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Bachmann outlines budget cuts

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By Andy Birkey | 01.03.11 | 12:42 pm

Rep. Michele Bachmann sat down with WCCO’s Esme Murphy on Sunday following a Face the Nation appearance in which she proclaimed that she lives “in the real world.” Asked where she would trim the federal budget, Bachmann said she wants to cut federal employees, stop stimulus spending and freeze unnamed federal accounts which have $20 billion.

Coleman: Media ‘could have waited’ until after Nov. 4 to ask about money-funneling

By Chris Steller | 04.17.09 | 9:35 am

Norm Coleman told the Star Tribune editorial board Thursday that its reporters “could have waited” until after the Nov 4 election to ask questions about charges that businessman Nasser Kazeminy funneled unreported money to the former senator. Instead, Coleman charged, the reporters knowingly “inserted themselves” into a DFL Party TV ad by shouting questions to him as he left an Oct. 29 campaign event.

Bigger media weighs in on access issues at the Minnesota House

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.10.09 | 12:21 pm

digitalstpaulA group of online media outlets — including Checks & Balances, Radio Free Nation, the Minnesota Independent, The UpTake, Twin Cities Daily Planet and others — have been pressing the Minnesota House of Representatives to change rules

Coleman: Reporters’ questions — on-camera, not ‘quiet’ — cost him election

By Chris Steller | 02.01.09 | 12:47 pm

Norm Coleman suggested in a TV interview Sunday that reporters’ asking about charges of illegally funneled money cost him the Nov. 4 Senate election. “That could have been a quiet story,” Coleman said. “It could have been a story that…

Video: Bachmann, on WCCO-TV, defends ‘anti-American’ remarks and withdrawn Vennes pardon letter

By Steve Perry | 10.20.08 | 11:38 am


In full-on damage control mode, Michele Bachmann sat down with WCCO’s Esme Murphy Sunday for an interview about the media firestorm occasioned by her claim on Hardball Friday that Barack…

Who’ll stop the rain of negative attacks in 3rd CD? No one, apparently

By Chris Steller | 10.05.08 | 3:24 pm

On WCCO-TV Sunday, State Rep. Erik Paulsen spoke for the first time on Republican claims that DFLer Ashwin Madia is less qualified for the state’s 3rd district U.S. House seat because he’s not a father, rents, and doesn’t fit the district’s “demographic.” Asked if he would condemn the line of attack, Paulsen dodged the question — without acknowledging his campaign’s role in rolling out the personal slams. More after the jump, including videos of WCCO’s interviews with all three candidates.