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Powerline’s Che Sotomayor joke underscores GOP dilemma: Opposing nominee without alienating Latinos

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.28.09 | 5:08 pm

275px-guerrilleroheroicosotomayorSupreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s ethnicity and politics get a jab from rightwing blogger Paul Mirengoff, who at Powerline relates a comment by a “friend” that Sotomayor is “Che

More free advice for Coleman from media, punditry

By Chris Steller | 04.08.09 | 12:12 pm

coleman-tiny-headMore newspapers, online media outlets and political pundits are offering former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman free advice — mainly that he look in the mirror and see that he’s toast.

Media begins countering claim that Coleman site was hacked

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.12.09 | 11:20 am

There’s a divide opening in how the media is covering the story of Norm Coleman’s vulnerable donor database: Some outlets blame shoddy security practices by the campaign, others blame “hackers.” The latter group — which includes

NYT’s Krugman chortles over Powerline’s past lunacy about housing bubble

By Andy Birkey | 10.01.08 | 1:00 pm

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman went after Minnesota conservative blog Powerline for criticizing Krugman’s 2005 column warning of a housing bubble that was about to burst.
Powerline’s John Hinderaker wrote at the time: “[T]here is little reason…

Palin VP blog fallout: Pick puts Powerline boys in a pout

By Steve Perry | 08.29.08 | 10:32 am

Quoting the once and future Hindrocket:

The AP says the McCain camp “hopes the announcement of his running mate will stunt any momentum that Democratic rival Barack Obama might get from the just concluded Democratic National Convention.” If

Post-Par(tum) Ethics and More

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.20.07 | 9:40 am

Strib to adopt conflict of interest policy? Word on the street, says Charlie Quimby, is that the Star Tribune is working on an ethics policy governing conflicts of interest, but it has nothing to do with Par Ridder. It would…

Media Monitor: May 25

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.25.07 | 8:07 am

The impertinence of tenacious journalism:  When U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Rachel Paulose stepped up to the podium on Monday for a press conference about the recent prostitution busts in the Twin Cities and Austin, Minn., she laid out her…