While the Twitterati buzzed about former Fox 9 anchor Robyne Robin’s selection as DFLer Matt Entenza’s running mate, others were tweeting about the BP/Deep Horizon oil spill, the…
Our favorite (or at least most prolific) politweep, Democratic Rep. John Lesch, texts on Capitol chatter about impeaching the governor over unallotment, an action by Tim Pawlenty dubbed “the politics of arrogance” by Rep. Paul Thissen. Plus:…
The GOP State Convention is underway and dominating the local Twitterverse — follow along at #mngop10 — with more than a few people noting the irony of the Republicans’ repeated use of anti-war songs between speakers. One,…
In this edition, Republicans nitpick Democrats’ terminology and diplomacy, as the state party chair calls President Obama “Groveler in Chief” for bowing as he met China’s president, and a state legislator accuses Rep. Karen Clark of — gasp —…
Following yesterday’s Bachmann/Palin rally, Minnesota politico-Tweeters were all over the board, topic-wise: from concern about mutual fund taxes to one GOPer’s assessment of Palin’s cuteness, the eminently retweetable Rep. John Lesch’s update on bean-bag furniture to a look at…
I’ve gotta hand it to state Rep. John Lesch: while many politicians tend to use Twitter as merely a feed for press releases, the St. Paul Democrat gets more… creative.…
Gov. Tim Pawlenty intends to fix the state’s nearly $3 billion budget hole unilaterally. Democrats accuse him of pandering to fiscal conservatives in order to further his national political ambitions. How the budgetary endgame plays out will have consequences for politicians on both sides of the aisle.
Ominous news about job losses and financial woes at Minnesota hospitals over the last week coincide with Gov. Pawlenty’s line-item veto of $381 million in General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) grants and his vow to make more cuts by unallotment. But as bad as the doomsday scenarios are, they shouldn’t include St. Paul’s Regions Hospital closing — a prospect that a DFL press release warned of over the weekend.
Members of peace groups and labor unions expressed fear this morning over a proposed bill, sponsored by Rep. John Lesch (DFL-St. Paul), that would make it easier for law enforcement to secretly keep and and share information about citizens.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman says his focus is simply on winning a second term. But many observers — including one of his predecessors — say his recent staffing changes suggest he’s eying the governor’s mansion.
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