Bachmann to headline ‘Rally to Stop the Lame Duck’

Rep. Michele Bachmann will headline a rally on Monday sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, tea party-related think tank founded by an owner of Koch Industries. The rally coincides with the final weeks of the 111th Congress where Democrats will try to pass several of their initiatives before the 112th Congress in which the Republicans control the House will take over in January.

Facing pressure, Emmer event in Latino community canceled

A rally for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer at a Lake Street Mexican restaurant was canceled on Thursday after pressure from members of Minnesota’s Latino community and supporters. The rally, to be held at a popular Lake Street restaurant, was canceled after the owner was told the event was for Emmer. He told Spanish-language radio station La Invasora 1400 that the organizers failed to tell him it was a political rally.

MnIndy video: Karl Rove’s ‘funny stamps,’ meet Greg Rhodes’ ‘nature photographs’

Sunday’s New York Times Magazine carried a quizzical interview by Deborah Solomon with President George W. Bush’s former senior adviser, Karl Rove. Across 21 questions, Rove and Solomon covered a lot of political and even emotional territory, with an often-combative…

‘He’s an Arab –’: Folks at Lakeville rally say the darndest things to McCain

UPDATED  Ana Marie Cox heard “Arab terrorist.” Josh Marshall is reserving judgment now hears only “Arab.” And The Uptake offers a post-game interview with the speaker herself. But one way to judge whether the woman at the Oct.…

On the Streets: The Value Size Edition

Before the final debates for the governors and senators race the intersection of Exchange and Wabasha filled up with candidate supporters, chanting, shouting, singing and drumming up enthusiasm for the last two days of campaigning.

By five Hatch and Klobuchar…