Posts by Robin Marty

As the election draws closer, all eyes are on the Minnesota senate race. And as pollers and pundits release their latest work, no one has more to say than Minnesota’s political bloggers, each finding a way to proclaim victory for his or her own candidate.

Via News Cut, it appears that the reason gas is decreasing in price has less to do with our slowing consumption, and more to do with divine intervention. A group of DC prayer warriors have banded together to use the power of God to lower the price of oil, claiming to be responsible for the [...]

Dogged by bad press, Senate candidate Al Franken hasn’t put his best foot forward so far. Between tax issues that took too long to address and old writings that just wouldn’t get out of the news cycle, many agree that the campaign stumbled on the road to the endorsement.  But should Franken have seen [...]

The Republican National Convention is learning that good, free labor is hard to find. Some 6,000 volunteers shy of their goal of 10,000, the RNC is discovering that although there may be a lot of people willing to help out at the event, they may not be so willing to fill out the application.
According to [...]

Via MNSpeak, we learn that a national day of protest in favor of the exposed breast is coming up quickly.  Gotopless.org (I’m not live linking to protect any office workers in the audience) has multiple events scheduled, including one in Denver "at the doorsteps of the Presidential Democratic Convention."
"I say, why not Sept 1 at [...]

The highway is shut down, the limos out, and an ambulance is close behind.  All signs point to dignitaries in town, and the Star Tribune confirms. Vice President Dick Cheney is here to raise money for Minnesota Victory 2008, a fund that so far does not exist, according to the FEC.
No word on if the [...]

The DFL has an endorsed senatorial candidate, and now all of Minnesota can get together and start talking about the most important issue to face our state…did Al Franken apologize for his decade old writings or not?
Yes, no, maybe, not enough — everyone in Minnesota wants to weigh in, and no one seems to be [...]

[Commentary] The race for the DFL endorsement for U.S. Senate is nearly over, and allegations against comedian-turned-candidate Al Franken have now reached a level of absurdity.

In the wake of discovering that Franken wrote articles for Playboy magazine eight years ago, Planned Parenthood has now weighed in and stated that it may find it difficult to [...]

As presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party, Barack Obama will need to heal the rift between his supporters and the faction that voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton. But one person he won’t need to immediately reach out to is Minnesota DFL Feminist Caucus Chair Mari Urness Pokornowski. “Surprised” by a Star Tribune article that ran [...]

As presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party, Barack Obama will need to heal the rift between his supporters and the faction that voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton. But one person he won’t need to immediately reach out to is Minnesota DFL Feminist Caucus Chair Mari Urness Pokornowski. “Surprised” by a Star Tribune article that ran [...]