What I Saw At The Minnesota Republican State Convention
Yesterday I attended the Republican State Convention in Duluth. I went that day only, wearing a media pass no less (have I arrived?) because...
Johnson’s Master Stroke, Pawlenty’s Sanctuary State Card & Other Thoughts
Proving me wrong that Minnesota politics is boring, Jeff Johnson pulled off a master stroke on Friday. Set for what everyone thought would be...
Tim Pawlenty Belly Flops Into The Governor’s Race
I had expected a smooth dive from tall heights, something masterful given the buildup over the last several months but instead, watching from Barcelona...
A Master Class In Media Bias: Patrick Coolican & The Star Tribune
Margaret Martin, research director for the Taxpayers League, is this week’s Alpha News media bias contest winner. Congratulations, Margaret! She submitted what can only...
Team Pawlenty: Kindly Clear The Field
The Pawlenty campaign is applying intense pressure on MNGOP gubernatorial candidates Jeff Johnson and Keith Downey to quit the race. In one sense, this...
Nowhere Man: The Case Against Tim Pawlenty
Bad news was delivered last week by MPR when it reported that failed former Governor Tim Pawlenty would meet with donors and “supporters” to...
Why Republicans Will Lose Both Senate Races Next Year
This week Lt. Gov. Tina Flint Smith was appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton to fill the vacancy of unfunny comedian and nasty person Sen....
Omar for U.S. Senate?
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton’s office issued a press release stating that the governor will announce his appointment to replace Sen....
Legislative Court Battle With Dayton Enters New Phase
ST. PAUL, Minn.- The cost of the legal dispute between Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota legislature has already reached close to a million...
The Pawlenty Problem
In any chin-stroking, which passes for political analysis in these parts, about the Republican gubernatorial field in 2018, the name of former Governor Tim...