Gov. Tim Pawlenty asked the Values Voter Summit to remove his name from the presidential straw poll the religious right event will conduct this weekend, the Star Tribune reports. He will be speaking at the summit…
A new poll out from KSTP/SurveryUSA puts Democrat Mark Dayton only slightly ahead of Republican Tom Emmer in the Minnesota gubernatorial race. Dayton draws 38 percent in the poll to Emmer’s 36 percent support, though that two…
People for the American Way called on speakers at this coming weekend’s Values Voter Summit to denounce inflammatory statements made by the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer about U.S. servicemembers, gays, Muslims and Hispanics. The AFA is a…
Minnesota is one of a half dozen states that would see increased tax revenues if the Bush tax cuts were allowed to expire, according to a report by Stateline, a publication of The Pew Center on the States. Because Minnesota…
The World Health Organization is out with a new report that has both good news and bad news for the women of the world, The report, Trends in Maternal Mortality, notes that the number of women dying due to…
DFL Sen. Tarryl Clark is issuing a challenge to her opponent, Rep. Michele Bachmann, in a new ad to be released tomorrow: cut congressional pay by 5 percent and forgo raises until the federal budget is balanced. Clark said…
Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s focus seems to be elsewhere. Currently in the middle of a ten-day trade trip to Asia, the lame-duck governor took time this morning to weigh in on yesterday’s Washington, D.C., mayoral primary, bashing the teacher’s union there.…
GOP candidate Randy Demmer has released three radio ads in the First Congressional District targeting second-term Democratic Rep. Tim Walz. In the first two ads, Demmer attacks Walz for voting for health care reform and for supporting cap-and-trade. The final…
According to the Washington Times, Rep. Michele Bachmann will be on hand at Wednesday afternoon’s release of a new report that proponents say offers a “second opinion” on President Obama’s assertion that terrorism is a product of violent extremists…
Public Policy Polling has proven, once again, that one in five Americans will signal their belief for just about anything. The group’s poll today notes that 20% of Americans think that ACORN will steal the election for Democrats,…
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