Archive for May, 2010
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Friday, May 7th, 2010Another reason I like Craig Ferguson better. According to the Star Tribune’s Eric Roper: Conan O’Brien is heading to Minneapolis later this month to fundraise for former SNL colleague Al Franken — the second time in recent weeks that the senator has dipped into the show’s alumni pool to raise money. The reception and dinner with [...]
MINDEMAN JUMPS THE GUN
Friday, May 7th, 2010Dave Mindeman, writer for mnpACT! blog, certainly jumped the gun yesterday on the race for Governor. Mindeman (who has a harsh disdain for MDE ranking me the 8th Worst Person in Minnesota) created a list of rankings of where he thought the race stood. Mindeman had the race as listed Kelliher, Dayton, Entenza, Emmer, and [...]
VOTERS WON’T BASE ELECTION DECISION ON VIKINGS STADIUM
Friday, May 7th, 2010MinnPost.com filed a Freedom of Information Act request to get information about a series of market studies the Metropolitan Sports Commission conducted on a new Vikings Stadium. The full report can be viewed here. One interesting fact was that hardly any participant would base their vote for their state legislator on whether or not they [...]
EMMER CAMPAIGN MANAGER RESPONDS TO KSTP POLL
Friday, May 7th, 2010From Emmer for Governor Campaign Manager David Fitzsimmons: “While it’s nice to be ahead in any poll, with six months to go before the election, the most important takeaway from these numbers is the high number of voters who identify themselves as Republicans in Minnesota. Clearly voters are rejecting the overreaching policies of the Democrats [...]
JACOBS: DFL NOT UNITED
Friday, May 7th, 2010In last night’s KSTP-TV story on the Minnesota Governor’s race Minnesota Professor Larry Jacobs was interviewed about the results of the poll. Jacobs said: Emmer has locked down Republican support. While the DFL endorsed candidate is struggling to unify Democrats Stay tuned for more on the KSTP Poll Results
FRANKEN ON SENATE FLOOR, AND NO THIS ISN’T AN SNL SKIT
Friday, May 7th, 2010According to the LA Times Blog: All we can say is thank goodness Minnesota’s newest Democratic U.S. senator, Al Franken, was on duty Thursday. We were poring through one of America’s most glorious man-caused treasures — the 31 years of C-SPAN video archives, which The Ticket detailed with effusive praise here earlier this year. And [...]
MNGOP RESPONDS TO KSTP POLL
Friday, May 7th, 2010Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton issued the following statement tonight regarding KSTP’s new poll showing Republican Tom Emmer ahead of Democrat candidates Mark Dayton, Matt Entenza, and Margaret Anderson Kelliher in the race for governor. “Tonight’s new KSTP poll showing Rep. Tom Emmer leading Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher, former U.S. [...]
KSTP POLL RESULT VIDEO
Friday, May 7th, 2010KSTP SURVEY USA POLL RESULTS
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Today, KSTP-TV released its most recent Survey USA Poll Results on the current race for Minnesota Governor. General Election – Emmer vs Dayton – State Rep. Tom Emmer (R): 42% Former US Senator Mark Dayton (D): 34% Tom Horner (IP): 9% ———— Emmer vs Kelliher – State Rep. Tom Emmer (R): 41% Speaker Margaret Anderson [...]
WALL STREET JOURNAL ON MINNESOTA’S BUDGET ISSUES
Thursday, May 6th, 2010UPDATE: SURVEY USA POLL ON MN GOVERNOR’S RACE
Thursday, May 6th, 2010KSTP-TV has commissioned a poll through Survey USA of Minnesota voters on their thoughts on the Minnesota Race for Governor. Sources say some of the information could include questions about the DFL Primary Voters between Kelliher – Dayton – Entenza. Also head to head match ups with Republican endorsed candidate Tom Emmer and DFL candidates [...]
WHERE IS SPEAKER KELLIHER?
Thursday, May 6th, 2010As lawmakers are working hard to craft a resolution to the budget after the unallotment case brought on by Speaker Kelliher, she is no where to be found. A dedicated reader of MDE sent the following pictures of the Speaker’s parking spot. Empty. Speaker Kelliher needs to be here to clean up her mess. To [...]
MNGOP: KELLIHER IS UNALLOTMENT LAWSUIT RINGLEADER
Thursday, May 6th, 2010MNGOP Research Briefing: Will Kelliher FINALLY Produce Balanced Budget To Fix Problem She Created? May 2009 Kelliher Incapable Of Doing Her Job; Governor Does It For Her By Balancing Budget. “Gov. Tim Pawlenty promised Thursday to bring Minnesota’s deficit-ridden budget back into balance on his own if the session ends Monday without an accord, using [...]
DFL PUSHING IMPEACHMENT OF PAWLENTY?
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010According to DFL Rep. John Lesch the DFL House is thinking of impeaching Governor Pawlenty over the unallotment rumor. Really? Instead of trying to compromise and get a budget that’s your next move?
EMMER STATEMENT ON UNALLOTMENT RULING
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010Per Release from Campaign: In the latest example of judicial activism, the Minnesota Supreme Court, in a narrow 4-3 decision, took it upon itself to rewrite the unallotment statute to their liking by adding conditions on the executive branch that do not exist in the current statute. The law requires the governor to balance the [...]
KELLIHER JUMPS ON THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BANDWAGON
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010As offered on MDE earlier today DFLers including the Uptake, Rep. Kalin, and now Speaker Kelliher are falsely pushing the story that the court ruled that Pawlenty’s unallotments were unconstitutional. From MDE: Important note, the Court did NOT rule whether unallotment was constitutional. They only ruled that the case was over turned on another ” [...]
GOVERNOR PAWLENTY’S RESPONSE TO UNALLOTMENT RULING
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010Governor Pawlenty statement regarding the Minnesota Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision in the unallotment lawsuit Saint Paul – The following is a statement from Governor Tim Pawlenty regarding the Minnesota Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision in the unallotment lawsuit: “I strongly disagree with this 4-3 decision by the court. Nonetheless it will require the legislature and my [...]
TOM EMMER ON MPR
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010GOP Gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer answers questions in a statewide call-in program following his endorsement at the Republican State Convention Friday. Click Here to Listen to Audio
UNALLOTMENT RULING COULD COME TODAY
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010According to MPR’s Tom Scheck, the Minnesota Supreme Court may release its ruling on Governor Pawlenty’s use of unallotment. Republican Party of Minnesota Statement Republican Senate Caucus Statement UPDATE: Associated Press reporting that Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision that the unallotment “exceeded the authority granted to the executive branch by the statute [...]
CITY PAGES: UPTAKE UPROAR
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010Blog loses battle with group who says they are “compromising media” By Matt Snyders – City Pages Let’s start with a seemingly obvious question: What is a journalist? Twenty years ago, the answer would have been easy. Not so in an era when the gates are open to anyone with a camera to wield and [...]
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