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New political blog on Oct 13, 2009 in Main After four years, the Star Tribune political team has left The Big Question for a new blog: Hot Dish Politics. Please join us there and subscribe to the RSS and Twitter feeds for the latest in Minnesota politics.
Would-be governor (maybe) rips governor on Oct 7, 2009 in Main In addition to thoroughly ripping former Viking Randy Moss during an MSNBC interview this week, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak took some well-aimed shots at Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s presumed presidential ambitions. Rybak, widely considered a candidate...
Coleman’s Bachmann pitch: Minnesotans denied a ‘fair vote’ last November on Sep 29, 2009 in Main Democrats are positively a titter at a new fundraising appeal for U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann signed by deposed Senator Norm Coleman, a potential GOP gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota. Nearing the end of the third-quarter reporting period for ra...
Bachmann is Miss November in conservative calendar on Sep 29, 2009 in Main There seems to be a major appetite for Michele Bachmann merchandise these days. Last week she was made into an action figure. Now Michele Bachmann has her own spot on a 2010 calendar highlighting conservative women. The Clare Booth Luce Policy Instit...
Oops… on Sep 24, 2009 in Main Even as they run for re-election this year, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman are widely considered to be likely DFL candidates for governor in 2010. And even though neither one has actually declared his candidacy, the DFL...
Franken’s second bill targets product labelling on Sep 23, 2009 in Main Sen. Al Franken introduced legislation today which would require cleaning products to display a label with all of their ingredients. Franken’s second bill, the Household Product Labeling Act, expands on an existing law which requires household...