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PoliTweeps: Dems take aim at Target’s backing of pro-Emmer TV spots

By Paul Schmelzer | 07.19.10 | 3:46 pm

Around the local Twitterverse, the buzz is about Target’s name appearing among funders behind the conservative group MN Forward’s new pro-Tom Emmer TV commercials. Plus, Rep. Michele Bachmann gets House approval for her

TakeAction Minnesota ramps up role in gubernatorial contest

By Paul Demko | 09.25.09 | 10:59 am

Minnesota Democrats haven’t won a gubernatorial contest in more than two decades. TakeAction Minnesota is hoping a statewide organizing campaign will help end that electoral drought in 2010.

Live video: Franken at Harkin Steak Fry in Iowa, Sunday afternoon

By Chris Steller | 09.13.09 | 11:25 am

2009sfLogoU.S. Sen. Al Franken is the featured speaker at the Harkin Steak Fry in Iowa today. He is scheduled to take the podium at 3:10 p.m., right after event namesake Sen. Tom Harkin. The hourlong program should…

Video: Wellstone on grassroots leadership

By Chris Steller | 06.09.09 | 1:15 pm

wellstoneYesterday we posted video of Norm Coleman speaking at the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference about cultivating “grass e-roots” to grow a movement based on conservative values. After the jump, see a clip of the man Coleman replaced in…

Caucuses will test mettle of progressive Camp Wellstone grads

By Chris Steller | 03.02.09 | 10:32 pm

When locals gather to choose delegates at DFL precinct caucuses Tuesday, three Minneapolis City Council candidates will be looking for the first signs of success from skills they picked up at a recent weekend at Camp Wellstone.