Dave Mindeman has written another thoughtful piece (on the MNPact website) on the endorsement process and the primary. [The endorsement] process gives us a pretty clear method for vetting the candidates as well. The candidates meet with knowledgeable and active policy people who ask the tough questions and exact real answers. This is needed and [...]
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 [...]
The short answer is that the Star-Tribune says Margaret Anderson Kelliher will be Minnesota’s next governor … will that happen ? With four months to go and a primary election to win, anything can happen … yet the vector is turning in MAK’s favor. First off, let’s commend the Strib for endorsing a candidate on [...]
I have it on good authority that the Entenza campaign is upset about Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s KSTP / League of Women voters debate comment about “astroturfing.” Margaret said: “I’m proud that I have 3,500 contributors to this campaign,” Kelliher countered. “Matt, the kind of campaign you’ve run is Astroturf, the kind that you buy. We [...]
updated 8/2/2010 at 11:38 am. Tom Scheck recently covered the KSTP/ League of women voters debate here http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/08/01/dfl-debate-writeup/ I joined Gather.com to discuss Tom’s post (no comments at bottom of his post allowed, I noticed) Here’s what I said on Gather.com: I was disappointed in Tom’s reaction. Spar? Margaret Anderson Kelliher is running a very [...]
“There are all sorts of reasons why more can’t be done, but once again, I’m not a student of Washington D.C.” was the response from DFL gubernatorial candidate Matt Entenza when he was asked if he was disappointed in President Barack Obama. Great soundbyte for the General Election, Mr. Entenza ! Mr. Entenza then went [...]
Sarah Palin is one smart operator as exemplified by her latest web-commercial … The Mama Grizzlies Are Taking Over ! “You thought pitbulls were tough? Well, you don’t wanna mess with the Mama Grizzlies!” “It seems like it’s kind of a mom awakening in the last year and a half,” says Palin, as clips of [...]
As the story of Tom Emmer believing in $100,000 per year wait staff and suggesting we cut the minimum wage for those workers with a tip credit spirals out of control in the media and on the blogs, the various gubernatorial campaigns have begun to pile on. Earlier today, Matt Entenza sent out a press [...]
OK…it’s been a while since I posted here, so let’s stir things up a bit. We’ll bypass the candidate press releases and delve a little deeper past the spin machine. Many of you have made up your mind for that August 10th primary date, but who emerges from that [...]
DFL Gubernatorial candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher picked up a key endorsement today from the United Auto Workers of Minnesota. As Kelliher does her best to distance herself from challengers Matt Entenza and Mark Dayton, the union endorsement will undoubtedly help bring credibility and muscle to her campaign leading into the primary. And if there was [...]
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