Political pundit Stu Rothenberg has unveiled his year-end awards and a trio of Minnesota politicians are among the nominees. Rep. Michele Bachmann makes the cut in the “Master of Self-Destruction” category owing to her Hardball meltdown. But…
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s 180-degree turn on Barack Obama has made her a New York Times cover girl today, the lead example in a front-page story on Republicans whose opinions of Obama have undergone drastic makeovers in the five days since his landslide victory in the presidential election. But hers wasn’t an immediate conversion, or even overnight as the Times has it. The political calculation required to move from worries about Obama’s “anti-American views” to his gladness over his African-American background took a little more time, even for a woman who also promised him a kiss.
National Democratic and Republican campaign committees have so far spent more than $11 million on Minnesota’s congressional races this election season, according to the Campaign Finance Institute. The watchdog group has created a new tool to track expenditures on federal campaigns by such national organizations.
In the race to replace retiring 3rd District U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad, Democrat Ashwin Madia has released a new TV ad titled “Check It Out,” contrasting his own economic positions (identified on screen with U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s) with…
The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza places Minnesota’s two hottest congressional contests back to back in his list of the 26th–50th U.S. House seats most likely to swap parties — a category consisting of 24 seats currently occupied by…
A second poll released in the last 24 hours confirms that the Sixth Congressional District contest is extremely close less than two weeks before election day. According to the poll released today by Minnesota Public Radio, 45 percent of those surveyed support Democratic challenger Elwyn Tinklenberg, while 43 percent favor incumbent Republican Michele Bachmann.
Rep. Michele Bachmann’s moment of infamy on Hardball has now been immortalized in song. Huffington Post’s Paul Hipp created this infectious ditty. “Let’s do all we can for the man whose name sounds like peeing in the snow!!!” Hipp…
Elwyn Tinklenberg has suddenly become a household name. Since Rep. Michele Bachmann’s infamous appearance on Hardball last Friday, the political pundit class (professional and otherwise) has been having a collective chortle over the Democratic challenger’s rather un-mellifluous name.…
Rep. Michele Bachmann’s recent Hardball blow-up has undoubtedly endangered her re-election prospects. But what do constituents in the 6th Congressional District think of Bachmann’s latest episode of foot-in-mouth disease? On Tuesday afternoon Chris Steller and I ventured into the northern suburbs to speak with voters about the controversy and their feelings regarding Bachmann. The responses were diverse, from a man who calls Bachmann a “nutcase” to a woman who shares Bachmann’s concerns about Barack Obama to a man who no longer votes because he feels all politicians are crooks.
We wondered: After Michele Bachmann’s MSNBC meltdown the other day, would Elwyn Tinklenberg have trouble finding local TV ad time available for purchase this late in the game? The DFLer is suddenly flush with contributions in his 6th Congressional District campaign after Bachmann’s “anti-American” gaffe.
But three other more costly contests — for U.S. president, senate and house (3rd District) — are already consuming $29.7 million of Twin Cities TV. What’s left for El?
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