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U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen is one of 33 Republicans in Congress who have “a giant target on their back” after voting against an overhaul of health-care system Saturday. That’s according to the Democratic National Committee, which announced plans to target Paulsen and other GOP reps whose districts voted for President Obama in 2008.

Democrats blasted Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “House Call” rally against health care reform at the nation’s Capitol on Thursday. Dr. Maureen Reed’s campaign attacked Bachmann for sticking up for the health insurance lobby while the Democratic National Committee tried to paint Bachmann as the voice of the Republican Party.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann has been urging people since at least July to “melt the phone lines” of the politically powerful on health care reform. Now the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Gov. Tim Pawlenty are taking her advice to heart.

emocratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine says Norm Coleman should concede and Al Franken should be seated ASAP. Statement after the jump.

The Democratic National Committee has a new Web ad urging Norm Coleman to concede as his fellow Republican Jim Tedisco did Friday in New York’s special congressional election. It’s the latest example of the Web-based razzing Dems are giving the former U.S. Senator since he appealed his re-election loss to the Minnesota Supreme Court last [...]

As our sister site the Colorado Independent first reported, Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins — specifically sent to “cause trouble” — was confronted by protesters chanting “Spread the lies” and “Fuck corporate media” just as the DNC was starting in Denver. Fox’s coverage of the tussle gives credence to demonstrators’ concerns about the rightwing network [...]

A peaceful protest in Denver last night turned ugly as police in riot gear blocked progress of a march down a public street, turning tear gas and paintballs on the corralled crowd, according to the American News Project. In a city that looks to one observer more like a fortress, many protesters were demonstrating against [...]

In the final part of Cara DeGette’s series on high-tech law enforcement tools that might come out of the supply closet at the Democratic convention in Denver, we turn to restraint devices — the hoods and wrists that’ll keep out-of-line protesters incapacitated en route to the klink. Read the rest of the series: 1, 2, [...]

Minnesota Monitor, already named as a state-based blog for the Democratic National Convention, will also be part of the event’s general blogger pool. Organizers announced Thursday that an unprecedented number of blogs have been credentialed, including fellow Center for Independent Media sites in Colorado, Iowa and Washington, D.C. MinMon political reporter Paul Demko will cover [...]

In the third installment in our series on law-enforcement tools expected to be used at the Democratic (and maybe Republican) convention continues with Colorado Independent editor Cara DeGette’s look at a variety of police helmets, cudgels and armor. Read parts one and two.

They say that a best line of defense is a full body [...]