Archive for December, 2009
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Friday, December 11th, 2009Minn. GOP to seek probe of Kelliher’s use of donations By Rachel Stassen-Berger The Minnesota Republican Party will file a formal complaint with the state campaign finance board against House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, asking the board to investigate Kelliher’s use of coordinated donations to purchase a DFL party database. Kelliher, who had already exceeded [...]
REP. EMMER CALLS FOR KELLIHER TO GIVE UP GAVEL
Friday, December 11th, 2009Tom Emmer: Kelliher Should End the Political Corruption and Step Down as Speaker Now Friday, December 11, 2009 Statement from Tom Emmer “As Speaker of the House, Margaret Anderson Kelliher has a tremendous amount of power and influence over the next legislative session. The special interests know this and are looking for any way to [...]
RPM TO DISCUSS KELLIHER CAMPAIGN FINANCE SCANDAL
Friday, December 11th, 2009Who: Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb What: Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb will discuss the campaign finance scandal involving DFL gubernatorial candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher Where: Room 181 of the Minnesota State Office Building, St. Paul When: 11:30 AM Today
KELLIHER’S ARTIFICIAL SUPPORT
Friday, December 11th, 2009Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher, who is also a candidate for DFL endorsement for Governor, has what seems to be a pretty solid list of DFL “activists” that would come out and caucus for her. Having many supporters to caucus for you is a crucial tactic in Minnesota to increase the chances of [...]
DID KELLIHER VIOLATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW?
Friday, December 11th, 2009In an earlier post, MDE linked to a story from MPR about internal strife over a DFL database file. This situation could also potentially turn into a campaign finance violation. MPR says Kelliher contacted the DFL to start raising money for her campaign for Governor: Kelliher wasn’t available to comment but her campaign manager Jaime [...]
MPR: OPPONENTS TAKING ISSUE WITH KELLIHER CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Friday, December 11th, 2009By Tom Scheck, Minneasota Public Radio St. Paul, Minn. — Some DFL opponents of House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher in the race for governor are crying foul over a move that may have violated campaign finance laws, but officials with Kelliher’s campaign and the DFL Party say it was an honest mistake that they reconciled. [...]
ATR: IT’S TIME FOR A SPENDING CAP IN MINNESOTA
Thursday, December 10th, 2009From Kelly William Cobb of Americans for Tax Reform on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 5:54 PM Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s proposed state spending cap took its first step forward on Monday. Following a rally with U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN-6) in the state capital rotunda, the Minnesota Senate Taxes Committee held its first hearing on a [...]
MR. 38%* HAL KIMBALL TAKES ANOTHER RUN
Thursday, December 10th, 2009DFL Blogger and failed Senate Candidate Hal Kimball has decided to take another shot at Senate District 18. In 2006, Hal received a mere 38% of the vote in (*And that’s after I rounded up) what was a banner year for the DFL. Kimball who claimed on Twitter earlier today that he’s ‘in it to [...]
RYBAK LIES ABOUT HIS RECORD ON CRIME
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Mayor Rybak is on the road kicking off his campaign for Governor and made a quick stop in Bemidji. The paper did a story about Rybak’s history with guns. The key quote from Rybak comes early in the story: “I have been the mayor of the largest city in the state who has successfully fought [...]
RAISE TAXES RYBAK TALKS TAX INCREASES
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Mayor Rybak has hit the road and is getting ready to R.aise T.axes on Minnesotans. My favorite line from the story from the Bemidji Pioneer is: “I’m also an extremely tough fiscal manager. It’s your tax dollars that I’m using.†Which seems odd to me considering Rybak championed a $500,000 pet project to build artisan [...]
MDE FOUNDER MICHAEL BRODKORB PROFILED ON ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Brodkorb’s recipe: thick skin and a sharp tongue by Betsy Sundquist Published: December 9,2009 Time posted: 4:50 pm Senate Republicans’ comm director remains a polarizing figure The only people who don’t have an opinion about Michael Brodkorb are those who have never met him. The man who serves as communication director for the Minnesota Senate [...]
UPDATED- OPEN THREAD: SENATE DISTRICT 26
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009With Senator Dick Day’s retirement yesterday a seat will be open for special election in the next few months in the Owatonna area. The seat has been in Republican hands for years. Any thoughts on this race? Any candidates thinking of running? I am hearing a few names, but nothing substantial yet. This is an [...]
THE TRUTH ABOUT MADORE’S SPENDING IN 2008
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Liberals have contended that conservatives spent hundreds of thousands of dollars more than Madore and her allies on the race for State House in District 37A. However, the information below proves that to be incorrect and in fact liberal groups outspent conservative groups by over $45,000. Democrats should end their sob story that Madore was [...]
HOUSE GOP SEND LETTER TO FRANKEN AND KLOBUCHAR
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009From the House Caucus website: ST. PAUL, December 8, 2009 – House Republican Minority Leader Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, and 20 other House Republicans today sent a letter to US Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken expressing the members’ opposition to the cap-and-trade bills making their way through Washington. Excerpts: Our agriculture industry would be [...]
MDE FROM THE ARCHIVES: SHELLY MADORE
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Today, several liberal blogs are posting that former State Representative Shelly Madore is going to run for US Congress against Congressman John Kline. Â Here is a sample of some of the old MDE Posts on Madore: HOLD ONTO YOUR WALLETS AND PURSES; THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOW IN POWER! Rep. Shelley Madore (D-Apple Valley) wants to [...]
MDE FROM THE ARCHIVES: SHELLY MADORE
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Today, several liberal blogs are posting that former State Representative Shelly Madore is going to run for US Congress against Congressman John Kline.  Here is a sample of some of the old MDE Posts on Madore: WHAT DID REPRESENTATIVE MADORE MEAN? by Michael Brodkorb – October 24, 2008 A dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed sent [...]
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM SENATOR DICK DAY ON RETIREMENT
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009State Senator Dick Day Will Resign Senate To Head New Effort to Bring Racino to Minnesota Day will become president of Racino Now, a grass roots coalition of business leaders, horse racing fans and citizens who want to bring racino to Minnesota St. Paul – Minnesota State Senator Dick Day (R-Owatonna) will resign his senate [...]
THE CONSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVE TO WELLSTONE ACTION
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Wellstone Action has spent the last several years since Sen. Wellstone’s tragic death training and motivating liberal activists across Minnesota. Recently, a conservative alternative American Majority has moved into Minnesota to train conservative activists. American Majority is a non-partisan non-profit organization located in St. Paul. The Minnesota office of American Majority has trained over 400 [...]
MNGOP: THE KELLEY RECORD – PART III
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009THE KELLEY RECORD Perennial Candidate, Extreme Liberal, Obstacle To Reform KELLEY IS OBSTACLE TO EDUCATION REFORM Kelley Considers Himself The “Education Candidate.†“As the education candidate, who better to run my campaign than someone who has been in the trenches in one of our great public schools?†(Steve Kelley, “A Letter From Steve About His [...]
MNGOP: THE KELLEY RECORD – PART II
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009THE KELLEY RECORD Perennial Candidate, Extreme Liberal, Obstacle To Reform KELLEY IS LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED STADIUMS Pioneer Press: “A Legislative Expert On Technology And Telecommunications, He Was Probably Best Known Outside The Capitol For Sponsoring Stadium Bills For The Minnesota Twins And Vikings.†(Bill Salisbury, “Kelley lays out education plan,†Pioneer Press, [...]
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