The heartbreak of Pudendum Obsession Disorder

July 11, 2013

It can strike at any time without warning

by Steve Timmer

Protecting Brimstone Mountain

July 9, 2013

It’s not in the jungles of South America, either

by Steve Timmer
Numbers

Minnesota Senate hPVI, 2013 edition

July 8, 2013

This post continues a series of posts concerning hPVI. The first phase of said series of posts involves the introduction of brand spanking new 2013 hPVIs. The first phase is the phase in which we currently find ourselves. All of this implies that this series will go through multiple phases. This part of the first […]

by Tony Petrangelo
Numbers

hPVI 2013, a prelude

July 8, 2013

With the 2012 election in the books and the legislative session now over, it’s time to roll out the new edition of hPVI. Not to be confused with the actual New Edition. If you are unfamiliar with hPVI, this post goes into some detail about the metric itself, but here’s a short version. Partisan Voting Index (PVI) […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Why bother?

July 6, 2013

The seduction and abandonment of Minnesota

by Steve Timmer

Maybe a photograph will steal your soul

July 5, 2013

Or your identity anyway

by Steve Timmer

Scalia, um, explained

July 3, 2013

There were two op-eds in the Star Tribune on July 3rd, purporting to unpack Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s thinking. One is by Cass Sunstein, and the other is by Noah Feldman. They’re both professors at the Harvard Law School. I am sure the professors are much more familiar with the oeuvre of the longest […]

by Steve Timmer
Dave Thompson

The Weekly Wrap 6-29

June 29, 2013

♣ In news neither shocking or new at this point, Kurt Zellers last Sunday announced that he will in fact be running for Governor of Minnesota. This brings the total number of white male Republican candidates for Governor to three. ♣ Also not shocking but a little bit more new: Senator Dave Thompson also announced he […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Repealing the Civil War

June 27, 2013

One Supreme Court decision at a time

by Steve Timmer
Sample Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot

Gary Schiff learns about Ranked-Choice Voting

June 27, 2013

Gary Schiff was the first DFLer to drop out of the Minneapolis Mayoral race, citing the lack of a path to victory in the aftermath of the Minneapolis DFL convention. He gave an interview to MinnPost after withdrawing from the race and shared some thoughts on his now defunct campaign for Mayor. In the course […]

by Tony Petrangelo
Al Franken

Al Franken maintains strong approvals

June 24, 2013

While they are not quite Klobacharian, Al Franken continues to sport enviable approval numbers with Minnesota voters. Mason-Dixon (6/18, 9/23/12 in parenthesis): Do you approve or disapprove of Al Franken’s job performance as U.S. Senator? Approve 55 (52) Disapprove 29 (40) Undecided 16 (8) (MoE: ±3.5%) The numbers in the parenthesis above, the numbers from September, are not the numbers cited […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Perhaps now we can get to the bottom of this

June 24, 2013

Did Dave work hard for the money?

by Steve Timmer