Minnesota Independent

Rep. Michele Bachmann. Photo: Bachmann for Congress, Facebook

Is Bachmann’s slot on Intelligence Committee part of GOP plan to stifle her?

By Andy Birkey | 01.04.11 | 2:10 pm

Is Rep. Michele Bachmann’s new post on the House Intelligence Committee an effort by GOP leadership to stifle her inflammatory statements in the media? Slate’s Noreen Malone makes the case, contending that the strategy is not fair to Bachmann who was a workhorse in the 2010 House elections on behalf of the GOP, while the Washington Post posits that Bachmann isn’t likely to enjoy serving on a committee that is at times as secretive as it is boring.

Their loss: Klobuchar clip left off of Slate’s SCOTUS-shortlist blooper reel

By Chris Steller | 05.12.09 | 11:04 am

The sole U.S. senator for Minnesota has managed to make some Supreme Court-nominee shortlists — despite having a Republican in the governor’s mansion who’d appoint her replacement. But Slate didn’t include Amy Klobuchar in its vetting-by-video of…

Will McCain “pull a Coleman”?

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.21.08 | 9:40 am

The last stunt, Mickey Kaus at Slate writes, is “always to drop all the stunts.” And he wonders if that’s what Sen. John McCain will do next week — “dramatically drop the attacks and make a direct, affirmative…