Former Sen. Norm Colman, whose conservative 501(c)4 group American Action Network shares an office building with Karl Rove-brainchildren American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, is drawing some flack here in Minnesota for reneging on his previous support for banning soft money in politics and his disavowal of negative advertising.
Both namedropping and conjuring the fiery rhetorical style of the late Paul Wellstone, Rep. Keith Ellison gave a rousing welcome speech to the 3,400 people gathered in Minneapolis over the weekend…
Former Sen. Dean Barkley told tea partiers in an email Tuesday that they should join the Independence Party and rename it the Tea Party. Already, tea party–affiliated candidates are aligning themselves with Gov. Jesse Ventura’s former party, including…
As the Minnesota Independent first reported earlier this month, 1st Congressional District candidate Jim Hagedorn removed blog posts disparaging of gays, fellow Republicans and Native Americans from his “Mr. Conservative” blog within days of announcing his candidacy. Now, with new deleted posts discovered, the state’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender advocacy group has called for an apology from Hagedorn.
Republican Jim Hagedorn removed posts from his “Mr. Conservative” blog prior to announcing his bid Wednesday morning for U.S. Rep. Tim Walz’s seat, but a review of scrubbed posts reveals a brand of humor that might not sell well in southern Minnesota, including jokes about the memorial service for Northfield-professor-turned-U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone just 11 days after he died.
Could “Mr. Independent” — as Lou Dobbs promotes himself — become “Mr. Independence Party”? A Politico piece this morning ponders news that the illegal-immigration foe, Birther and former CNN anchor is considering a run for president in…
Gov. Pawlenty continued his attacks on Barack Obama today, saying the president is “spending the country into bankruptcy,” is “projecting potential weakness” to America’s enemies, and has “governed in an extremely liberal way.”
After three months in office, former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, chomping an unlit cigar, pronounced himself “a 99 percent improvement over Paul Wellstone.” Coleman’s successor, Al Franken, has now held Wellstone’s old Senate seat for three months: Is he…
How closely is Gov. Tim Pawlenty following Mitt Romney’s playbook in pursuit of the presidency? T-Paw is starting to draw laughs from out-of-state conservatives by taking jabs at his state’s reputed liberalism – just like Romney (with whom…
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.
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