Minnesota Monthly’s Tim Gihring gives GOP chair Ron Carey an “Uncommon Loon” award for his go-get-’em speech to Republicans at the Mayo Civic Center in May. Decrying Democrats’ “left-wing values,” he predicted — incorrectly — that “the…
Is the term “progressive Republican” an oxymoron? With religious hardliners and anti-tax crusaders dominating the party in recent years, that would certainly seem to be the case. But a documentary airing this Saturday on Twin Cities Public Television makes the case that GOP politicians in Minnesota have a long tradition of advocating policies aimed at alleviating poverty and reducing inequality.
With the Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman possibly going into “double overtime,” we may not be put out of our recount-overload misery anytime soon. Here’s a rundown of recent goings-on, including a deadline for the search for missing ballots in a Minneapolis precinct, the prospect of the Senate deciding the race, hue and cry over Franken’s so-called “church invasion” and — gulp — the possible pricetag.
Speaking to reporters in the hallway of the State Office Building near the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., after a meeting at which the state’s canvassing board approved a plan to start a recount Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman’s attorney, Fritz Knaak, said he foresees the U.S. Senate making the ultimate decision on the winner in the race between Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken. Citing actions and potential actions by the Franken campaign, Knaak said, “We’re being set up for a Senate decision in the U.S. Senate. That’s my perception.”
Update: GOP chair Ron Carey made this same argument at a press conference. Watch The UpTake’s videos of Carey’s and Knaak’s comments after the jump.
On Nov. 4, Minnesota Republican Party Chair Ron Carey introduced U.S. Rep. John Kline at the Republican election night party with praise for Kline’s support of “real Americans.” This comes just two weeks after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin…
Inspired by a new Pioneer Press article and Minnesota GOP chair Ron Carey’s mastery of basic math, I decided to try again to understand why Ramsey County officials consider their oversupply of election judges remarkable. Wouldn’t they expect to…
Is the Republican Party of Minnesota unaware of current demographics in the West Metro congressional district it has held for 50 years? U.S. Census data suggests that the suburban-identity politics that Republicans advanced last week writes off a third or more of the 3rd district’s residents.
Here’s five minutes of video from a press conference held today by Ashwin Madia, DFL candidate for U.S. Congress in Minnesota’s 3rd district. In this clip, Madia addresses the economy; Republican characterizations of his background as less well suited to the district than that of his opponent, state Rep. Erik Paulsen; ads by outside groups attacking Paulsen that have been called inaccurate; and an incident in which a Madia campaign volunteer removed Paulsen signs from a public right-of-way. Also: six-minute clip of GOP response.
The Republican Party of Minnesota promised a “leading conservative” to headline the state convention in Rochester this weekend and got one: former top Bush adviser Karl Rove.
Party chairman Ron Carey told the party’s…
Since 2000, the Republican Party of Minnesota has had problems complying with the Federal Election Commission’s requirements for reporting, a fact made painfully clear over the last month as the party has amended virtually every report it…
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