Search Results: ‘pawlenty’

Former Sen. Norm Coleman has been hitting the trail to promote the new think tank he’s heading up. The American Action Network hopes to take advantage of the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning rules about political giving by corporations, Coleman told the New York Times. The group also has plenty of ties to — and [...]

Mike Huckabee is invading Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s turf. The former Arkansas governor and likely 2012 presidential candidate will be visiting Minnesota in April to headline a fundraising dinner for local religious right outfit the Minnesota Family Council.

And then there were eleven: former state senator Steve Kelley is the first DFLer to drop out of the DFL race for governor. Kelley placed 8th in the DFL straw poll held at caucuses on Tuesday. Eleven candidates are still in the running for the DFL endorsement to replace Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is retiring [...]

Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) organizers announced on Twitter Thursday afternoon that Rep. Michele Bachmann will be speaking at its annual conference in late February and will be introduced by Minnesota blogger Ed Morrissey. Bachmann joins Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who will also be speaking at the conference.

A straw poll results from Tuesday night’s political caucuses continue to trickle in, gubernatorial candidates RT Rybak and Margaret Anderson Kelliher are taking the top spot in the DFL, while Marty Seifert is garnering a large number of votes on the Republican side. Early results for the Independence Party show Tom Horner taking the lead, but voting for that straw poll will continue online until Feb. 28.

On Monday night the White House leaked the news that President Obama would propose a three-year freeze on discretionary spending. In his State of the Union speech, the president confirmed it. Now, Republicans — who’ve been pushing for such a move — are taking credit for changing the president’s mind.

Minnesota’s two rising conservative stars announced big fundraising numbers for the last quarter of 2009. Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s Freedom First PAC pulled in $1,279,906, and Rep. Michele Bachmann hauled in $591,600, giving her more than $1 million cash on hand.

Sen. Steve Murphy, DFL-Winona, has been the chief backer of a bill to allow medical marijuana for seriously ill patients, but he’s not sure whether there will be a push for it this session. To make matters worse for medical marijuana backers, Murphy is retiring at the end of the session.

It’s unlikely same-sex marriage will become law in Minnesota this year — Gov. Tim Pawlenty will undoubtedly veto it and skittish DFLers may vote against it in an election year — but the bill’s chief author in the Senate says it could get a hearing and possibly make it out of committee.

Minnesota’s best chance at a mention during the State of the Union — barring an unlikely shout-out to accused phone-repair impersonator Joe Basel — is Sen. Al Franken’s new jobs bill, inspired by a Minnesota program. But a nod from Obama may not bode so well. Last year in a similar speech, the president praised Minneapolis for saving [...]