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Paulsen’s stimulus claims show political prevaricating didn’t stay in Vegas

By Chris Steller | 02.25.09 | 12:14 pm

False political smears involving Las Vegas? You’d think U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen wouldn’t want to go there after being on the receiving end of a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ad last year that took a tortured, six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon route to link

DCCC did coordinate anti-Paulsen ads — with DCCC’s own press release

By Chris Steller | 10.12.08 | 6:24 am


A flashpoint in the 3rd Congressional District mini-debate on TPT’s Almanac program Friday (video) was Republican candidate Erik Paulsen’s charge that DFL candidate Ashwin Madia has illegally coordinated his campaign with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, an…