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Taxpayers League slams Republicans on bonding bill

By Andy Birkey | 02.17.10 | 12:42 pm

800px-minnesota_state_capitol1A $1.1 billion bonding bill that’s working its way through the Minnesota Legislature is becoming a political football for Republicans. On Tuesday, six Republicans joined with DFLers in the House to pass the bill, following votes for the bill…

Coleman, Rove team up for new political group

By Andy Birkey | 02.01.10 | 8:43 am

According to the Wall Street Journal, former Sen. Norm Coleman and Karl Rove are among big Republican names attached to a new political organizing group called the American Action Network.

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

By Chris Steller | 11.17.08 | 8:24 am

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…

The GOP’s attack on Madia’s ‘lifestyle’: Gay-baiting by any other name…

By Andy Birkey | 10.08.08 | 12:30 pm

While Republican Party representatives took heat this week for claiming in fliers that DFL candidate Ashwin Madia had the “wrong demographics” to serve the people of the 3rd Congressional District, they got off lightly with respect to the not-so-veiled undercurrent in their attack on Madia’s “lifestyle.” By larding in mentions of Madia’s household (he’s a renter, not an owner) and his hobbies (he’s not a soccer coach), the tacit insinuation that Madia must be gay is made easier to politely ignore. But it appears to be the real payload behind GOP efforts to point out Madia’s purported, um, difference from the stolid homesteaders of the 3rd District.

In an ‘economy’ year, Republicans run on ‘abortion’

By Andy Birkey | 10.06.08 | 11:53 am

With the national economy in the tank and a seemingly never-ending war in Iraq, Republicans are looking to change the subject. But is abortion a winning issue in 2008? Some Minnesota Republicans seem to think so. The state Republican party, as well as two congressional candidates are using the abortion issue in campaigns.

Drill, baby, drill: Corruption in agency charged with managing offshore drilling

By Tom Elko | 09.11.08 | 11:03 am

“Drill, baby, drill,” the oft-heard chant of the Republican faithful during the party’s national convention, may become the GOP’s most unfortunate slogan ever as the federal bureau charged with managing and…

Vin Weber on the State of the GOP Race

By Eric Black | 12.03.07 | 8:59 am

vinweber.jpgFriday morning at the Humphrey Institute, former congressman, now lobbyist and big-time Republican insider Vin Weber gave an outstanding overview of the state of conservatism, focusing largely on the race for the…

Iowa Independent Power Rankings — Republican Presidential Candidates

By Robin Marty | 11.27.07 | 1:49 pm

From our sister site, Iowa Independent, their latest power rankings have been released.  This time, their focus is on the Republican presidential candidates.

Rankings and analysis after break

The Presidential Race Kicks Off

By Robin Marty | 08.10.07 | 8:00 pm

Campaign season has started, with the largest Republican presidential candidate straw poll commencing this weekend in Ames, Iowa.  And the coverage has already begun

A new University of Iowa poll shows “Don’t Know” leading Iowa Republicans with 35 percent. 

There’s a Nightmare in My Closet

By Leigh Pomeroy | 04.29.07 | 9:28 am

And it’s called TAXES!
Nightmare in My Closet
One of my kids’ favorite books when they were small was Mercer Mayer‘s…