Posts by Joe Bodell
Book review: Feldman takes on the right’s Outright Barbarous talk
In his 2007 book “Framing the Debate,” author and blogger Jeffrey Feldman analyzed historic presidential speeches and found ways for today’s progressive activists to use the principles behind those speeches for modern advantage.
Feldman is…
The Pennsylvania primary: Time, numbers, perspective
It’s not a matter of hard work and luck for Hillary Clinton anymore. It’s merely a matter of time, numbers, and perspective.
Numbers, because there is mathematically no way for her to win the nomination barring some…
Klobuchar’s Obama endorsement: Risk management in action
Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s endorsement Monday of Sen. Barack Obama is bigger news for Obama’s press shop than it is for Klobuchar. Obama, who won 66 percent of the vote in the Minnesota DFL’s Super Duper Tuesday caucuses,…
DFL incumbents Mullery and Dominguez denied endorsements
There were no embarrassing scandals or ugly fights at the House District 58 convention last weekend, but, still, two incumbents — Reps. Joe Mullery in 58A and Willie Dominguez in 58B — walked away without getting the official…
Momentum building for ‘progressive Contract with America’
In addition to the 10 original cosigners, seven more Democratic congressional candidates from around the nation have signed on to the Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq.
The Responsible Plan, touted as a…
SurveyUSA: Coleman over Franken, 51-41
A new SurveyUSA poll shows Norm Coleman leading DFL challenger Al Franken, 51 percent to 41 percent. Coleman also came out way ahead of Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, 57-28, and Darryl Stanton, 57-27.
According to the poll, Coleman leads Franken among…
Candidates, bloggers to announce major national security plan
A group of Democratic congressional candidates is set to roll out a comprehensive plan to change the policy dialog on national security and the continuing occupation of Iraq.
The announcement…
Bachmann misleads Minnesota on FISA
Michele Bachmann has grabbed George Bush’s shoulder and claimed knowledge of double-secret plans to partition Iraq. Today she has given Minnesota more reason to be embarrassed at her presence in our congressional delegation, this time on…
Carson wins IN-07 special election
It’s only tangentially related to Minnesota politics, but Andre Carson has won the special election in Indiana’s 7th Congressional district. Carson replaces his grandmother Julia Carson, who died in December, in the seat.
In a statement released…
