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Harrison’s Ford

2009 August 12 by First Ringer

Even though fisking his material had become mind-numblingly routine throughout the blogosphere, the departure of Nick Coleman certainly shrank blog content across the 10,000 Lakes. Thankfully, recent months have shown that newly elevated Star Tribune columnist Jon Tevlin is up to the job.
After all, wouldn’t Nick Coleman have bemoaned the racially insensitive arrest of Henry [...]

You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

2009 August 9 by First Ringer

National Democrats join their Minnesota counterparts to go into Bachmann Turner Overdrive.
For better or worse, this has been Michele Bachmann’s summer. Having narrowly survived her own “Macaca” moment last fall, Minnesota’s Sixth District Congresswoman has seen her name bandied about for Governor, her re-election race attract massive attention among the punditry and one of the DFL’s rising [...]

Imitation, flattery and all that

2009 April 27 by Gary M. Miller

The Democratic Congressional Committee misappropriates ‘The Truth’.

MinnPost:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It looks like the Democratic Congressional Committee is having a little fun with Rep. Michele Bachmann.
The committee has created a website called “Bachmann Watch — Michele Bachmann vs. The Truth” where it takes on claims that the Minnesota’s 6th district Republican congresswoman has made.
We are stunned [...]

Bachmann Brings Horner to MN Apr 9

2009 April 4 by Paul

This Thursday, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN 06) will host forums on Climate Change and Cap & Trade in St. Cloud (1:15-2:30 pm) and Woodbury (4:30-5:45 pm). Her “special guest” will be Chris Horner, author and Senior Fellow at the

Armed and Disingenuous

2009 March 23 by First Ringer

If you were among the listeners to AM 1280 The Patriot last Saturday morning, you heard one of the most inflammatory statements ever uttered by an American politician. In fact, you actually heard a member of Congress call for an open, armed revolt against the U.S. government!
Happen to miss it? So did everyone else who [...]

Digital wonkery

2008 October 24 by Jeff Kouba

Back in 2006, I followed the polls in the 6th District closely. With a KSTP/Survey USA poll out now, I thought I’d do some quick and dirty comparisons.
The new poll (crosstabs here) has Tink “up” 47% to 44%, which is a statistical tie. The party ID in this poll was 40% Republican, 32% Democrat, and [...]

Larry David is a beloved aunt

2008 October 23 by Gary M. Miller

LD on MB:
The one concession I’ve made to maintain some form of sanity is that I’ve taken to censoring my news, just like the old Soviet Union. The citizenry (me) only gets to read and listen to what I deem appropriate for its health and well-being. Sure, there are times when the system breaks down. [...]

Our belle

2008 October 23 by Jeff Kouba

Well, what do ya expect from political campaigns. They combine two things that tend to bring out the worst in humanity, a love of money and a love of power. Oh, politicians may hide their venal desires behind suits from Barney’s and Armani pantsuits, but underneath pulses a driving desire to Go Over There And [...]

Meanwhile, back in the district…

2008 October 4 by Ricard

Ed Tinklenberg is running against Michelle Bachmann for Congress. Since I live in the district I received his mass flier the other day. There’s much that can be addressed in Mr. Tinklenberg’s presentation. It is, in fact, a surprisingly target-rich environment for such a small document (we can talk about this self-described minister [...]

Bachmann and the blogosphere

2008 April 15 by Jeff Kouba

Jay Stephenson has an article at the St. Croix Valley Press about Rep. Michele Bachmann, and her supporters and detractors in the blogosphere. The former included myself, Andy Aplikowski and Craig Westover chipped in as well. You can guess who was included in the latter.
Here’s an excerpt…
“My congresswoman in Minnesota is a fundamentalist GOP nut,” [...]

Government is Good, says Shelby Gekko

2008 March 27 by Jeff Kouba

Last night on WCCO, in one of his “In The Know” segments, Don Shelby uncorked an absolute beauty, talking about the bill Rep. Bachmann introduced to roll back the mandated conversion to energy-efficient light bulbs.
You can watch the segment here. Here is the text.
The Congresswoman has introduced a bill called the “Light Bulb Freedom of [...]

The other white political largess

2008 March 3 by Jeff Kouba

And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you…
-Leviticus 11:7

Here’s a list of House members that have sworn off earmarks. Right-minded Minnesotans will appreciate the first (and thirteenth) name on the list.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)
Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA)
Rep. John Campbell [...]

Bachmann delivers House GOP radio address

2007 December 21 by Gary M. Miller

Yesterday Michele Bachmann delivered the weekly House GOP radio address.

You can listen by clicking here.

Has it come to this?

2007 October 8 by SD63

Really, has it?
Iraq war veteran and former Watertown Mayor Steve Sarvi just began his campaign against Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) on Thursday, but he’s already talking about not only his own victory in 13 months, but three others for the state’s Democrats as well.
“We’re talking about the whole state turning blue,” Sarvi said. “It’s going [...]

And then there were two

2007 October 5 by Jeff Kouba

From the St. Cloud Times (h/t Polinaut’s Daily Digest):

Bob Hill, who was one of three DFL candidates running for Congress in the 6th District, has dropped out of the race.
Hill, a Stillwater trial lawyer, said Thursday he decided to drop out after learning that former state transportation commissioner Elwyn Tinklenberg intends to run.
“Now that El is [...]

Thy name is irony

2007 October 1 by Jeff Kouba

From MPR:

Former state transportation commissioner Elwyn Tinklenberg will run for Congress again in Minnesota’s 6th District.
The Democrat sent an advisory Friday saying he would make a formal announcement on Monday.
Tinklenberg ran last year but dropped out when the DFL endorsement went to child safety advocate Patty Wetterling. She went on to lose the race to [...]