Kurt Zellers on political cowardice

February 9, 2013

Musings of the Dithering Prince of Maple Grove

by Steve Timmer

They come to bury Kurt, not to praise him

May 11, 2012

Bradlee and Jake say he’s “Just a stinkin’ kid.”

by Steve Timmer

Not Almanac 5-6-12

May 7, 2012

This week we talk about the courageous Kurt Zellers, Pete Hegseth versus the Paulbots and the MN-8 endorsement.

by Tony Petrangelo

The Prince of Maple Grove . . . speaks

May 6, 2012

Kurt Zellers has a heart-to-heart with a couple of reporters

by Steve Timmer

The incredible lightness of being Jim Schultz

November 14, 2022

Jim Schultz is a callow, lightweight naif

by Steve Timmer

Send in the lizards

September 20, 2014

This is a photograph, not retouched, by the way, of Norm Coleman. Norm Coleman is many things, among them, the chair of a political hit lit organization called the Minnesota Action Network. The treasurer, a callow Bat Girl to Norm’s Batman, is Gina Countryman. Okay, that mixes bats and lizards. But I’m sticking with it. This outfit […]

by Steve Timmer

Jeff Johnson, Kurt Zellers, Marty Seifert and Scott Honour

Primary Election Live Blog

August 12, 2014

[8/13] The Republicans shall be without Honour — or Housley, either, for that matter. [10:45] I doubt at this point Zellers (currently second place), or anyone else for that matter, can make up the 8,000+ vote lead that Johnson has. I’m putting this Live blog to bed. [10:38] 72% of precincts in now, and there hasn’t been much movement […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Sometimes, you don’t even have to say anything

July 16, 2014

The refutation of Doug Tice is nearly automatic

by Steve Timmer

Two new polls paint different pictures of Minnesota races

June 18, 2014

Two new polls of the two big races in Minnesota this fall have come out, well, one of the polls is from last week and I’ve just now come around to write about it. So it’s new to these electronic not-pages. I’ll start on the Gubernatorial side and begin with the most recent poll from […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Minnesota Primary Elections, annotated

June 13, 2014

Statewide Races This is by no means an exhaustive listing of all primary elections that will be taking place in Minnesota. Some of the primaries taking place feature perennial candidates or otherwise not serious candidates and are not listed here. Rather, this is a listing of the primary elections actually worth paying attention to. GOP […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Minnesota Political Convention Wrap

June 1, 2014

Before I get to the results of the conventions, there are a few items worth mentioning. ♣ Governor Mark Dayton announced that he would take matching funds in his race for Governor. Gov. Mark Dayton signed an agreement Friday that will sharply limit his ability to personally bankroll his re-election campaign. Dayton agreed not to […]

by Tony Petrangelo

The Weekly Wrap 5-25

May 25, 2014

♣ Republican Gubernatorial hopeful Jeff Johnson announced his choice for running mate, former state legislator Bill Kuisle. A couple of notes about Kuisle. Before he was elected to the state house as a Republican, he was a DFLer: After his surprising win over Frerichs in the primary in 1996, Kuisle told the Star Tribune: “I’ve […]

by Tony Petrangelo