Jesse Ventura

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s remarks to the Colorado-based Independence Institute on Monday generated plenty of interest because of her lurid imagery: She said Democrats are “reaching down the throat and ripping the guts out of freedom,” and that anti-reformists need to “make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers.” (Don’t miss where she claims [...]

Updated: As first reported by the Minnesota Independent, only one candidate for any office has his own booth at the Minnesota State Fair: Republican state Rep. Marty Seifert. And now his staff is evoking the memory of another State Fair, another booth and another candidate for governor: Jesse Ventura.

Carol Molnau, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor and former transportation commissioner, has been re-elected chair of the National Lieutenant Governors Association’s (NLGA) Midwest Region.

Jesse Ventura resurfaced this week with news that he’ll be hosting a new television series exploring conspiracy theories on TruTV. The show, dubbed “Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura,” has been booked for seven episodes. After the show’s first taping in San Francisco, the former Minnesota governor found time to stop in at The Beat Museum. [...]

Legislation to rejigger the state’s redistricting system passed the state Senate last week. Stakes are high, as the state may lose a congressional seat after the 2010 U.S. Census, and whether it’s Michele Bachmann’s in the Sixth District or someone else’s will be decided during redistricting. But some people closest to the work of shaping Minnesota’s political boundaries last time around say the system worked pretty well.

Jesse Ventura called Norm Coleman a “hypocrite” last night for having advised Al Franken to concede to Coleman, then failing to take his own advice once the Republican fell behind in the Senate vote-count. The former Independence Party governor made the remark on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” That’s the same show on which the renowned [...]

In an item titled “Trouble’s Home Address,” The New York Times reviews notable (and alleged) scandals involving public figures and their homes. Except for former Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, all are from New York, the latest being Adolfo Carrion Jr., a former Bronx Borough president who landed the top job at the new White [...]

Supporters of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann rallied on a dead-end street outside Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) studios in St. Paul today, where the embattled member of Congress debated Democrat El Tinklenberg for 30 minutes (archived MnIndy liveblog here, archived MPR audio here). At his News Cut blog, MPR’s Bob Collins shows and tells scenes of [...]

The economic sky is not falling, according to Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley. Or at least the federal government hasn’t provided sufficient factual evidence to justify a hastily arranged, $700 billion bailout package for Wall Street. “I am not convinced that we have to rush to judgment on this,” Barkley said at a press conference this morning at the Capitol.

In a rousing speech at today’s Ron Paul Rally For The Republic, Jesse Ventura scampered all over the political map, variously declaring “the hell with the Patriot Act!,” engaging in 9/11 conspiracy theories, offering up a staunch defense of the right to bear arms, belittling anti-immigration policies as fear of “brown-skinned people coming across our [...]