Survey USA whittled down 1000 potential voters to determine that 656 were likely to vote this November. That’s the first bit of bad news … of the 1000, 926 were registered to vote … a very good ratio , but the drop-off is significant … in a democracy, it does no good to have people [...]
Did you notice how many colleges in our area have nicknames featuring animals ? There are the Golden Gophers for Minnesota, the Bison for North Dakota State, the Jackrabbits for South Dakota State, the Hawkeyes for Iowa, the Badgers for Wisconsin … do you know John Kline’s favorite … anybody guess the Corinthian Colleges Cash [...]
Reader Note : This is a follow-up commentary to a previous commentary about how the two approached the jobs issue (here’s the link). Oh, it was quite a show that John Kline (R-MN-02) put on …. err, is still putting on … the curtain may have come down, but the spinning has now begun. Mr. [...]
QUERY : Do you want your Congressman to put on a show, or work to help businesses HIRE you ? Newsflash : In case you didn’t get the word yet, the showman representing Minnesota’s Second District has an announcement : Minnesota Congressman John Kline is hosting a Career and Jobs Fair from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., [...]
I guess congratulations should be extended to John Kline (R-MN-02) as Pat Kessler reports that at $129,905, Mr. Kline leads all active members of the Minnesota Congressional delegation in “donations received” from Big Oil. Funny, how Mr. Kline likes to focus on the evils of “earmarks” that are tainted by being “based on a member’s [...]
The House Republicans have started a new project to poll on spending cuts that Congress should enact. Accepting suggestions is at their determination (so no sense in questioning why the Republicans approved $485 Million for an alternate engine for the Joint Strike Fighter plane … that Presidents Bush and Obama both said is wasteful and [...]
As the Minnesota legislative session was coming to an end, there were a number of soul-searching votes that we entrusted our elected officials to make. We hope they vote in “our” interest and not just following party leaders’ instructions. Reviewing those votes, I was struck by an authorization that was easily approved by the Minnesota [...]
The headline of the Minnesota’s Republican Party’s Second Congressional District convention in Red Wing on March 20 that the delegates came within two votes of supporting a resolution supporting what state party chair Tony Sutton described as “the right of states to secede from the union,” one had to wonder what the First District convention [...]
QUERY : Did Norm Coleman, Dennis Frederickson. Steve Dille and Paul Koering wear a White hat, Black hat or the Wrong hat ? That question forms the basis of the advice offered by former First District Minnesota Congressman Tim Penny … Rule # 9 : Avoid Those Candidates With Partisan Tendencies As with most of [...]
The US Census is important for two reasons : 1.) How monies will be distributed to local governments for schools, roads, health care and other critical programs 2.) Congressional Districts will be reshaped … and there is a definite possibility that Minnesota may lose one House seat. Whatever the configuration of the new districts, there [...]
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