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Finally, the race is on … no, not the preliminary AnyoneButRomney time-waster, but the real race … the money race … and on Thursday, Mitt Romney was in full “open-your-wallet” mode. Approximately, 700 donors paid $2,500 to have dinner with the presumptive Republican nominee at the White Palace (surely, they were hoping to enjoy a Follow this link to read more of: Who Will Respond : You’re nothing but a worthless coal miner. cross posted from Penigma.bogspot.com: If they cheat to get elected, how can you expect those people from that kind of a party to give you honest government? Clearly, you can’t expect honest government, and the conservatives who do it won’t deliver it to you – and neither will those who don’t engage in corruption, but still are Follow this link to read more of: Crooked Conservatives and Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression; The bane of many politician’s life is the constant demand of fundraising … yet, if Collin Peterson (D-MN-07) has endured these “rubber chicken” banquets, he might as well find something to do that he enjoys. Congressman Peterson’s Valley PAC may not generate the monies as the million dollars raised by Michele PAC, but it sure Follow this link to read more of: MN-07 : Peterson Hunts Fundraising Fun Have you received an email regarding the “Congressional Reform Act of 2011” ? Emails were swirling when the 112th Congress was sworn in January encouraging people to contact their Members of Congress to support a proposed Amendment to the Constitution based on the “Congressional Reform Act of 2011“. Reading the proposal, I saw some factual Follow this link to read more of: Congressional Reform Act of 2011 Ignites Grassroots But Ignores the 86% Problem Step aside, Speaker Boehner … Stand back, Majority Leader Cantor … Out of the way, Majority Whip McCarthy … Take the adjective “powerful” from Education and Workforce Chairman Kline … There’s two new Voices for the Republican Party … Andy Harris (R-MD-01) and John Culberson (R-TX-07) Who is not the question, but Why ? ‘cause Follow this link to read more of: Harris, Culberson – The New Voices of the Republicans “Bottom line is, we are broke and it’s time to cut-up Washington’s credit card. I wasn’t sent here to continue the status quo or kick the can down the road for another six months. If we want our children to enjoy the quality of life that we have, inaction is simply not an option.” – Follow this link to read more of: MN-08 : Cravaack Travel Expenses Soar in Second Quarter Steve Quist wrote an interesting piece assessing the suggestion that Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is vulnerable for defeat in 2012 … thus prompting the discussion : Who is vulnerable ? Considering various polls indicating that Congress holds a positive view at 13% and President Obama’s approval number dipped below 40, the quick answer is EVERYBODY. Follow this link to read more of: 2012 Minnesota Vulnerability Ratings As the results of the Iowa Straw Poll were announced, the thought of Christian Laettner’s assessment seemed fitting. A little background for those not familiar with Christian Laettner. Laettner played college basketball for the Duke University Blue Devils, starring on the 1991 and 1992 NCAA champion teams and then won a Gold Medal at the Follow this link to read more of: Christian Picks Winner in Iowa Straw Poll ADAGE : Liars Figure and Figures Lie HEADLINE : Pawlenty Up 33% While Romney Holds and Others Falter STORY : Although Republican Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has barely spent time nor money in Michigan, the latest poll shows his number is up while George Romney’s son, Mitt, polls steadily in the low 20s — well Follow this link to read more of: Poll : Pawlenty UP; Romney STEADY, Others DOWN After the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United case opened the doors for unlimited campaign contributions, voters were not surprised by the expansion of attack ads targeting candidates … but now the Politico is reporting that fliers are being sent to inform voters to return absentee ballots in two Wisconsin recall elections, for a date Follow this link to read more of: WISC-SD-10 : Free Speech Does Not Guarantee Factual Speech Last week, while Michele Bachmann was keeping bloggers busy fact checking and Mitt Romney was doing his best No I Didn’t Say What I Said impression, Tim Pawlenty was doing what Republican candidates do … talking Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. During the Q&A, “Soon-To-Be-President” Pawlenty was asked if his foreign policy Follow this link to read more of: Circa 2013, Pawlenty Celebrates Independence Day For all the complaining that the House Republicans did about the last Congress, they certainly are slow to get started. This week, Education and Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN-02) will hold his first committee meeting … and Thursday and Friday the House is not scheduled to be in session. So much for focusing on JOBS. Follow this link to read more of: Tax Trap : Cutting Govt Spending May Not Mean Cutting the Deficit Most residents in HD-24-B know that Tony Cornish (R) is proud of his rural heritage (just check the billboards) and most also know that Mr. Cornish was a Conservation Officer before being elected to represent the District. But now, voters are learning that the Minnesota’s budget problems are caused by “wasteful government spending for tropical Follow this link to read more of: Blame Minnesota Budget Problems on Bird Lovers Yesterday I went out to the Dakota County Fair to volunteer at the DFL booth. We had some volunteers and a candidate (Sigrid) in attendance. Sigrid Iverson is running for MN State House for 36B. It was a beautiful Minnesota day and I was surprised with the turn out of fair goers for the first Follow this link to read more of: 36B MN State House Candidate Sigrid Iverson is “The Answer”. We are getting really close to the primary, August 10th to be exact. I saw the results yesterday of the KSTP/Service USA poll and it showed that Mark Dayton had around 43% of the vote and Margaret Anderson Kelliher had 27%. Leaving Matt Enteza with 22%. When you look at any type of poll, you Follow this link to read more of: The MN Tower of Babel |
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