DNC day one: breakfast with the Minnesota delegation

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and a host of other Democrats addressed the party’s delegation this morning at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel. The brief speeches were mostly rah-rah calls for unity and passion heading into the stretch run of…

Uff da! Shared Norwegian heritage not enough to prompt Rove, Mondale meeting

The Norwegian consulate in Minneapolis and the Sons of Norway, the Minneapolis-based international fraternal organization, say they aren’t aware of any interaction over the weekend between two prominent Norwegian-Americans: Walter Mondale and Karl Rove.

Rove, architect…