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Video: Podemos con Obama

By Molly Priesmeyer | 06.02.08 | 10:34 am

Music producer/guitarist Andres Levin created “Podemos con Obama,” a Spanish-language song and video inspired by the “Yes We Can” viral vid. Levin worked with will.i.am on “Yes We Can.” “Podemos con Obama” features Alejandro Sanz, Paulino Rubio, and members of…

Hoax: Kantor clip slamming Indiana was a video editor’s creation

By Steve Perry | 05.03.08 | 8:21 am

Yesterday we wrote about the dust kicked up among the Washington press corps by a video bite from YouTube in which Hillary Clinton adviser Mickey Kantor appeared to slam the people of Indiana — whose Democratic primary, of…

Aschburner Back on the Wolves Beat — and More

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.01.07 | 6:50 am

Ousted Stribber lands Sports Illustrated gig: Steve Aschburner, former president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association and longtime Star Tribune sports reporter, has scored another job writing about the NBA. In April, Aschburner signed up for a buyout, then quickly…

The Iffy Edition: Dahl Out at KSTP? No GOP YouTube Debates?

By Paul Schmelzer | 07.27.07 | 8:24 am

GOP YouTube debates unraveling: The Star Tribune reports that plans for the Republican version of the recent CNN/YouTube debate among Democratic presidential hopefuls might be “falling apart.” Rudy Giuliani can’t make the Sept. 17 event, and only

St. Paul: Now Starring on YouTube

By Sara Reller | 03.30.07 | 10:20 am

St. Paul City Council and Board of Education candidates have been smiling for the camera. St. Paul E-Democracy has given all candidates a chance to have their say and make it available on YouTube.

Ten candidates have already taken advantage…

Prager to Ellison: “Bring a bible along.”

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.07.06 | 8:26 pm

To counteract the “undermin[ing] of American civilization” and the “embolden[ing] of Islamic extremists” hell-bent on the “Islamicization of America” that’ll result from taking an oath on the Qu’ran, Keith Ellison need only do one thing, said Dennis Prager in…

Tim Walz videos hit YouTube

By Leigh Pomeroy | 08.24.06 | 10:01 pm

Tim Walz videos have hit YouTube. Posted by a user named GoTimGo, the current offerings include The Cowbarn Moo-vie: Tim Walz on Agriculture plus extensive clips from the Walz-Gutknecht debate in Owatonna.