2011 was a year that made tabloid journalism feeding Low-Information Constituents the norm, thus the resolution for 2012 needs to be the return of the Well-Informed Voter. The Republican Party is in the midst of determining who their Presidential nominee will be … yet the focus has been misplaced on irrelevant matters. Michele Bachmann (R-MN-06) [...]
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. [...]
Minnesota’s Congressional District 2 is touting its best (see literature in the image, or here’s the file). I firmly believe truth is arrived at by consensus, and these candidates were picked by groups deciding what is our best foot forward this 2010 campaign season. Margaret Anderson Kelliher (and John Gunyou), Mark Ritchie, Rebecca Otto, Lori [...]
Three months ago today, I received the DFL endorsement to be the State Senate candidate in District 36. I was both excited and scared at the same time. Yesterday, I read this quote on my father-in-law’s Facebook page: “Regardless of your present situation you should proceed immediately to set a goal to achieve something so [...]
First posted here. updated at 12:18 pm on 07/02/2010, added a Colin Lee photo. Thanks for the photo! What fun! We went to the No Bull event at Angler’s Park (Lakeville, MN) tonight. And, zoinks! My two photos of Colin Lee didn’t turn out. (Have one of Colin at this event? I’d be grateful if [...]
Hola! It’s the Had Enough Bull fundraiser and event for Senate District 36. Want to see what your DFL endorsed candidates have to offer? Let’s head out, find a park bench, and talk it up. See you there! Start: Jun 29 2010 – 6:30pm End: Jun 29 2010 – 8:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Have [...]
Three Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidates, Steve Quist, Sigrid Iversen, and Dan Powers, were one after the other in Farmington’s Dew Days parade. We who walked with them could drift back and forth between the groups. The crowd was fun and I felt we DFLers enjoyed a lot of support along the way. Candidate for Minnesota Senate (SD36) [...]
Rainy days provides time for catching up on my reading … and so it is that I am finally read the Farmington Independent story on Steve Quist and his decision to enter the race to represent Senate District 36 ( Dakota County : Empire, Eureka, Farmington, Lakeville, Marshan, Randolph, Ravenna, Vermillion, and other communities; and [...]
Holy Smokes! It’s a meet and greet. Here’s the info so you can mark your calendars. Meet Minnesota Senate 36 Candidate Steve Quist, Minnesota House 36A candidate Colin Lee and Minnesota House 36B candidate Sigrid Iversen on June 16, 2010 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Rambling River Park Picnic Shelter, 17 Elm Street, [...]
John Kline (R-MN-02) may finally be getting the message that Senator Dave Durenberger already acknowledges … Americans deserve better than partisan rancor. The Rochester Post-Bulletin published an OpEd yesterday by Mr. Kline : “As I travel throughout the 2nd District in Minnesota and visit with constituents, more and more Minnesotans share with me their frustrations [...]
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