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Poll: Republicans not zeroed in on Pawlenty for president

By Chris Steller | 11.30.09 | 11:31 am

pawlenty's left eyeGov. Tim Pawlenty remains at the bottom of the barrel among presidential hopefuls, according to a new Washington Post poll of Republican and Republican-leaning voters.

If tonight’s beer ends Gates affair, Obama will save American jobs

By Chris Steller | 07.30.09 | 10:04 am

Barack ObamaFor America’s public servants who use social media stupidly, President Obama can’t drink beer with Henry Louis Gates and his arresting officer, Sgt. Jim Crowley, soon enough. Commentary about the Gates affair on Facebook cost…

Pawlenty: Obama’s ‘scamming’ and ‘false advertising’ won’t save health reform

By Chris Steller | 07.24.09 | 12:19 pm

tpaw-fox-stillGov. Pawlenty got off an international flight from Iraq and Afghanistan and immediately took to the domestic airwaves. The health care reform plan is a “joke” he told Fox News, and President Obama is ”scamming the American people” — with “

Last-second ad flurry ads hits 6th District

By Andy Birkey | 11.03.08 | 7:53 am


Before Rep. Michele Bachmann’s Oct. 17 statements on MSNBC about “anti-America views” she feared some in Congress hold, the airwaves in the 6th Congressional District were relatively quiet. But over the past two weeks well over…

The 2012 express: Whither Sarah Palin after next Tuesday?

By David Noon | 10.29.08 | 11:56 am

Most of the chatter about Sarah Palin’s political future rests on the optimistic premise that Palin, as a presidential candidate, would at last be capable of energizing social conservatives while drawing independent voters in ways that she’s been unable to do as a vice presidential pick. This tableau further assumes that Palin, having taken four years to mature as a national candidate, would carry none of the baggage she’s accumulated — quite literally — over the past two months. Barring a massive swing in the nation’s political climate, Palin will likely be a worse candidate in 2012 than she is at the moment.

‘Nonsense’: New anti-Bachmann mailers quote Colin Powell

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.28.08 | 1:51 pm

A new mailer sent out by the Alliance for a Better Minnesota accuses Republicans Michele Bachmann and Norm Coleman of being distracted from the work of “finding solutions to the most difficult economic crisis facing America since the Great Depression.” But Bachmann gets the sharpest jab: Instead of dealing with the financial meltdown she’s “questioning people’s patriotism.” The flyer prominently features a quote and image of Gen. Colin Powell who, referring to Bachmann’s infamous comments on “Hardball,” said, “We have got to stop this kind of nonsense and remember that our great strength is in our unity and our diversity.”

Video: Tinklenberg comes out swinging in 2nd spot against Bachmann

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.23.08 | 3:36 pm

Bachmann’s “anti-American” comment. Colin Powell. It’s all in there, and then some: El Tinklenberg’s second TV commerical hits Bachmann’s recent comments on “Hardball,” but adds adds a bit more to the patriotism argument, citing Bachmann’s vote against the…

Will Tinklenberg ads feature Powell?

By Andy Birkey | 10.21.08 | 8:31 am

While Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “anti-America” flap continues to generate donations for opponent El Tinklenberg — nearly $800,000 in three days — many are wondering when the Tinklenberg campaign is going to hit Bachmann with ads while she’s down.
Tinklenberg has…

“We’re Muslim and we’re McCain voters and you guys are taking votes away.”

By Jeff Severns Guntzel | 10.20.08 | 3:03 pm

On Sunday Colin Powell spoke strongly against his party’s slandering of Islam. This kind of thing is happening at McCain’s campaign events too. Here’s video from the American News Project of a McCain rally in…