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Pawlenty wrong on recount, Franken right on cyborg bugs

By Chris Steller | 10.06.09 | 11:57 am

Gov. Tim Pawlenty got it wrong last week when he talked about Minnesota’s U.S. Senate recount, but the winner of that recount got it right when talking yesterday on another topic: cyborg bugs.

Is criticism of Obama racist? Mondale: ‘Yeah’

By Chris Steller | 09.24.09 | 8:48 am

Politico reports there was a long, thoughtful pause after Walter Mondale was asked Wednesday if he agreed with Jimmy Carter that some criticism of President Obama is race-based. “Yeah” was his answer, when it finally came.

Bachmann: ‘Joe Wilson spoke truth’

By Chris Steller | 09.11.09 | 7:46 pm

bachmann smallDemocrats in Congress are readying a formal rebuke, but U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann tells Newsmax TV that “Joe Wilson spoke truth on the floor of the U.S. House.”

Bachmann brooded, Cantor thumbed PDA during Obama address

By Chris Steller | 09.11.09 | 10:49 am

Besides U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson bellowing “You lie!” Wednesday, two leading House Republicans were paying President Obama no mind — or respect — during his Wednesday address to a joint session of Congress. Minority Whip Eric Cantor, who had promised…

Joe Wilson: Trapped in Obama-Dylan continuum?

By Chris Steller | 09.10.09 | 10:09 pm

obama biden pelosi looking at wilsonSeveral explanations have surfaced for U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during the presidential address to Congress Wednesday, including policy-induced ejaculation and an anger-compensation scheme you might call pay-for-bray. Here’s another, spookier theory: Wilson was caught…

Obama takes hits from the right before he steps into health-care ring tonight

By Chris Steller | 09.09.09 | 12:15 pm

President Obama is still lacing up his gloves in preparation for a speech on health care tonight during which reformers hope he comes out swinging. But he’s taking jabs from the right even before he gets into the ring.

AM.MN: Virginia is for lovers … of medieval gender politics

By Chris Steller | 09.09.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoGov. Pawlenty will be speaking to citizens all day long today as he travels around the state … of Virginia. He didn’t cancel his trip to campaign there for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell despite the howling of

Irony alert: St. Paul school named for Obamas didn’t show Obama’s speech

By Chris Steller | 09.08.09 | 2:44 pm

Students at a St. Paul school recently renamed for President and First Lady Obama did not see the president’s address to the nation’s school children today. The plan is to show it later in the week.

‘High-profile’ Pawlenty gets wide play for Obama school-speech comment

By Chris Steller | 09.05.09 | 9:53 am

It seemed like a watershed on Thursday when CNN offhandedly described Gov. Pawlenty — who never seems to be quite as well known as he’d like to be — as “high profile.” Then Friday, as if on cue,…