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PAWLENTY : O Captain, My Captain, Wherefore art thou O Captain?

Arne Carlson, Minnesota’s former governor and a man that I voted for both times, was on Tim Penny’s radio program on Friday discussing Governor Tim Pawlenty demanding that “the governor do his job as stated by law”. “State law requires that he submit a balanced budget for the out years and he is — frankly

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Race to the Top Funding, Thissen's Bill of Rights

Cross posted here. So far those at the Capitol are trying their best to leave the classroom untouched by cuts as they work to balance the state budget. Here’s what’s happening on the educational front this week: April 19, 2010, at the Capitol: This week Race to the Top funding stakeholders will come together to

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Minnesota Congressional District 2, photos, Dan Powers Endorsed

Dan Powers talks with a delegate Dan Powers was endorsed on the second ballot today at the Minnesota Congressional District 2 convention.  Dan, who will take on John Kline this November, spoke from his heart and knew us all by name. There were blue Dan Powers shirts everywhere, and he energized the crowd by speaking

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Candidate for Governor Paul Thissen Webchat Tonight

DFL activists, delegates, and alternates:  State Representative Paul Thissen, DFL candidate for governor, is holding a webchat from 7-8pm tonight!  Here’s the address: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/thissen-netcaucus. Tonight’s webcast is for DFL activists, delegates, and alternates to the DFL State Convention. Thissen will also announce the support of a superdelegate on the webcast this evening. P.S. For those

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Thissen: Says We Can do Better for GAMC, Not Giving In To Pawlenty

Here’s a note from Paul Thissen’s Campaign: (Paul Thissen) voted against a cobbled-together, rushed cut to GAMC today because I know that in Minnesota, we can do better.  In this message, I included parts of my speech on the floor that fully explain why caving in to Governor Pawlenty is a mistake.  If you would

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