Farm Subsidies and Political Contributions

The analysis conclusion is correct – It’s not that simple. The analysis conclusion is correct

Year of Farm Bill The “farm bill of 2006″? 

Earlier representation Also, DFL-er David Minge represented the old 2nd district during half of the period under study untril he was edged out of office by Kennedy in 2000. Parts of the 2nd went into 1st (Southwest MN), the 2nd (Carver and Scott) the 6th (Wright), and the 7th ( too many to summarize). 

As Minnesota Central points out, there are other important geographic shifts from redistricting.

You  may want a mulligan on this one.

Farm bill date correction Thanks. The new farm bill will be 2007, unless they delay a year.

You’re absolutely correct That’s why I included the caveat “While this chart gives an indication of where agribusiness money is going and what results it achieves, it is hardly conclusive.”

opensecrets.org tracks donations to the candidate, not the congressional district. I was trying to strike a balance between simplifying a complex issue  and including too much detail.

I can look at how much difference Kennedy’s switch from the old 2nd to the new 6th in terms of agribusiness contributions made. I doubt very much.

Thanks for the input, MinnesotaCentral These are factors to further look into. What I did here was indeed a starting point. For those reading this discussion, I strongly recommend MinnesotaCentral’s eponymous blog, Minnesota Central.

Bluestem Prairie is not a news aggregator Bluestem Prairie is written without the help of a news aggregator, or “software that periodically reads a set of news sources, in one of several XML-based formats, finds the new bits, and displays them in reverse-chronological order on a single page.” 

  Some blog critics and readers have even been know to suggest that readers can find original reporting, analysis and opinion at Bluestem Prairie.

“Aggregator” is not my word From an email to me from Ollie Ox 9?4/06:

“BSP isn’t about the writing or the blog but about the race. We’re trying to avoid being the focus of any of our posts–and in fact, link and talk more about other blogs and sources. It’s a glorified aggregator.”

Well, that settles it A private email from a time when the blog had been published less than two months.

Since the world is to be fixed in place at that time point last summer, perhaps you’d like to convince the national media that Anna Nicole Smith is among the living and they can stop reporting about her death and funeral.

That would truly be a service.

The analysis conclusion is correct – It’s not that simple. The analysis conclusion is correct

Year of Farm Bill The “farm bill of 2006″? 

Earlier representation Also, DFL-er David Minge represented the old 2nd district during half of the period under study untril he was edged out of office by Kennedy in 2000. Parts of the 2nd went into 1st (Southwest MN), the 2nd (Carver and Scott) the 6th (Wright), and the 7th ( too many to summarize). 

As Minnesota Central points out, there are other important geographic shifts from redistricting.

You  may want a mulligan on this one.

Farm bill date correction Thanks. The new farm bill will be 2007, unless they delay a year.

You're absolutely correct That's why I included the caveat “While this chart gives an indication of where agribusiness money is going and what results it achieves, it is hardly conclusive.”

opensecrets.org tracks donations to the candidate, not the congressional district. I was trying to strike a balance between simplifying a complex issue  and including too much detail.

I can look at how much difference Kennedy's switch from the old 2nd to the new 6th in terms of agribusiness contributions made. I doubt very much.

Thanks for the input, MinnesotaCentral These are factors to further look into. What I did here was indeed a starting point. For those reading this discussion, I strongly recommend MinnesotaCentral's eponymous blog, Minnesota Central.

Bluestem Prairie is not a news aggregator Bluestem Prairie is written without the help of a news aggregator, or “software that periodically reads a set of news sources, in one of several XML-based formats, finds the new bits, and displays them in reverse-chronological order on a single page.” 

  Some blog critics and readers have even been know to suggest that readers can find original reporting, analysis and opinion at Bluestem Prairie.

“Aggregator” is not my word From an email to me from Ollie Ox 9?4/06:

“BSP isn't about the writing or the blog but about the race. We're trying to avoid being the focus of any of our posts–and in fact, link and talk more about other blogs and sources. It's a glorified aggregator.”

Well, that settles it A private email from a time when the blog had been published less than two months.

Since the world is to be fixed in place at that time point last summer, perhaps you'd like to convince the national media that Anna Nicole Smith is among the living and they can stop reporting about her death and funeral.

That would truly be a service.