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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009THE KELLEY RECORD Perennial Candidate, Extreme Liberal, Obstacle To Reform KELLEY IS WASHINGTON GENERALS OF MINNESOTA POLITICS After Failing In Three Previous Attempts At Higher Office, Perennial Candidate Steve Kelley Is Running For Governor Again. “With at least a dozen green neckties at the ready and his mind on a mission, former state Sen. Steve [...]
DON’T MISS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ELECTION REFORM
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Kent Kaiser wrote the following piece about what needs to be done on election reform in Minnesota. The Duluth News Tribune also followed up with their own opinion on the matter. The writing is on the wall. Secretary of State Mark Richie has failed at his job and must go. By: Kent Kaiser, As printed [...]
KSTP TV ON SPENDING AMENDMENT RALLY
Monday, December 7th, 2009KSTP TV did a story during today’s broadcast on the Spending Amendment Rally at the Minnesota State Capitol. Â The video is below:
R.T. STANDS FOR RAISE TAXES
Monday, December 7th, 2009Republican Party of Minnesota Statement on Rybak Candidacy St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton today issued the following statement regarding the gubernatorial candidacy of R.T. Rybak. “R.T. Rybak puts the ‘R.T.’ in raise taxes. Whether he’s backing tax increases on property, gasoline or sales, Rybak is an extreme liberal who will go [...]
MNGOP RELEASE ON RALLY AT THE CAPITOL
Monday, December 7th, 2009Congresswoman Bachmann, Republican Leaders & Grassroots Activists Rally at State Capitol in Support of Governor Pawlenty’s Spending Accountability Amendment St. Paul- At a Capitol rally today, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Senator Amy Koch, Representative Paul Kohls, Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton, Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb and energized grassroots activists rallied in support of Governor [...]
RYBAK APPLAUDS OBSCENE T-SHIRT
Sunday, December 6th, 2009Thursday night Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak was at a Drinking Liberally event in Minneapolis. Â During his address to the crowd he told an attendee, “I like your shirt.” Â The shirt in question says F*CK COLEMAN. Â As in former United States Senator Norm Coleman. Â The video from the event is below. 45 minutes later, Rybak again [...]
UPDATED & CONFIRMED: RUMOR GOV. HALEY BARBOUR TO KEYNOTE LINCOLN-REAGAN DINNER
Saturday, December 5th, 2009Rumors coming out of the Republican Party of Minnesota State Central Meeting in St. Cloud After speaking people close to the Republican Party of Minnesota I can now confirm that Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour will be the keynote at the annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner in 2010.  Gov. Barbour is also the chairman of the Republican Governors Association. Biography from [...]
UPDATED: SOUTH DAKOTA POLITICAL BLOG PICKS UP ENTENZA STORY
Saturday, December 5th, 2009UPDATED: Apparently, Hal Kimball has a hard time reading my blog. Â If you actually read each word of what’s posted below you will know that the area that was pasted into the post was from SOUTH DAKOTA WAR COLLEGE. The “I” in the post below is the writer of South Dakota War College. Â Which is [...]
JUDY JUDY JUDY!
Friday, December 4th, 2009Judy Grundstrom, blogger at Just Judy Judy Judy, wrote a post today on her blog about MDE. Â The post began after we had a conversation on twitter where I asked her why Tarryl Clark (Judy hosted a fundraiser for Clark in Minneapolis on 12/3) liked to spend more time hanging out with Minneapolis Liberals than [...]
ENTENZA SKIPS TOWN, RAISES MONEY WITH WASHINGTON ELITISTS
Friday, December 4th, 2009According to Star Tribune’s HotDishPolitics, former State Rep. Matt Entenza made his second out of state fundraiser last night to drum up support in Washington, D.C. One of the host members is Terry McAullife who also spent millions of dollars of his own money and was recently trounced in the Virginia Democratic Primary for Governor. [...]
CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELE BACHMANN TO ATTEND SPENDING RALLY ON DECEMBER 7
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Congresswoman Michele Bachmann to Speak at December 7th Capitol Rally in Support of Governor Pawlenty’s Spending Accountability Amendment St. Paul- The Republican Party of Minnesota today announced that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann will appear at the Party’s December 7th rally at the Capitol Rotunda in support of Governor Tim Pawlenty’s Spending Accountability Amendment alongside Representative Paul [...]
MINNPOST: CD6 UNION SCREENING
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009The CD6 DFL Battle is turning into a playground squabble across the district. This time it’s over Union endorsements. Doug Grow from MinnPost has the story: Union Screening: Was She or Wasn’t She? Javier Morillo, president of Local 26 of the Service Employees International Union, says that Dr. Maureen Reed’s campaign is “lying” when it [...]
TAXIN’ TARRYL CLARK HOLDS ANOTHER EVENT OUT OF CD6
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Taxin’ Tarryl Clark is holding another out of district event tonight. This evening, it will be held in Minneapolis which is squarely in the 5th District. Obviously Tarryl Clark feels much more comfortable with big city liberals than the voters of the Sixth Congressional District.
SEN. MICHEL: DFL CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR WANT TO RAISE YOUR TAXES
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Michel: DFL gov candidates all using same playbook: Raise taxes! by Geoff Michel in Politics In Minnesota Blog: Reading all the horse race-coverage of the 2010 campaign for governor, it’s striking to see how all the DFL candidates continue to use the same old playbook, with the same old directions: “Raise taxes, make the wealthy [...]
WILL TARRYL CLARK STAND WITH HER CONSTIUENTS?
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009The St. Cloud Times posted an opinion piece today online promoting a lift on the moratorium on nuclear energy in Minnesota. State Senator Tarryl Clark was in a very small minority of No votes last legislative session. Call Sen. Clark’s Office today and ask her if she plans on changing her vote to support long-term [...]
STATEMENT FROM MINNESOTA SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER ON BUDGET FORECAST
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009“Today’s budget announcement shows once again that Minnesota’s government has a spending problem,†said Minnesota Senate Republican Leader David Senjem (R-Rochester). “Our current budget size and deficit is a result of insatiable spending and expansion of government bureaucracy and programs.  The answer to solving the budget deficit is not to raise taxes, but to help [...]
TOM CONLON ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR STATE AUDITOR
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009CONLON TO SEEK REPUBLICAN ENDORSEMENT FOR MINNESOTA STATE AUDITOR IN 2010 Former St. Paul School Board Member Tom Conlon announced today that he will seek the Republican Party endorsement for Minnesota State Auditor. “In difficult economic times for families and taxpayers, as well as Minnesota’s local governments, accountability in how we spend our tax dollars [...]
DOWNEY NAMED CO-CHAIR OF SMALL BUSINESS CAUCUS
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Rep. Keith Downey Named to Co-Chair the House Small Business Caucus ST. PAUL—State Representative Keith Downey (District 41A, Edina) has been named a co-chair of the bipartisan Minnesota House of Representatives Small Business Caucus. The group of legislators from around the state has convened to improve the state’s overall environment for small businesses and entrepreneurial growth. [...]
ANGRY AL FRANKEN HAS RETURNED
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Senator Al Franken has a long history of having an explosive amount of anger. According to a report by Politico, Angry Al made a recent come back during a conversation with Senator Bob Corker. Here’s the except from the story: “In a chamber where relationship-building is seen as critical, some GOP senators question whether Franken’s [...]
NEW MNGOP AD BLASTS WALZ’S VOTE FOR GOV’T RUN HEALTH CARE
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009New Ad Debuts As Walz Reelection Prospects Downgraded St. Paul- On the same day the non-partisan Cook Political Report (subscription required) downgraded the reelection prospects of DFL Rep. Tim Walz, Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton announced that the Party would begin running radio advertisements in the First Congressional District about Walz’s votes for [...]
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