Archive for March, 2010
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Monday, March 15th, 2010Governor Tim Pawlenty signed the Bonding Bill today in part and vetoing others. The total price tag was $680m which was within the guidelines presented as affordable under long term forecasts. Check back with MDE as more details become available. Update: Governor Pawlenty sent a letter to Speaker Kelliher to outline his line item vetoes. [...]
MNGOP ANNOUNCES RALLY WITH PALIN & BACHMANN
Monday, March 15th, 2010per release- St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb today announced that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will appear at an April 7, 2010 rally with Representative Michele Bachmann at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The rally will be free and open to the public. Details on how to obtain [...]
HOWARD DEAN ENDORSES RYBAK
Monday, March 15th, 2010According to MPR former DNC chair Howard Dean is endorsing RT Rybak for Governor. Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor turned presidential candidate turned head of the Democratic National Committee, announced today that he’s supporting Democrat R.T. Rybak’s campaign for governor. Rybak’s campaign manager, Tina Smith, said Dean contacted Rybak’s campaign to see how he [...]
THE UPTAKE’S “JOURNALIST”
Saturday, March 13th, 2010Yet again, The Uptake’s new capitol “journalist” has stepped in it. Today on Twitter when referring to the rally to block government takeover of health care she had this to say: Does anyone actually believe the Uptake is objective?
KILL THE BILL RALLY
Saturday, March 13th, 2010Below are the details to today’s Rally at the Minnesota Capitol to “Kill the Bill. To read more about today’s rally click here. Congresswoman Bachmann was on the Sean Hannity show this week to promote the rally. You can listen to that below:
KELLIHER TRIES TO RAISE MONEY OFF POLL
Friday, March 12th, 2010Margaret Anderson Kelliher sent out an email to supporters asking for money and using the recent Rasmussen Poll as evidence that her support is growing. Interesting considering in the poll Kelliher is losing to Tom Emmer and Marty Seifert. The poll also shows her with the third highest unfavorable rating behind Sen. Franken and Mark [...]
RASMUSSEN REPORT PART 2
Friday, March 12th, 2010Today, Rasmussen Report outlined some more findings from its recent poll of Minnesota voters. Interesting numbers: 46% of Minnesotans disapprove of the job that Sen. Franken is doing while only 30% disapprove of Sen. Klobuchar. Obviously, Sen. Franken’s negatives continue to be quite high in the Gopher state. Tim Pawlenty’s job numbers have remained steady. [...]
SEIFERT ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN TEAM
Friday, March 12th, 2010Today, the Seifert for Governor campaign released information on their entire campaign staff. These are some of the brightest Republican operatives in the state. Per Release: (Saint Paul, MN) Representative Marty Seifert announced new additions to his campaign staff today. Seifert stated, “I am very excited to work with such an enthusiastic and hard working [...]
UPDATE: RASMUSSEN POLL ON MINNESOTA’S GUBERNATORIAL RACE
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Rasmussen Reports released a recent poll on the Minnesota Governor’s Race. A few of the numbers immediately stand out. 53% of Minnesotans oppose the Health Care Reform plan in Congress. 49% of Minnesotans disapprove of the job of President Obama. Obama received 54% of the vote in the 2008 election. 30% of Minnesotans have an unfavorable opinion [...]
DFL PASSES DEBT BILL
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Today, House DFLers again passed the $1 billion bonding bill. Governor Pawlenty has signaled that he will sign the bill while using his ability to line item veto some parts. As written on MDE before here, here, and here this bonding bill is quite bloated and well outside the guidelines of an affordable solution. The [...]
TAXPAYERS LEAGUE FOUNDER ENDORSES EMMER FOR GOVERNOR
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Taxpayers League Found Mike Wigley endorses Rep. Emmer Saint Paul – Mike Wigley, the founder of the Taxpayers League of Minnesota announced today he is supporting Tom Emmer for Governor. Wigley cited Rep. Emmer’s strong track record as an advocate for lowering taxes and reducing government spending as the main reason for his endorsement. “I’ve [...]
SENATOR SENJEM ENDORSES SEIFERT FOR GOVERNOR
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Senate Minority Leader Dave Senjem endorsed Rep. Marty Seifert today in his bid for Governor. Press Release forthcoming. This gives MDE a chance to list all legislative endorsements here.
DCCC RED TO BLUE: MINNESOTA NO WHERE TO BE FOUND
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Late last night, CQ Politics released a story about the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s announcement of its Red to Blue list. In the past, this list included seats the Congressional Democrats would be spending heavily to try and win. This year’s list includes 13 races. Most notably MN3 and MN6 are left off the list. [...]
SEIFERT TO ANNOUNCE IMPORTANT ENDORSEMENT AT 11AM
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Seifert for Governor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ST PAUL – Marty Seifert will hold a press conference today at 11:00am in room 181 at the State Office Building to unveil an important campaign endorsement. WHEN: 11:00am Wednesday, March 10th WHERE: State Office Building, Room 181 WHAT: Campaign Endorsement
OBERSTAR FLIPS, FLOPS, FLIPS, AND FLOPS AGAIN
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Rep. Jim Oberstar has continually been changing his mind about where he stands on Obamacare. First Oberstar was leaning yes, then leaning no, and then undecided. Well, according to published reports in The Hill, ABCnews.com and Minnesota Public Radio, the correct answer is that he is all three. As Minnesota Public Radio’s Tom Scheck writes in today’s Daily Digest, [...]
THE GREAT ESCAPE AT CITY HALL
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010The Star Tribune has a very interesting story about a blogger who was assisted by an aide to RT Rybak to duck a deputy trying to serve him a lawsuit: After learning last week that a sheriff’s deputy was about to serve him a lawsuit in Minneapolis City Hall, a North Side activist slipped out [...]
MNGOP DELEGATE UPDATE
Monday, March 8th, 2010This weekend held the last of the large big local Republican conventions. Effectively, the race for the Republican nomination for Governor is in the home stretch. In the next 68 days both candidates will work to persuade more delegates to come to their sides. The totals below include information on 90% (116/130 district conventions) of [...]
MNGOP DELEGATE COUNT CHAT
Monday, March 8th, 2010Live Tonight – 8:00PM We want to hear your reaction to the latest delegate count between Rep. Tom Emmer & Rep. Marty Seifert. Sign into the MDE Live Chat and give your feedback on the race. MNGOP Delegate Results
MNGOP ENDORSEMENT LIST FOR GOVERNOR
Monday, March 8th, 2010Click Here to see the list of all legislative endorsements for both Marty Seifert and Tom Emmer.
EMMER ADDS MORE ENDORSEMENTS
Monday, March 8th, 2010Campaign Press Release – Former Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer adds significant conservative and Greater Minnesota credentials Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer (R-Big Lake), the two-term Minnesota Secretary of State and influential conservative leader announced today she is supporting Tom Emmer for Governor. Rep. Tony Cornish (R-Good Thunder) also announced his support, adding two more important names [...]
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