Minnesota Independent

SD56 GOP on Dem women: ‘Who let the dogs out?’

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.17.10 | 8:41 am

Here’s the kind of discourse that Republicans in state Senate District 56 are interested in: The party website is now running a video about how “hot” Republican women are compared to “Democrat [sic] women.” To the strains of Tom Jones’ “She’s a Lady,” the video runs through a series of photos of GOP women in bikinis, evening gowns and, in Sarah Palin’s case, Spandex. Then the Dems: women like Rosie O’Donnell, Janet Reno (pictured), Nancy Pelosi and Madeleine Albright — set to the song, “Who Let The Dogs Out?”

Horner campaign cleared in campaign violation complaint

By Andy Birkey | 07.02.10 | 6:15 am

The Office of Administrative Hearings on Thursday dismissed a complaint filed against Independence Party candidate Tom Horner by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The GOP alleged that Horner accepted information about a poll done by Horner’s friend at Decision Resouces…

Drilling in face of public opinion, Republicans continue support for BP

By John Amick | 06.24.10 | 1:28 pm

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll delivers the latest edition of “Today’s Awful News” for British Petroleum. The poll finds that BP’s favorability rating stands at a dismal 6 percent, lower than recent ratings for…

GOP files campaign finance complaint against Horner

By Andy Birkey | 06.09.10 | 8:19 am

The Republican Party of Minnesota filed a complaint with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board Tuesday alleging that a poll by Decision Resources Ltd., amounted to a campaign contribution to Independence Party candidate Tom Horner.…

After failing to get GOP or IP backing, Tea Partier Barb Davis White files for DFL primary

By Andy Birkey | 06.02.10 | 11:28 am

In what appears to be a last-ditch effort, Barb Davis White, a Republican who lost to Rep. Keith Ellison by almost 50 points and who failed to get the endorsement of the Independence Party, filed as a DFLer on Tuesday.…

Emmer wins GOP endorsement for governor

By Andy Birkey | 04.30.10 | 6:18 pm

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Delano, won the GOP endorsement for governor on Friday afternoon, after Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, conceded after the second ballot. Emmer will take on the winner between the…

Pat Anderson wins GOP endorsement for state auditor

By Andy Birkey | 04.30.10 | 11:27 am

Former State Auditor Pat Anderson got the nod from GOP activists at the state convention to campaign for her old job. She will face off against current State Auditor Rebecca…

Palin endorses ‘hockey dad’ Emmer for governor

By Andy Birkey | 04.29.10 | 3:51 pm

Rep. Tom Emmer garnered the support of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his campaign for governor on Wednesday, just hours before state GOP activists gather to begin its endorsing convention.…

Rep. Loon: GOP immigration poll language ‘regrettable, inappropriate’

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.27.10 | 1:19 pm

Rep. Jenifer Loon, the Republican House member representing District 42B, has responded to the Minnesota Independent’s questions about a poll on the SD42 GOP website that appeared to joke about Arizona’s controversial new immigration law. She called the wording of…

Republicans push for Minnesota sovereignty

By Andy Birkey | 04.22.10 | 12:12 pm

Senate Republicans introduced a constitutional amendment Wednesday that would make Minnesota the first state to require a two-thirds majority vote in the legislature to approve federal laws affecting the state. “Minnesotans enjoy inherent, natural, God-given rights,” the bill states, and “Citizens of Minnesota are sovereign individuals, subject to Minnesota law and immune from any federal laws that exceed the federal government’s enumerated constitutional powers.”