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PoliTweeps: From financial disclosures to a general’s love of Bud Lite Lime

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.23.10 | 1:15 pm

Political tweets are all over the place these days, with comments ranging from GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer’s apparent refusal to disclose financial information to Mayor RT Rybak’s sweaty visits to a Northeast Minneapolis parade and Rock the Garden…

Parry lives down tweets, saves District 26 Senate seat for GOP

By Chris Steller | 01.26.10 | 11:07 pm

Mike Parry kept Minnesota’s Senate District 26 in the Republican column Tuesday, winning a plurality of the vote in a special election that pitted him against DFLer Jason Engbrecht and Roy Srp of the Independence Party.

Uproar over Kelliher’s data-buy sets her apart in way she didn’t need

By Chris Steller | 12.11.09 | 1:10 pm

Just when Margaret Anderson Kelliher appeared to be pulling away from the pack running for governor with a series of endorsements, charges that she violated campaign-finance rules are setting her apart in ways she didn’t need.

Quick! Domestic oil drilling: for or against?

By Chris Steller | 09.01.09 | 1:50 pm

mngop-logoI just took part in a mercifully brief opinion poll by telephone that turned out to be a survey for the Republican Party of Minnesota. With the promise of only four questions that would take only 15 seconds, it…

New GOP Video: In case you haven’t heard, Franken screwed up his taxes

By Paul Schmelzer | 02.06.09 | 3:47 pm

The Minnesota GOP dropped a new web video today, linking Al Franken’s failure to properly pay taxes to Obama cabinet nominees like Timothy Geithner (now Treasury Secretary) and would’ve-been HHS secretary Tom Daschle. But it’s not…

MNGOP’s attack flier tries to link Obama to terrorism

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.23.08 | 3:59 pm

The Minnesota GOP is sending out a mailer attacking Barack Obama for his alleged “close ties to domestic terrorist” William Ayers. But at first glance it appears that the t-word is being applied to Obama: just above the mailing panel is the Democrat’s name and face, his head turned to the left. Near his mouth is a quote, attributed only to the New York Times. “I don’t regret setting bombs. I feel we didn’t do enough.”

CQ Politics — which has called the charge “so wrong it’s pants-on-fire wrong” — reports that Republicans in Virginia are sending out the same mailers.

Righty fight! GOP state convention gets physical

By Tom Elko | 05.30.08 | 3:08 pm

It is conservative versus conservative at the GOP state convention in Rochester. Now TPT’s Mary Lahammer is reporting that the battles of ideas and ideals has just turned physical .

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Franken catching a break on media coverage, for now

By Tom Elko | 04.29.08 | 11:11 am


DFL Senate hopeful Al Franken may be catching a timely break when it comes to the recent revelation of the candidate’s unpaid back taxes. With the clock ticking on the…

Emmer apologizes to Paul supporters for Aplikowski’s comments

By Tom Elko | 04.09.08 | 11:53 am

Trying to prevent an intra-party rift from expanding into a chasm, Drew Emmer, a member of the Executive Committee of the Wright County Republicans, extended an olive branch and an apology to Ron Paul supporters who…

Who Cares if Norm Coleman Smoked Pot? Norm Kent Does

By Jeff Fecke | 07.02.07 | 11:49 am

Jeff FeckeWhen Norm Coleman was in college, he smoked pot.  If his former college roommate is to believed, he smoked a lot of it.

Angered by a letter from Coleman that expressed support for continued prohibition on marijuana,…