Obama announces plan to jump-start Great Lakes restoration

With six of the eight Great Lakes states being hotly contested battlegrounds, this election year the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes is being elevated to a major campaign issue.

Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama today proposed a major plan to jump-start the process. The Obama-Biden Great Lakes Restoration Plan calls for $5 billion over a 10-year period to go toward sewage treatment improvements, rehabilitation of toxic sites and wetlands restoration.

Klobuchar, McCollum Tackle Increasingly Violent Video Games

Rep. Betty McCollum and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, both D-Minn., joined Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., in criticizing video game retailers, parents and the gaming industry over growing violence in video games and a lax enforcement of ratings systems on violent and…

Walz, Bachmann, Klobuchar, Coleman, Kline, McCollum: No to DM&E Loan

Republicans, Democrats combine to thwart Sen. Thune, DM&E back-door deal

One would think that it would be a cold day in hell or a consistently 70º Minnesota winter to see newly elected Minnesota Reps. Tim Walz and Michele…

On estimating crowd size: Two views of the Obama visit to Rochester

I was going to write a straight news story about Barak Obama’s visit to Rochester in support of Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota District 1 congressional candidate Tim Walz, an event that I attended. But it has been amply…

Kennedy, Klobuchar Pitch to Somalis

Senatorial candidates Mark Kennedy, a Republican, and Democrat Amy Klobuchar, made a commitment that they will find a permanent solution to the nagging problems facing money wiring services, widely used by Somali immigrants, and that they will meet with Somalis,…

New Zogby Numbers – Klobuchar up by 7.5, Pawlenty and Hatch Tied

Story By Joe Bodell

WSJ/Zogby is out this morning with a new round of Battleground polling. The poll shows Amy Klobuchar with a 50.2-42.7 lead over Mark Kennedy, and Mike Hatch virtually tied with Tim Pawlenty, 45.0-44.9.

Examining the…

Mark Kennedy and Amy Klobuchar – a Look at the Issues

In preparation for tonight’s debate – the second senate debate of the season, here is a look at where candidates Mark Kennedy and Amy Klobuchar stand on the issues of Energy/Environment,  War on Terror/National Security, Budget, Social Security, Healthcare and…