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Groundhog Day in Minnesota

By Leigh Pomeroy | 02.02.07 | 1:05 pm

If the woodchuck sees its shadow, are there six more weeks of campaigning?

People in the rest of the country, maybe even in the rest of the world, must think Minnesotans are truly schizophrenic. That’s…

Allowing the Government to Compete in the Free Market

By Leigh Pomeroy | 01.15.07 | 1:45 pm

It’s been two months since the November elections. The new Congress has been at work for almost two weeks, and after many long years has finally passed a bill authorizing the federal government to negotiate with drug companies on behalf…

To Surge or Not to Surge, That Is the Question

By Leigh Pomeroy | 01.09.07 | 8:51 pm

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of an outrageous Congress,

Or to send more troops into a sea of troubles, and by escalating the war, end it?

On the eve of Mr. Bush’s…

Does your representative support our troops?

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.24.06 | 8:41 pm

Even in a Star Tribune editorial endorsing opponent Coleen Rowley, John Kline’s military service gets a mention: “He had a distinguished career in the Marines and retains a passion for military and veterans’ issues.” As one of only a…

Gutknecht gets zero rating from League of Conservation Voters

By Leigh Pomeroy | 10.11.06 | 2:45 pm

Kline gets 8%, less than California’s Richard Pombo

Cross-posted at Vox Verax.

In a just released 2006 National Environmental Scorecard by the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), Minnesota 1st District Rep. Gil Gutknecht earned…

Rowley-Kline Debate, Question-by-Question Summary

By Jeff Fecke | 08.25.06 | 9:35 pm

The following is a summary of the August 25, 2006 debate between Coleen Rowley and John Kline, held on the Jason Lewis show on KTLK-FM.

This is essentially a raw feed of the debate; more coverage and analysis to follow.…