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Meeting (and mending) with Obama in the bowels of the Xcel center

By Paul Demko | 06.04.08 | 5:33 pm

At the end of Barack Obama’s speech last night, roughly 20 audience members were whisked away to the bowels of the Xcel Energy Center to meet with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The group, assembled by St.…

DFL Feminist Caucus chair speaks out against “protest vote”

By Robin Marty | 06.04.08 | 4:44 pm

As presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party, Barack Obama will need to heal the rift between his supporters and the faction that voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton. But one person he won’t need to immediately reach out…

The morning after: What will Hillary do?

By Paul Demko | 06.04.08 | 10:01 am

Sen. Barack Obama came to St. Paul last night and claimed the Democratic presidential nomination. In the very building where John McCain will be crowned the GOP candidate in September, Obama spoke to more…

Obama woos Minnesota’s Clinton supers

By Andy Birkey | 06.03.08 | 2:10 pm

Sen. Barack Obama is already working to heal the rift in a deeply divided Democratic party after months of contentious campaigning against Sen. Hillary Clinton. As Obama lands in St. Paul tonight to announce his securing of…

How does an Obama victory shake up Minnewisowa?

By Paul Demko | 06.03.08 | 10:23 am

Minnewisowa is Barry Casselman’s term for the 27 presidential electoral votes held by Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. Writing on Real Clear Politics, he figures that Barack Obama slightly strengthens the prospects of Democrats in…

Countdown to concession: Is today the day for Barack Obama?

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.03.08 | 9:20 am


A dignified exit or a secret coup? Or a continuing race? Hillary as Obama’s health secretary? (John Edwards as his attorney general and Joe Biden as Secretary of State?) Speculation is…

Obama will come to St. Paul to declare victory on Tuesday evening

By Paul Demko | 05.30.08 | 6:20 pm

Time Magazine is reporting that Barack Obama will lay claim to the Democratic presidential nomination at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday evening. With primaries in South Dakota and Montana slated for that day, Obama is…

Campaign satire: ‘Young Hillary Clinton’ explains HRC campaign to us as if we were 10 years old

By Steve Perry | 05.29.08 | 8:19 am

This is fun. Actors Jerry O’Connell (Jerry Maguire, Crossing Jordan) and Brandon Johnson made this short depicting a 10-year-old Hillary Clinton laying the foundation for her future presidential bid.

It opens with Hillary’s team losing a kickball…

Democratic Rules Committee gathering this weekend will produce drama, no resolution

By Steve Perry | 05.28.08 | 11:53 am

Hillary Clinton has said repeatedly that she will take her fight to seat the full Florida and Michigan delegations at the Democratic National Convention all the way to the convention if necessary, so don’t expect to…