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Pawlenty in war of words with own press office

By Chris Steller | 06.03.09 | 10:34 am

Gov. Tim Pawlenty was at odds with his own communications office on a couple points at his press conference yesterday — including the topic of his talk.

MnIndy interview: Dick Durbin on Bill Ayers, the bailout and race

By Paul Demko | 10.10.08 | 1:14 pm

Dick Durbin is the senior senator from Illinois and was an early supporter of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Today he was in Minnesota stumping for Obama. I spoke to him by phone.

McCain’s ‘econ brain,’ Phil Gramm, tied to sub-prime crisis

By Paul Demko | 05.28.08 | 1:49 pm

MSNBC reported last night that Phil Gramm was a registered lobbyist for Swiss banking giant UBS until last month. As TPM points out, the corporation is deeply mired in…