Minnesota Independent

Bachmann, Pawlenty to speak at RightOnline in Minneapolis

By Andy Birkey | 05.31.11 | 8:00 am

Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be featured speakers at the RightOnline conference in Minneapolis in mid-June. The conference is the conservative movement’s answer to the progressive Netroots Nation, which will also be held in Minneapolis in mid-June. RightOnline is organizaed by Americans for Prosperity, a group funded by the Koch brothers. Pawlenty and Bachmann will share the stage with fellow presidential aspirant Herman Cain and controversial blogger Andrew Breitbart.

Breitbart, RightOnline coming to Minneapolis

By Andy Birkey | 04.13.11 | 3:36 pm

Billed as a “counter to the leftwing Netroots Nation Convention” being hosted by Minneapolis in June, RightOnline has announced it’ll also be coming to Minnesota’s largest city this summer. The conference will feature Andrew Breitbart, a blogger whose selective editing of video has generated heated criticism, along with conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck protege S.E. Cupp, and Minnesota blogger Ed Morrissey. The convention is a project of Americans for Prosperity Foundation, which was founded by the Koch brothers.

Bachmann keynotes Colorado conservative summit tonight

By Andy Birkey | 07.09.10 | 6:37 am

Rep. Michele Bachmann is headed to Denver on Friday to speak at the Western Conservative Summit 2010. Organized by the Colorado Christian University, the event’s theme is “Right Turn, Right Now.” Bachmann will give a keynote address tonight…

Daily Beast: ‘Franken is the right’s new punching bag’

By Paul Demko | 01.07.09 | 2:43 pm

The Daily Beast has a provocative piece up today theorizing that Sen. Al Franken might be just the remedy for an ailing Republican Party. Writer Benjamin Sarlin posits that Franken presents exactly the type of frothing, over-the-top liberalism…