Rep. Keith Ellison was in Turkey and Saudi Arabia over the last week with a delegation of business leaders, including the head of the Minnesota Trade Office. Ellison praised Turkey as a Muslim country that has a successful democracy, and he also said business relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia continue to improve.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty made an election eve appearance on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” Monday — a rare visit by a conservative on Maddow’s fledgling cable-TV companion to her popular Air America radio program. His key message, with an eye to 2012: “I’m available, I’m available.” Video after the jump, with a transcription of Pawlenty’s comments on McCain and Obama, the Franken-Coleman U.S. Senate race in Minnesota, and whether Gov. Sarah Palin is a drag on the ticket or a future leader of the party.
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