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February 03, 2009 06:18 AM EST --
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 An Open Letter To Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
Originally uploaded by Lindsay Beyerstein
Good morning Leader Pelosi:
I am not one of your immediate . . .
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January 06, 2007 04:52 PM EST --
This past election marks the first time in history that the State of Minnesota has elected a woman to the U.S. Senate. That woman is former Hennepin County District Attorney Amy Klobuchar whose office . . .
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August 03, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
If you were traveling here in the United States from a foreign country recently – you may be wondering if our democracy is all about the cleavage? And if so, why hasn’t there been a woman . . .
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September 22, 2009 04:28 PM EDT --
In true and fitting nonpartisan fashion, Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Clayton Robinson, Jr. kicked off his ‘Robinson for County Attorney’ campaign in a well-attended event . . .
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October 13, 2006 12:32 PM EDT --
This Sunday, Minnesota candidates for the U.S. Senate, Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar (D) and Representative Mark Kennedy (R), square off on NBC's Meet the Press. As part of the live "Senate . . .
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June 10, 2009 02:37 PM EDT --
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Get Your Political Fix Here!
Get Your Political Fix Here!
How do you stay on top of what is going on in Washington or the world? The Political and Financial . . .
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August 25, 2006 12:13 PM EDT --
On August 23, 2006 candidate for Governor Becky Lourey spoke at the Humphrey Institute in Minneapolis, outlining her "framework for fiscal policy". The speech is still available . . .
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February 23, 2009 06:29 AM EST --
Monday, February 23, 2009 What Will Save Our Economy?
How Do We Get Ourselves Out Of This Crisis?
I have been accused by some readers of being a "Monday morning quartback", of . . .
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September 04, 2007 01:46 PM EDT --
As the Republican Party conducted a virtual firing squad style expulsion of Idaho Senator Larry Craig from their ranks for his indiscretions, I was reminded of a line from the 1998 movie Lost in Space . . .
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September 10, 2007 01:13 PM EDT --
It was a pristinely beautiful day in America on September 11, 2001. Living in the State of Washington I was just getting my morning started when my brother knocked on the bathroom door and yelled “you . . .
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February 07, 2009 10:30 AM EST --
Saturday, February 7, 2009 This Is A Stickup America
Pig
Originally uploaded by /\ltus
What Do Politicians Love More Than A Drop Dead Deadline For The Passage Of Legislation
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June 14, 2008 10:52 AM EDT --
It's a word that gets overused a lot these days I think. But 'hero' was the best word I could think of when it comes to describing how I felt about Tim Russert. I looked the word up in Merriam-Webster's . . .
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August 16, 2006 12:11 PM EDT --
In two news conferences this week, Candidate for Governor, Becky Lourey, will announce a major policy proposal and join in a grassroots initiative.
Candidate for Governor of the State of . . .
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August 16, 2007 06:10 PM EDT --
While serving as the Deputy Assistant to President Ford, Dick Cheney wrote a memo to Donald Rumsfeld. In that memo Cheney suggested they use the Justice Department to exact retribution for an article published . . .
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March 28, 2008 03:36 PM EDT --
It's true gang, I'm going to Toronto April 11th 2008 to compete in the 2008 Yuk Yuk's Great Canadian Laugh Off. It's a huge deal too. This is the same competition that launched the careers . . .
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August 20, 2007 09:14 PM EDT --
With every speech President Bush makes, every news conference where he reports good economic news or progress in Iraq, there are 3 or 4 reports, statements, or studies contradicting his claims. Vice President . . .
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June 09, 2006 09:49 AM EDT --
You know, this past week, I had to hand it to the Lourey campaign - they followed up the Baylor announcement with a DVD mailing and an accompanying robocall, which I can only assume targeted delegates . . .
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September 06, 2007 01:50 PM EDT --
How many times have you been watching the evening news about some corporation laying off hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of workers? Usually the reporter goes on about what the corporation . . .
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October 04, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
One of the most common responses I’ve seen from Republicans any time a Democrat calls for government action is that it amounts to socialism. And there is no mystery as to why they do this. The word . . .
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November 19, 2007 06:38 PM EST --
It would be extremely difficult to find any reasonable political commentator that would disagree that the divide between the Republican and Democratic Parties has never been wider than it is today. And . . .
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