Sen. Patricia Torres Ray at Drinking Liberally

October 23, 2013

“Don’t play the blame game”

by Steve Timmer

A simple case of mass hypnosis

October 23, 2013

Is it possible some of us have been mass hypnotized? Maybe the Tea Party folks?

by Jeff Wilfahrt

MN GOP needs our Help

October 23, 2013

Is it time for progressives to help reinstate moderate Republicans?

by Jeff Wilfahrt
2013 Minneapolis Sample Ballot

Going to bat for RCV

October 23, 2013

Some of us, anyway

by Steve Timmer

Pia Payne-Shannon at Drinking Liberally

October 22, 2013

“We don’t need missionaries”

by Steve Timmer
Minneapolis Mayoral Race Venn Diagram

Ranked Choice Voting Question Time: 35 Candidates and Vote Ranking

October 22, 2013

This post is part of an ongoing series of posts in which I attempt, however feebly, to answer questions about this newfangled (not really) thing called Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), or Instant-Runoff Voting, or as one candidate for Minneapolis Mayor pleads in his party affiliation “Count All Rankings.” The first post of the series concerned […]

by Tony Petrangelo

A blinding flash of the obvious

October 21, 2013

Whoring for votes, Minneapolis style

by Steve Timmer
2013 Minneapolis Sample Ballot

More Ranked Choice Voting Responses

October 21, 2013

I will be moving on to other aspects of Ranked Choice Voting, seriously. But before that I’m going to post a couple more comments on the issue of majority winners. If you’re just tuning in, my first post on the issue was “Ranked Choice Voting Question Time: Majority Winner,” and the first comment I’m posting […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Should the mayor run the schools in Minneapolis?

October 20, 2013

Then what are all these people yammering about?

by Steve Timmer

The 60s are the root of all evil

October 20, 2013

Things were much better in the 30s and 40s

by Steve Timmer

DL Teacher Appreciation Night Introduction

October 19, 2013

Teaching kids to swim

by Steve Timmer
Al Franken

The Weekly Wrap 10-19

October 19, 2013

♣ Third quarter fundraising numbers are in, but the FEC’s website is still screwed up from the shutdown, so I’m going to crib this info from DailyKos Elections (all monies in thousands of dollars): CD Name Party Raised Self Fund Self Loan Spent CTD CoH MN-02 Mike Obermueller (D) $73 $0 $0 $46 $204 $119 […]

by Tony Petrangelo