Not just her thumb . . .

May 21, 2016

Sanders supporters have accused DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz of having her thumb or finger on the scale for Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination. Personally, I think it’s a different part of her anatomy, because she is sitting on the scale. Cooking up the money laundry service known as the Hillary […]

by Steve Timmer

Who would Paul Wellstone support?

May 18, 2016

Announcing a LeftMN essay contest

by Steve Timmer

The Supreme Court is the most important issue!

May 18, 2016

No, it’s not, not even close

by Steve Timmer

There once was a gal named Hill’ry

May 15, 2016

Even though LeftMN is primarily a state politics website, and even though we are drawing close to the constitutionally-mandated close of the Minnesota Legislature – so there is plenty to talk about there – I am irresistibly drawn to the contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. As readers here know, I am a fan […]

by Steve Timmer

How Trump may shock the world again

May 8, 2016

And why Hillary Clinton is running as a Republican

by David Schultz

Why it isn’t called “The Down Ballot Victory Fund”

May 6, 2016

I wrote before about an article in Politico describing the Hillary Victory Fund, and its operation in Minnesota, too. I was trying to find out about the HVF before the Politico article, but it piqued my interest even more. The gloss put on the HVF by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee is that it provided […]

by Steve Timmer

Zero, zip, zilch, nada

May 2, 2016

Among the criticisms you will hear as a Bernie Sanders supporter is that Bernie is not a “real” Democrat (although he’s always caucused with them in Congress), and that he’s not assisting down-ballot Democrats. Sometimes, the Clinton partisans will even point to the joint fundraising program called the Hillary Victory Fund as evidence that Hillary […]

by Steve Timmer

Making the case for mercy

April 30, 2016

One inmate at a time

by Steve Timmer

Clemency discussed at Drinking Liberally

April 27, 2016

On April 28th

by Steve Timmer

Who remembers the PUMAs?

April 25, 2016

I do

by Steve Timmer

Even the teachers and the flora and fauna

April 13, 2016

Prefer Ron Erhardt

by Steve Timmer

Mayor Hovland and Council Member Staunton endorse Ron Erhardt

April 11, 2016

This Saturday, April 16th, is the DFL endorsing convention for SD49, including the race for the Minnesota House seat in District 49A. The district consists of the northern portion of the city of Edina. Incumbent DFLer Ron Erhardt is running for his third term as a member of the DFL party. Many of you know […]

by Steve Timmer