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Rep. Paulsen, Karl Rove the latest to get ‘glittered’

By Andy Birkey | 10.10.11 | 10:07 am

One activist shouted, “feel the rainbow,” as he tossed a box of glitter on Rove while he was signing his books at the Midwest Leadership Conference.

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Bush White House used taxpayer money to campaign for Mark Kennedy

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By Andy Birkey | 01.25.11 | 10:17 am

In 2006, the Bush White House used taxpayer money to campaign for Republican candidates across the country, and George W. Bush took a particular interest in Minnesota, according to a report released Monday by the Office of Special Counsel. Former Rep. Mark Kennedy, who ran for the seat vacated by former Sen. Mark Dayton, benefited from a number of campaign appearances by Bush cabinet members, and those appearances were illegally paid for with taxpayer money, the report found.

Karl Rove — and CODE Pink — coming to Minneapolis

By Andy Birkey | 04.15.10 | 7:59 am

Karl Rove, a controversial GOP operative and former Deputy Chief of Staff for President George Bush, will make an April 22 appearance at the University of Minnesota for a book signing with the university chapter of the

Coleman, Rove team up for new political group

By Andy Birkey | 02.01.10 | 8:43 am

According to the Wall Street Journal, former Sen. Norm Coleman and Karl Rove are among big Republican names attached to a new political organizing group called the American Action Network.

Norm Coleman: Pawlenty for President sounds good

By Chris Steller | 10.15.09 | 10:02 am

tpaw colemanNorm Coleman went farther than other Republican eminences have in moving from praise to outright endorsement of Gov. Tim Pawlenty for higher office: “If that’s what he chooses to do … I think he’d make a great president.”

Timorous tenther Tim Pawlenty ‘thinks outside the box,’ says Karl Rove

By Chris Steller | 10.05.09 | 12:59 pm

Karl Rove gave Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty high praise at a speech at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., last week: “Tim’s smart, thoughtful, thinks outside the box. He has a lot of new ideas.” But in an…

AM.MN: One hundred percent of Minnesota governors couldn’t care less

By Chris Steller | 09.29.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoFile this under “Beside the Point.” On its third day of Minnesota Poll stories, the Star Tribune carries the headline “Most don’t back a Pawlenty run” — as if the governor cares what Minnesotans think. Asked to tell…

Let us now praise ‘taking turns’: How to read T-Paw’s stated reason for retiring

By Chris Steller | 06.10.09 | 9:42 am

tpaw-on-hannityBy way of explaining his decision not to seek re-election, Gov. Tim Pawlenty bragged to Fox News host Sean Hannity last night that “in Minnesota [we're] good about taking turns.” In view of Pawlenty’s past, his highlighting the concept of…

MnIndy video: Karl Rove’s ‘funny stamps,’ meet Greg Rhodes’ ‘nature photographs’

By Chris Steller | 11.17.08 | 8:24 am

Sunday’s New York Times Magazine carried a quizzical interview by Deborah Solomon with President George W. Bush’s former senior adviser, Karl Rove. Across 21 questions, Rove and Solomon covered a lot of political and even emotional territory, with an often-combative…

Uff da! Shared Norwegian heritage not enough to prompt Rove, Mondale meeting

By Chris Steller | 06.03.08 | 3:30 pm


The Norwegian consulate in Minneapolis and the Sons of Norway, the Minneapolis-based international fraternal organization, say they aren’t aware of any interaction over the weekend between two prominent Norwegian-Americans: Walter Mondale and Karl Rove.

Rove, architect…