Posts by Paul Schmelzer

As expected Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak won re-election by a landslide last night. So what does the mainstream media want to know most about his victory? If he’s running for governor.

Another “awesome” Minneapolis ballot getting a bit of Lizard People–style attention is that of mayoral hopeful John Charles Wilson, who’s running as the “Edgertonite National Party” candidate. Boingboing, the country’s number-five blog, picks up on it today, noting that the story of Wilson’s party affiliation makes the ballot even more interesting. As MnIndy’s Andy Birkey [...]

MPR’s Bob Collins catches a Lizard People–like ballot entry in today’s Minneapolis election: Running for mayor is one Joey Lombard. His party affiliation makes a nifty sentence on the ballot:

See the full ballot, via MPR, after the jump.

Does Rep. Michele Bachmann coronate kings? If it’s Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King, perhaps. It was Bachmann who first floated the notion of a presidential run by King, and now he says he won’t rule out the possibility.

US Bank is putting its brand on nine banks, but it’s not necessarily an indicator of a robust economy: the Minneapolis-based bank, a division of US Bancorp, is assuming the assets and most of the debts of nine banks that closed on Friday. It was a record-setting day: It’s the most banks closed by the [...]

While Rep. Michele Bachmann doesn’t get a shout-out as a “hero” in rightwing rapper Hi-Caliber’s new video (that distinction goes to Joe “You Lie” Wilson, yo), our fair state does merit a mention — as the place where President Obama was “hiding” — in plain sight — during the 9/12 “tea party” march on Washington.
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After seeing high-profile Republicans like Rep. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin side with her Conservative Party challenger, GOP-endorsed candidate Dede Scozzafava has suspended her campaign to win the special election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. On news of her party’s candidate bowing out, Bachmann issued another statement of support for the remaining rightwing candidate, [...]

Republican state Rep. Paul Kohls has put his gubernatorial campaign on hold, according to the Jordan Indepedent. The Victoria, Minn., resident emailed supporters with the news this morning, noting that “it has become clear to me that the activists are lining up in much greater numbers behind some of the other candidates in the race, [...]

City elections tend not to draw much attention from the mainstream media, but there’s plenty to talk about in advance of Minneapolis’ election day on Tuesday: the inaugural use of ranked-choice voting, a mayoral race that’s been short on debate between the incumbent and his challengers, and city council races in all 13 wards. Reporters [...]

Seventy-five Republicans — lead by Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) and including Rep. Michele Bachmann — introduced a resolution today to officially commemorate the 9/12 taxpayer march on the nation’s capitol, the Washington Independent reports. The resolution expresses “gratitude and appreciation” for the “freedom-loving Americans” who rallied Sept. 12 in protest of “skyrocketing deficits, taxpayer-funded bailouts, [...]