Oct 31, 2016
There is a significant difference between 2014 and 2016 in the 8th Congressional District contests between Congressman Rick Nolan (D-MN08) and Stewart Mills III (R). In 2014, the field of candidates differed Nolan and Mills were joined by Ray “Skip”...
Oct 26, 2016
As the late House Speaker Tip O’Neil (D-MA) is oft quoted, “All politics are local.” Minnesota’s largest county has seven county commissioners and for awhile, the partisan breakdown has been 5-2. This election creates an opportunity for the DFL to...
Oct 25, 2016
Desperation is haunting Sen. David Hann (R-48, Eden Prairie) his latest attack piece on opponent Steve Cwodzinski (DFL) isn’t worth the paper it is printed on. The crux of the opposition is a based on anonymous comments, which are as likely to be planted or...
Oct 25, 2016
Do you remember when current St Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and his wife Connie were in a canoe in a campaign commercial for the late Congressman Bruce Vento (D-MN) about the environment? We do. This election we can just stand by and fail to recognize two political...
Oct 24, 2016
Republicans legislators may be overwhelmingly stupid or uncommonly brilliant because they are not very forthcoming on their positions on Republican Presidential candidate Donald J Trump (R). Like it or not, Trump will have a significant effect on GOP turnout and...
Oct 24, 2016
We contacted the Secretary of State’s Office (SOS) to see what our absentee ballots numbers look like during a Presidential Election and implementation of “No Excuse Absentee Ballot” voting. The numbers have increased by more than double. In 2012, at this time there...
Oct 13, 2016
Yesterday, the MN Government Relations Council, the lobbyists’ state association, held a forum entitled “Before the Ballot Box.” The panel discussion featured: Mike Campbell, Senate GOP; Ben Golnik, House GOP; Alyssa Siems Roberson, Senate DFL and Zach Rodvold,...
Oct 13, 2016
One interesting figure that has failed to gain attention is the $500,000 contributed by the Senate Victory Fund (Republican) to MN Action Network. This the independent expenditure group formed by former Sen. Norm Coleman (R). The group’s campaign finance report on...
Oct 6, 2016
The 2016 election is setting up to be a wholesale debacle for the MN GOP. The following stories are showing examples of how the Republican House of Cards is set to fall come November 8th. We highlight numerous instances where Republican Presidential Candidate Donald...
Oct 6, 2016
There are three stories published this week that likely interject a significant issue into the Presidential and Eighth Congressional District. Newsweek reported Presidential candidate Donald J Trump (R) used Chinese Steel and Aluminum in the construction of three...