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
Moneyland

Wondering what just happened in Washington?

October 18, 2013

Oh, it ain’t so funny, if you ain’t got the money, in moneyland..

by Jeff Wilfahrt

GOP can’t keep markets out of the tank for more than 5 years.

October 17, 2013

Why does the market crash every 5 years when the GOP has the White House?

by Jeff Wilfahrt

CSPAN and things that go bump in the night

October 17, 2013

Tip O’Neil takes on the midnight empty chamber innuendo of Newt Gingrich

by Jeff Wilfahrt

Tea Party Shutdown Intermission

October 16, 2013

Tea Party Congressional Caucus takes a crisis break until January

by Jeff Wilfahrt
2013 Minneapolis Sample Ballot

Responses to selected feedback on my last Ranked Choice Voting post

October 16, 2013

I got a few responses to my previous post on Ranked Choice Voting that deserve to be addressed, so that’s what I’ll do. Starting with: The author here has a few misunderstandings of the process. The Minneapolis rules provide for batch elimination for all the candidates that cannot mathematically win. This will weed out the […]

by Tony Petrangelo

A template letter for those represented in Congress by a Republican

October 15, 2013

A Wisconsinite gives voice to the government shutdown, a template for the progressive mind

by Jeff Wilfahrt

Letter to the editor MN CD 2 electorate will never see

October 15, 2013

John Kline, votes to shut down government over the debt he voted to create

by Jeff Wilfahrt
2013 Minneapolis Sample Ballot

Ranked Choice Voting Question Time: Majority Winner

October 14, 2013

Last week, in a post titled Ask Me Anything: Ranked Choice Voting, I invited readers to ask me questions about Ranked Choice Voting, the system of voting being used in Minneapolis and St. Paul this year. And if you haven’t guessed it yet, this post is where I start answering those questions. This is not […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Drinking Liberally hosts education forum by teachers!

October 12, 2013

Thursday, October 17th; program starts at seven PM

by Steve Timmer
Do you like congress or Nickelback better?

The Weekly Wrap 10-12

October 12, 2013

♣ On Monday I posted “Ask Me Anything: Ranked Choice Voting,” in which I invited readers, such as yourself, to ask me any questions they may have about Ranked Choice Voting. Next week I will start answering those questions. It’s not too late to get your question in. ♣ ICYMI, Minnesota’s Sally Jo Sorensen got […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Dover – the deepest water in America

October 10, 2013

The shutdown is somebody’s fault, blame who you will, but NEVER EVER should Dover close again.

by Jeff Wilfahrt