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Klobuchar to assess impact of BP disaster on Minnesota’s birds

By Andy Birkey | 06.25.10 | 11:58 am

Sen. Amy Klobuchar will meet with Minnesota wildlife officials on Friday to look at what impact the BP oil spill will have on Minnesota’s migratory bird populations. Many of the state’s birds, including ducks,  geese and Minnesota’s…

DCCC tries to tie Rep. Paulsen to Barton BP apology

By Andy Birkey | 06.24.10 | 2:03 pm

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says it will be targeting Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen over what they say is support by Republicans for BP. Specifically, the group is targeting vulnerable Republicans who have not denounced Rep. Joe…

Drilling in face of public opinion, Republicans continue support for BP

By John Amick | 06.24.10 | 1:28 pm

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll delivers the latest edition of “Today’s Awful News” for British Petroleum. The poll finds that BP’s favorability rating stands at a dismal 6 percent, lower than recent ratings for…

Jon Stewart to Bachmann: ‘You broke it, you bought it’ isn’t extortion

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.22.10 | 12:35 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann was the topic of a segment on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. Among Stewart’s many quips, he challenged Bachmann’s now-notorious word choice in…

Clark on Hardball: ‘I don’t want the taxpayers to be chumps’

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.22.10 | 12:07 pm

DFL congressional candidate Tarryl Clark was a guest on Chris Matthews’ MSNBC show “Hardball” — where Bachmann made her infamous comment in 2008 that she feared Barack

Bachmann’s BP ‘extortion’ comment featured in second DNC ad

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.22.10 | 9:57 am

The Democratic National Committee continues hammering on Republican comments about BP, releasing a second ad, dubbed “How the GOP Would Govern,” Tuesday morning. Like its first video, this one includes…

Kline, Bachmann signed onto BP “shakedown” lingo

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.21.10 | 3:01 pm

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann — like Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) — has taken plenty of heat for language perceived as supportive of BP, the company behind the colossal oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But Second District Rep. John Kline has largely dodged criticism for endorsing similar language. Kline and Bachmann are both members of the Republican Study Committee, a group that officially has stated the escrow fund is the result of Obama’s “brand of Chicago-style shakedown politics.”

Entenza ad addresses BP spill, promotes green energy

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.21.10 | 11:15 am

Acknowledging that we’ve “raged at BP” and “felt the pain of all that’s been lost,” Matt Entenza’s new video uses the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to promote his stance on green jobs. Voiced by runningmate Robyne Robinson,…

Fox’s O’Reilly, Rivera hit Bachmann for BP ‘extortion’ claim

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.20.10 | 2:42 pm

Fox News hasn’t been quite as welcoming a place for Michele Bachmann these days. On Friday, Bill O’Reilly praised President Obama for getting BP to fund an escrow account for…

‘False and misleading’: Bachmann responds to Clark ad

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.18.10 | 5:35 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann has a problem with an ad, but she doesn’t say which one. In a new post on her campaign website, Bachmann calls an ad “false…