Mourning opportunities lost III

November 21, 2014

I. In the first two installments of the story (here and here), I discussed the systemic political failure of the DFL-controlled Legislature to pass electioneering and disclosure legislation. Another such failure was not passing the Quie judicial retention election plan and putting it on the ballot for voters. Presently, judges run for re-election, against an opponent, if […]

by Steve Timmer

Mourning opportunities lost II

November 20, 2014

In the original Mourning opportunities lost, I described the failure of the DFL controlled Legislature to pass an “electioneering and disclosure” bill in 2013 or 2014, and the contribution of that failure to the loss of the House of Representatives to Republican control in the recent election. I said I had another lost opportunity to discuss, […]

by Steve Timmer

Tom Emmer rides in a helicopter

October 15, 2014

Tom Emmer has a new television ad out touting how he will fix roads and bridges when he gets to Congress. After all, he did such a whiz bang job of it when he was in the Legislature. Well, not really. Anyone with half a memory will remember that Tom was one of Tim Pawlenty’s […]

by Steve Timmer