AM.MN: Specter says sorry for telling Bachmann to act like a lady

Rep. Michele Bachmann forced a fumble when a question she interjected during a joint radio appearance last week (“Why don’t we make [prosperity] a bill?”) prompted Sen. Arlen Specter to demand that she “act like a lady.” On Sunday the former Republican phoned the former Democrat to apologize for the sexist remark. She accepted, having moved on to pose a new question, on behalf of the American Conservative Union: “Will you let Barack Obama KILL conservatives?”

Elsewhere in Minnesota news this morning …

TWIN CITIES: Will next governor play ball with Vikings on stadium? Candidates didn’t answer that question at a forum last night — it was canceled so they could watch the team lose.  [St. Paul Pioneer Press]

STATEWIDE: Facebook is a politician’s best friend. Except that in Minnesota, 100,000 households can get only dial-up internet service. [Pioneer Press; Star Tribune]

SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Is Bachmann really Nancy Pelosi’s Most Wanted? Despite her claims, no. [Hot Dish Politics]

BRAINERD: Still too much. A judge reduced her $2 million penalty for sharing music files, but Jammie Thomas-Rasset says she can’t afford $2,250 per song. [Associated Press]

MOTLEY: Minnesota boy to head National Press Club. Alan Bjerga will be sworn in this week, in time for Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s keynote speech at the NPC’s gala. [Forum Communications; PR Newswire]

STATEWIDE: Al Franken, Kirsten Gillibrand go to court. The squash court, that is: The junior senator from Minnesota is helping the junior senator from New York lose weight for her next election. [New York Daily News]