If you have a party and no one comes you know you are having a bad day, but if you have a party and it seems like everyone is there, then that can only be considered an unequivocal triumph. In the biggest fundraiser in DFL history, the party raked in $200,000 and...
Before anyone wants to write the political obituary for Erich Mische, saying he is out of favor with Mayor Norm Coleman (R-St Paul) or something just as ludicrous. Let the record show the Checks & Balances knows for a fact Mische will not play an active role in...
Sunday was the final day in the St. Paul Mayoral caucus process. Now all of the numbers are known. There is a fixed number of delegates from named sub-caucuses, unnamed sub-caucuses, and super-delegates totaling 556. In the battle for named sub-caucuses Jay...
There has been some comment about the involvement of former Congressman Vin Weber (R-MN) in the recent events in the Republican US Senate race. Weber is frequently mentioned as a key strategist in the rise of Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and the neo-Conservatives. Our...
The Republican state Senate Redistricting Committee members launched the first salvo in their effort to stir up the mix in the Reapportionment Game. They proposed a restructuring of the political boundaries quite familiar to us here at Checks & Balances since we...
