Archive for February, 2008
« Previous EntriesFROM STAR TRIBUNE: “PAWLENTY SAID THAT TAX INCREASES WERE A NON-STARTER”
Friday, February 29th, 2008“As he has in the past, Pawlenty said that tax increases were a non-starter. ‘I will not be supporting a tax increase to get revenue into the system,’ he said.” Source: Star Tribune, February 29, 2008 Click here for the complete story. While Governor Pawlenty rules out tax increases to solve the budget deficit, DFL [...]
BREAKING NEWS: CIRESI CAMPAIGN MANAGER UNLOADS ON FRANKEN OVER SERIAL DISHONESTY ON IRAQ
Friday, February 29th, 2008I heard rumblings yesterday from a dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed that Mike Ciresi's campaign had sent out a mailing contrasting Ciresi's and Al Franken's public comments about the war in Iraq. In an e-mail sent out in the last hour, Mike Ciresi's campaign manager accuses Team Franken of distorting "the truth by saying [...]
BE AFRAID: DFL LEGISLATIVE LEADERS REFUSE TO RULE OUT TAX INCREASES
Friday, February 29th, 2008This is a video clip of DFL legislative leaders speaking at a press conference about the budget forecast. In the clip, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Tarryl Clark refuses to rule out tax increases. Clark said she wouldn’t answer a “hypothetical question.”
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “STATEMENT ON LT. GOVERNOR MOLNAU”
Friday, February 29th, 2008I received this press release late yesterday afternoon. ### St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today issued the following statement regarding Lt. Governor Carol Molnau. "Today's action against Lt. Governor Molnau again shows that Democrats in this state are more interested in destructive partisan games than in getting things done. Democrats like [...]
SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER CALLS REMOVAL OF MOLNAU “POLITICAL EXECUTION”
Friday, February 29th, 2008"Republicans described the confirmation vote as a political attempt to lay fault for the bridge collapse on Molnau and to blame her for decades of the Legislature's failure at properly funding transportation. 'Stop passing the buck,' said Sen. Betsy Wergin, R-Princeton. Senate Minority Leader Dave Senjem, R-Rochester, called the ouster a 'political execution.'" Source: Star [...]
BOB OLSON’S CAMPAIGN RECEIVES A WELL-DESERVED SMACK DOWN FROM GARY GROSS
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Gary Gross at Let Freedom Ring Blog has completely obliterated the press release from Bob Olson's campaign which attacked Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Gary's post is a must read.
HOW DOES THIS SQUARE WITH FRANKEN MOCKING THE CARLETON COLLEGE STUDENT?
Thursday, February 28th, 2008This is a real whopper from Team Franken: "'Al is taking this campaign seriously, and if he uses humor, it will only be in the service of talking about the very serious reasons he is running for the Senate,' Franken spokesman Andy Barr said." Source: Associated Press, February 28, 2008 Click here for the complete [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “STATEMENT ON STATE BUDGET FORECAST”
Thursday, February 28th, 2008St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey issued the following statement today regarding the release of new state budget numbers. "Today's state budget estimate again reinforces that the last thing we should be doing is raising taxes on hard working Minnesotans. Governor Pawlenty and Republicans understand that government must live within its means [...]
MURPHY’S GETTING HIS WISH: SENATE DEBATING REMOVAL OF MOLNAU
Thursday, February 28th, 2008The Minnesota Senate is currently debating the confirmation of Transportation Commissioner Carol Molnau. According to today's Star Tribune, Murphy "has been itching to take down" Molnau: "State Sen. Steve Murphy has been itching to take down Transportation Commissioner Carol Molnau. For years. Not just since the Interstate 35W bridge fell. Murphy may finally get [...]
LTE FROM MN GOP CHAIRMAN RON CAREY: “FRANKEN DEMONSTRATES HE’S NOT RIGHT FOR THE JOB”
Thursday, February 28th, 2008"To the editor, During a recent visit to International Falls, DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken sought to dramatically reinvent himself. Given his long history of extreme and nasty name calling, I would advise all readers of this newspaper to be very wary of Franken’s election year rhetoric. To be sure, the kind of ugly [...]
FOX 9: “GOP CHAIR SUMMONS DFL CHAIR TO DEBATE TRANSPORTATION BILL”
Thursday, February 28th, 2008"ST. PAUL – In a confrontational and provoking letter addressed to DFL Chair Brian Melendez Wednesday, Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey called attention to the employment issue and extended an invitation to enter in a series of debates regarding the $6.6 billion transportation bill. In the letter, Carey calls attention to new numbers [...]
NO WIRELESS SIGNAL ON AIRCARD, NO LIVE-BLOG
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008I am at the 3rd CD DFL debate, but I can’t get a wireless signal on my aircard. I can’t live-blog the debate, but I’ll do a large post on the debate later tonight.
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “CHAIRMAN RON CAREY ISSUES OPEN LETTER TO DFL CHAIRMAN BRIAN MELENDEZ”
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today issued an open letter to DFL Chair Brian Melendez regarding Minnesota’s economy and the Democrats’ $6.6 billion dollar tax increase. Chairman Carey also extended an invitation to Chair Melendez to debate the Democrat transportation bill and the state budget deficit in a series of eight [...]
LEGISLATOR THREATENED: END CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS OR DAMAGING INFORMATION WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU; LEGISLATOR DOES’T END CAMPAIGN, MN PUBLIUS POSTS INFORMTION
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008This is a really sad story. According to the Rochester Post-Bulletin, Representative Randy Demmer received a threating phone call instructing him to end his campaign for Congress, or damaging information would be released against him. "A couple weeks ago, state Rep. Randy Demmer received an ominous call. It was a warning, delivered through an intermediary [...]
MDE FROM THE ARCHIVES: SPEAKER REMOVED DFL LEGISLATORS FROM TAX COMMITTEE FOR VOTING AGAINST DFL’S TAX BILL
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008As I predicted yesterday, Democrats in Minnesota have started to cry foul because the six Republicans (the Override Six) in the House of Representatives who voted to override Governor Pawlenty's veto of the DFL transit bill are being reprimanded. But as I wrote yesterday, it is Minnesota Democrat who have the long history of punishing [...]
AP: “GOVERNOR LASHES BACK; SAYS OVERRIDE WILL SPARK ‘TAX REVOLT’”
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008"Pawlenty sternly rebuked lawmakers who voted to override his veto of a bill raising the gas tax, local sales taxes and vehicle registration fees to pay for $6.6 billion in transportation projects. Eight Republicans in the Legislature joined every Democrat in supporting the first successful override attempt during Pawlenty's tenure. 'You can mark the calendar, [...]
DFLER IN ABLER’S DISTRICT TELLS MPR THAT SHE CAN’T AFFORD GAS TAX INCREASE
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008"Even the Democrats who stop by Casey's think raising say raising the gas tax is a bad move. Anoka DFLer Kelly Witthuhn said she can't afford it. 'We're all struggling around here just to keep our houses,' she said. 'A lot of us around here around here are going into foreclosure almost because we can't [...]
STAR TRIBUNE: “6 GOP LEGISLATORS STRIPPED OF LEADERSHIP POSITIONS”
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008"Less than 24 hours after six rogue Republican House members voted to override a veto of a $6.6 billion transportation bill, they were stripped of leadership positions, a swift – and unusual – recrimination that was intended to 'stitch together' a fractious House Republican caucus." Source: Star Tribune, February 26, 2008 Click here for the [...]
BREAKING NEWS FROM FROM THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS: “SEIFERT ANNOUNCES NEW REPUBLICAN LEADS”
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008I just received this press release from the House Republican Caucus. The Override Six have been removed from their leadership positions within the House Republican Caucus. ### SAINT PAUL — (February 26, 2008) — State Representative Marty Seifert today announced the six Republicans who voted to override Governor Tim Pawlenty's veto have been removed from [...]
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS HAVE A HISTORY PUNISHING OTHER MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS FOR STRAYING FROM PARTY IDEOLOGY
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Over the next few days, I'm sure Democrats in Minnesota will cry foul if the six Republicans (the Override Six) in the House of Representatives who voted to override Governor Pawlenty's veto of the DFL transit bill are reprimanded. But before Minnesota Democrats attempt to label Republican as being unfair, let's remember that it is [...]
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