Blaine City Hall

Better Know a Senate District: 37

July 25, 2012

Senator Pam Wolf faces ex-Rep Alice Johnson for the Senate seat

Paul Thissen

The rest of that SurveyUSA poll

July 24, 2012

Obama loses ground, A-Klo still crushes and Paul Thissen looks like the next Speaker of the House

Joe Mauer at All Star Game

The Weekly Wrap 7-15

July 15, 2012

The fundraising reports start coming in for the second quarter, which has nothing to do with the above picture of Joe Mauer

Taste of MN Official Cake 1983

The Weekly Wrap 6-24

June 24, 2012

This week we announced “Thanks, General Mills!” And other stuff happened as well

Minnesota State Capitol

Complete guide to this fall’s legislative elections

June 15, 2012

With the filing deadline for Minnesota state legislative races in the rearview mirror, a picture is beginning to emerge of what this fall’s legislative elections  will look like. Last week I wrote about the primary elections set for this August, the results of which will finalize the races for the state legislature. Until then, we […]

Voting obstacles for the homeless

June 12, 2012

Homeless? Just try and vote!

Crocodile tears

May 9, 2012

Enough to swim in

Doug Wardlow

Not Almanac 4-29-12

April 29, 2012

Right to work finally dies in the legislature, despite the best efforts of Representative Doug Wardlow and others.

Keith the Snoozer

April 15, 2012

Ordinarily, it is a waste of time to pay any attention to the inconsequential remarks of the inconsequential back bencher Keith Downey.

Tony Cornish

Amen, Tony, Amen

April 3, 2012

“The worst thing we can do is think we can solve all the world’s problems with another law.”

Lester sure has a big briefcase

March 15, 2012

But Ted handles it so well!

A-Klo, Dayton and the terrible, rotten, no-good Legislature

February 10, 2012

This is me, two weeks ago: Posts about Amy Klobuchar polls are not really that fun to write. Every one is exactly the same, Amy is at around 55% and when you’re at 55% it doesn’t really matter what your challengers are doing. And hey, look at that, this poll shows her at 55%. Against […]