Waiting for Penny, Again

Sounds like a teenage date movie, but it is the process many people are going through in the US Senate race shuffle. We are hearing former Congressman Tim Penny (D-MN01) is reconsidering his decision not to run for the US Senate. Well, it looks like it will finally...

Mr Indecisive

If Checks & Balances were giving out an award for Mr Indecisive that title would go to Sen Dick Cohen (DFL-64, St Paul). The reason is that he is now talking about getting back into the 4th Congressional District race. His rationale is that the field is weak and...

I am not a Kook

President Richard Nixon (R) never said the phrase “I am not a crook,” but Rich Little made American think he did. Sen Linda Runbeck (R-53, Circle Pines) did say “…I am not a kook…” when she announced her entrance into the Republican...

Labor Endorsements

There has been anticipation that the AFL-CIO was ready to endorse a candidate in the DFL U.S. Senate contest. There also has been the talk of a combined union endorsed candidate. This would be a unique occurrence because it has been a long time since all of the...

Tensions in MNSCU

The decision by the Minnesota State College and University (MNSCU) board to close the Anoka-Hennepin Technical College campus is one of the more interesting issues in the bonding bill discussions. The politics of this issue involve freshman Rep Jim Abeler (R-49A,...