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Campaign notebook: Rumble in the Granite State

By Joe Bodell | 01.07.08 | 9:12 am

After a surprising (to some) result in Iowa, the remaining presidential candidates have pulled up stakes and flown to New Hampshire for the first-in-the-nation primary tomorrow. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois sits in the Democratic…

Minnesota Monitor’s Black to Moderate Congressional Candidates’ Debate

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.10.07 | 11:08 am

eb.jpgHow do candidates seeking the DFL endorsement in the 3rd Congressional District differ on their approaches to the war in Iraq?

Minnesota Monitor’s Eric Black will be moderating a candidates’ forum…

Race in CD3 Ranked Sixth on The Fix’s Line

By Joe Bodell | 11.30.07 | 7:30 am

From the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza:

6. Minnesota’s 3rd District (R): Among the newly open seats, none is more difficult to analyze than this one. On its face, the district should be very competitive; President