The crux of the complaint (pdf), which blogger Brian Falldin says was sent to the Office of Congressional Ethics by registered mail today, is that Bachmann’s email benefitted NADA, a political organization that has donated to her campaigns. House franking privileges don’t extend to aiding political groups in official communications, the complaint charges, asking for an investigation and, if warranted, referral of the case to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for possible sanctions.

The bloggers who filed the complaint include Falldin and Dusty Trice, who have worked on campaigns for Democratic candidates, and Aaron Landry, who blogs for the left-leaning MNPublius.

In a sign that the term “blogger” may be losing derogatory connotations it holds in political circles — as seen in the recent state legislative session – the trio’s press release brashly begins, “Minnesota bloggers Dusty Trice, Brian Falldin, and Aaron Landry filed an ethics complaint ….”

The one-page document, which Democratic blogger and speechwriter Brian Falldin says was leaked to him anonymously, contains nine bullet points — only three of which mention how cuts via unallotment might hurt average Minnesotans’ pocketbooks or well-being.

Receiving much more attention are political and procedural complaints about unallotment: It is a “go-it-alone strategy … that’s not democracy.”

Some of the Governor’s decisions seem to be designed for what is best for the Iowa presidential caucuses rather than what is best for Minnesota.

The DFL’s process-oriented approach comes two weeks after the party overstated potential practical effects of Pawlenty’s healthcare cuts.

In a press release issued days before the state Legislative adjourned, the party claimed that the governor’s line-item veto of General Assistance Medical Care (GMAC) could lead Regions Hospital closing its doors.

A Regions spokesman told the Minnesota Independent that the loss of GMAC would have serious but not fatal impact on the hospital.