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Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak romped to a third term while openly flirting with a 2010 gubernatorial bid. Today a state agency rebuked him for mingling funds while pursuing the dual political contests. Will the ruling hurt Rybak’s political viability?

Gov. Pawlenty continued his joke-recycling program Tuesday by telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity that having the government watch your money is like having Michael Vick watch your dog for the weekend. Here’s another good one: Putting Pawlenty in charge of General Assistance Medical Care is like letting Steven David Strachota give your puppy flight lessons.
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The Republican Party of Minnesota has released a new website and radio ad targeting Secretary of State Mark Ritchie during the National Civic Summit, Ritchie’s retooling of the annual meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State, held in Minneapolis this week.
Through its new site, RitchieFacts.com, the GOP claims Ritchie is a partisan, that [...]

Al Franken will become Minnesota’s junior senator — and everyone wants to weigh in on the development. Here’s a round-up of the latest statements about the end of the bruising U.S. Senate contest. We’ll continue to update as reactions come in.

Lt. Col. Joe Repya is leaving the Minnesota GOP — and he’s exiting with rhetorical guns blazing. The 30-year U.S. Army veteran — who fought in Vietnam and both Iraq wars — delivers a withering op-ed piece in today’s Pioneer Press:

“It takes bulldog courage to overcome obstacles,” Norm Coleman told Minnesota Republicans Saturday. “Bite hard and don’t let go.” That could be the motto for his ongoing legal challenge to results showing Democrat Al Franken defeated him in last year’s race for the U.S. Senate. “It’s not going to take a miracle for me to [...]

A week after losing his KSTP AM show, Dave Thompson is throwing his hat in the ring to become state GOP chair. Chris Cillizza’s best-state-based blogs list came out at the Washington Post today, and Minnesota has more featured blogs than any other state. And a traffic milestone for MinnPost. All this, plus some naughty humor from Roger Ebert, inside.