Once considered a “sure thing,” the proposed Dakota Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroad expansion into the coal-rich Powder River Basin could be on the verge of collapse. The reasons for this are many and varied, but a last-minute provision slipped…
The new congressman laughs it off
“Yeah, a reporter asked me that the other day,” Tim Walz told me at a gathering of State DFLers at the Holiday Inn in Mankato Saturday night. He chuckled. “Heck, I’ve just…
Tim Walz has segued in the last two years from laid-back school teacher to frenetic campaigner and now equally frenetic congressman-elect. It’s quite a transition. Though official announcements will be forthcoming, here’s what’s happening on the QT:
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While the election generated major media hoopla, the issues that contributed to its outcome are still there: Iraq, corruption, the national deficit
Cross-posted at Vox Verax.
Tim Walz is suddenly a celebrity after his upset victory over Gil Gutknecht last Tuesday. No doubt Ph.D. theses will be written on the subject analyzing what the Walz campaign did right and the Gutknecht…
Or is Tim Walz the Jerry McNerney of Minnesota?
Nov. 7 was indeed a day of upsets. Two of the most unexpected were Tim Walz in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District and Jerry McNerney in California’s 11th.…
Election ’06 is over and done with. Tim Walz predicted a bright, sunny day for 11/8. And if you live in southern Minnesota, it’s true
Nov. 8, 1:00 a.m…. At the Holiday Inn in Mankato
Republican Congressman Gil Gutknecht (MN 1) has reported that his federal office has been egged, allegedly, he claims, by partisan DFLers and Walz supporters, according to the Rochester Post Bulletin (subscription required).
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About 40 supporters of Rep. Gil Gutknecht showed up in downtown Mankato around noon on Sunday to see the congressman on his three-day, last minute tour through the 1st Congressional District. Though the turnout was thin, the passion was strong.…
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