
In early October, Roll Call had Andrea Mokros listed as “leading the campaign.” As of yesterday, Mokros had been demoted to “campaign consultant” in some stories. In fact, [...]
A little less than a year before the election and State Senator Tarryl Clark is already going negative. In a piece in yesterday’s The Daily Beast, Sen. Clark was profiled along with Maureen Reed as opponents of Congresswoman Bachmann.
While the story was outright wrong on the author’s view of [...]
Yesterday, Senator Tarryl Clark sent out a press release of her recent hires to her campaign staff; or as I referred to them on Twitter as a list of unemployed political activists on November 3, 2010.
The release from her campaign is below:
St. Cloud, MN — State Senator Tarryl Clark [...]
Tomorrow, as you take a moment to reflect upon the servicemen and women who have served our country, please check out this special video honoring our Veterans. The quote is from Judge William S. Sessions, former FBI Director and Captain – United States Air Force 1951-1955 – and read by [...]
(Saint Paul) – Senator Amy Koch (R-Buffalo) announced today that she will be the chief Senate author of Governor Tim Pawlenty’s “Spending
Accountability Amendment” during the 2010 Legislative Session.
The bill will be heard at a special meeting of the Senate Taxes Committee on December 7th at 10 AM in Room [...]
From the NRCC:
Tonight, Democrats chose to enrich trial lawyers; their political contributors while cutting Medicare benefits for seniors.
[...]St. Paul- Republican of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton tonight issued the following statement after Tim Walz voted for a government takeover of the health care system.
“With his vote for a massive $1.2 trillion government takeover of health care that [...]
POST CORRECTION
Tim Walz wasn’t the only Democrat to botch a major announcement this week. As if channeling his inner RT Rybak, Walz fumbeld the ball when announcing that he would be suppoing the Democrat’s $1 trillion goverment-run healthcare bill.
Walz was set to hold a conference call annoucing his decision on the [...]
MDE tracked down this press release from the National Taxpayers Union in support of Governor Pawlenty’s proposed Constitutional Amendment about Minnesota’s budget.
Check it out below:
Nation’s Largest Taxpayer Group Praises Governor Pawlenty’s Decision to Give Taxpayers a BreakFor Immediate Release Nov 6, 2009
For Further Information, Contact:
Peter J. Sepp, [...]
Board Ruling Exposes Rybak’s Pattern of Deception
St. Paul- Republican of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb applauded today’s ruling by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board finding that Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak violated state campaign finance law by far exceeding the $100 expenditure threshold required [...]
Developing story…
The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board has ruled AGAINST Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak using funds before filing for Governor.
Full ruling here.
FROM THE RULING: The Complainants supported their allegation that Mayor Rybak had made expenditures in sufficient amounts to require registration of a principal campaign committee in two ways. First, the [...]Media Advisory
Who: Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb
What: Chairman Sutton and Deputy Chairman Brodkorb will respond to today’s ruling of the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board
Where: Republican Party of Minnesota HQ, 525 Park St., Suite 250, St. Paul
When: Today at 1:15 PM
Republican Party of Minnesota Applauds Governor Pawlenty’s Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Cap State Spending
St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb today issued the following statement regarding Governor Tim Pawlenty’s proposal to amend the state constitution by capping state general fund spending to the [...]
“I stand firmly behind Governor Tim Pawlenty’s announcement today
and his bold effort to bring common sense to Minnesota’s budgeting
process,” said Minnesota Senate Republican Leader David Senjem
(R-Rochester).
“This proposed constitutional amendment requiring that state
government spending be tied to actual general fund revenue is government
at its best – [...]
Busted: Rybak Forced To File For Governor Two Days After Reelection As Mayor
St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton today issued the following statement regarding Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak’s decision to file for governor.
“What does R.T. Rybak know? On the eve of a campaign finance board decision regarding [...]
Tom Scheck, from Minnesota Public Radio, has confirmed via Twitter that Mayor RT Rybak he has filed the proper paper work to run for Governor. This filing comes on the same day that the MN Campaign Finance Board was meeting to discuss the campaign complaints against Mayor Rybak.
Developing story. [...]
Today the Star Tribune and Politics in Minnesota have separate stories about two different challengers to Rep. Erik Paulsen in Minnesota’s Third Congressional District.
From Star Tribune:
Minnetonka doctor to challenge Paulsen for CongressBy Baird Helgeson
Dr. Maureen Hackett, a forensic psychiatrist from Minnetonka, has taken the first steps to challenge U.S. [...]
Two Republican Governors Elected in New Jersey and Virgina.
Voters in Maine decide on Gay Marriage
Several Municipal Elections in Minnesota
Numerous School District Levies/Board Elections
Just consider it Open Line Friday, but online and on Wednesday.
What say you?
[...]This last weekend I spent some time talking with Michael Martens who is the Republican and Star Tribune endorsed candidate for the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) in Minneapolis.
Michael has spent most of his career working in private business in accounting and auditing. When asked about his signature [...]
If she wins a fourth term to the Minneapolis City Council this week, Barb Johnson may allow herself a moment to breathe a sigh of relief—but only a moment.
Because even though she won’t be up for re-election again until 2013, Johnson is always—always—running for office.
“I consider myself to be campaigning [...]
Republican Party of Minnesota Deputy Chair Michael Brodkorb was interview by Gary Gross at Let Freedom Ring Blog about the Party’s call for an investigation into problems with how absentee ballots were counted in 2008. The interview is a must read.
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“Someone who was genuinely concerned about enforcing clearly written, [...]
Yesterday Mayor RT Rybak sent out an email update out of his mayor’s office. In the message, there were several references to the upcoming election which Rybak is on the ballot for re-election.
Rybak, who already has several complaints filed against him with the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board, apparently has [...]
Republican Party of Minnesota Calls for Full Investigation of State Absentee Ballot Procedures
St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb today wrote the chair of the House State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections Committee and the chair of the State and [...]
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA TO CALL FOR INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING KSTP EXPOSE ON ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Who: Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb
What: Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb to call for investigation following KSTP expose on absentee ballots.
Where: Republican Party [...]
KSTP INVESTIGATION: Election Mistakes Lead to Changes in Vote Counting
From KSTP.COM
A 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS investigation has found that mistakes made with absentee ballots in the contentious 2008 U.S. Senate recount between Al Franken and Norm Coleman are leading to changes in the way many votes will [...]
“Betsy Hodges represents southwest Minneapolis on the City Council, and a corner of her ward is farther from City Hall than any other point in the city.
Hodges, like most city employees, claims mileage reimbursement for meeting with city residents. She got $1,084 last year at the IRS rate.
Contrast that with [...]
Here is another piece that was sent to voters in Minneapolis this week highlighting Lisa Goodman.
Here’s a quick preview:
“Lisa Goodman’s actions in response to a city council proposal were so unlawful that Minneapolis was sued and taxpayers may be forced to pay $23 million in damages.”
-Fourth Judicial District Court
Full images[...]
Lisa Goodman is a sitting council member of the city of Minneapolis. However, she has recently been involved in several ethical issues.
The election is next week and the tide is turning away from Goodman. In fact according to the City Pages, a fellow council member called her style as “browbeating [...]
As I reported earlier today on Twitter State Senator Tarryl Clark is holding another fundraiser outside of her district but this time with other Big City Liberals. The event is being hosted by Sen. Al Franken*, Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Mayor RT Rybak, and State Senator Larry Pogemiller. [...]
Reed says she thinks her experience with independent voters gives her a better chance than Clark to win in the GOP-leaning 6th district.
“I know what independents think. I know what’s important to them. We know where they live, and we can speak directly to them,” said Reed. “In the 6th [...]
Here is the link to the audio from Mark Dayton’s Press Conference yesterday. The audio was recorded by Minnesota Public Radio. During the question and answer time Dayton repeatedly said that he will raise taxes on Minnesotans, tried to defend himself after claiming an ‘F’ grade while US Senator, and responded [...]
This past month Rep. Keith Ellison defended Florida Rep. Alan Grayson’s comments about comparing healthcare in America to the holocaust. In that defense, Ellison said that Grayson always ‘makes a lot of sense.’
Furthermore, Grayson is the same representative that received campaign funds from Collin Peterson and Jim Oberstar.
Now [...]
Former Senator Mark Dayton was endorsed by AFSCME over the weekend so in honor of their endorsement I’d like to post Time Magazine’s previous story on one of America’s Worst Senators Mark Dayton:
When he was elected in 2000, Minnesota Democrat Mark Dayton seemed well prepared, having worked as an aide [...]
St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton today issued the following statement regarding AFSCME’s decision to endorse Mark Dayton for governor.
“Mark Dayton was named one of Time magazine’s ‘worst senators’ in America and he even gave himself an ‘F’ for his lack of accomplishments in Washington. While that may [...]
This story from Tom Scheck over at MPR Politics local DFLer Dan Powers is entering the race for congress against Congressman John Kline in the Second Congressional District. Dan Powers, who doesn’t have much on his campaign website has some bold statements listed on a Facebook event page.
Dan [...]
The local team at Fox 9 News had a story on Wednesday night talking about RT Rybak running for Governor and Mayor concurrently Several of the other candidates in the race are contending that Rybak is no where to be found and refusing to debate the issues concerning the city of [...]
A dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed sent me this picture of Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak at a gubernatorial candidate forum in Rochester last evening. I’m asking the readers of Minnesota Democrats Exposed to help identify the female campaign staffer (wearing white) with Rybak at last [...]
Yesterday MDE posted a piece titled Where’s RT? Well he’s been found; campaigning for Governor in Rochester. The local DFL group in Rochester hosted a candidate “speed-dating” event last night at Rochester Community Technical College. Which is not in Minneapolis.
Furthermore, RCTC is an 180 mile trip from Minneapolis City [...]
Jon Tevlin from the Minneapolis Star Tribune has a column in yesterday’s paper about how RT Rybak is all but missing around the scene in the mayoral race. His opponents have been wondering why RT Rybak isn’t out on the campaign trail. In fact, he’s been seen more outside of [...]
Since the recount from the 2008 election voters all over the state of Minnesota have urged the Democratic Secretary of State, Mark Ritchie, to step out and lead on the issue of election reform. Since the 2008 election, Ritchie has made no real progress on actual reform but instead travels [...]
According to MPR’s Polinaut State Senator Terri Bonoff (DFL-Minnetonka) is considering another race against Third District incumbent Erik Paulsen. If you remember Bonoff was handily defeated by first time candidate Ashwin Madia who went on to being clobbered by Paulsen.
Bonoff would join Jim “Two Last Names” Nelson-Meffert of the Edina [...]
St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton issued the following statement today regarding Steve Kelley’s announcement that he will run for governor.
“Steve Kelley considers himself the ‘education candidate’ but his voting record shows the opposite. Instead of spending precious resources on Minnesota schools, Kelley voted to [...]
Collin Peterson and Jim Oberstar, Minnesota Democrats, donated money from their campaign committees to Rep. Alan Grayson. Grayson you will remember is the congressman from Florida who compared the healthcare debate to the holocaust.
Here is the story from Minnpost.com
MDE FLASHBACK: KEITH ELLISON DEFENDS GRAYSON’S COMMENTS
[www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com]
[...]WHERE DOES TARRYL CLARK STAND ON THE PUBLIC OPTION?
Yesterday on Ed Schutlz’s radio show State Senator Tarryl Clark said that she supports the idea that private insurance companies should have to compete with a public entity. However, it was reported today in the Star Tribune that she isn’t [...]
“ST. PAUL – Tom Rukavina did not mince words in Minnesota’s first gubernatorial forum featuring candidates from both major parties.
‘I am going to tax everybody in this room,‘ the Virginia Democratic state representative declared.
He promised that if elected he would raise taxes on the richest Minnesotans more than others, but [...]
In case anyone missed it, late last week Dr. Maureen Reed decided that she will forgo the DFL endorsement process and run in the primary against Big City Liberal Tarryl Clark.
Nothing warms my heart more than Democrats clawing at each other all summer long. Many will say that Reed [...]
Liberal Netroots Super Star Tarryl Clark was misidentified today on Ed Schultz’s website. Schultz is a talk show host on MSNBC and also has a national radio show. Clark was mistakenly referred to as “him.” While, this isn’t news per say, I found it funny.
The news of the day is [...]
St. Paul- Following a review of the statewide travels of Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb today wrote to the Minnesota Campaign Finance & Public Disclosure Board to provide additional information regarding Rybak’s gubernatorial campaign activities.
October 14, 2009
Campaign Finance & [...]
“As the mayoral campaign in Minneapolis enters its final weeks, the challengers are asking: Where’s R.T.?
Two-term Minneapolis incumbent R.T. Rybak has yet to appear at a voter forum with those seeking his job.
The latest no-show by Rybak — his office said he was busy phoning targeted voters — happened last [...]
As I reported last night on Twitter, RT Rybak was supposed to be part of the bi-partisan gubernatorial forum on hunger next week. Tom Scheck from MPR is now reporting Rybak has dropped out of the event.
RT was recently part of a campaign expenditure complaint by [...]
(ST. PAUL)– Minnesota Senate Republicans today made an urgent request that Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson appoint an independent special counsel to investigate the Minnesota office of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a major participant in the registration of new voters in the state.
In 2008, Minnesota [...]
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