Hann Embodies Janus

Hann Embodies Janus

  Sen. David Hann, he stands as Janus. The Roman God Janus stood at the doorway of time, in the present, and views both the past and the future. He is often depicted as having two-faces. This is also a metaphor for Sen. David Hann (R-48, Eden Prairie), who has...

MN Absentee Ballots Continue to Surge

The implementation of the “No Excuse” Absentee voting is proving to be a favorite of the electorate. As of last night, the number of Accepted absentee ballots is 415,986, in 2014 the number was 147,944 or increase of 64.43%, and in 2012 the amount was 183,495 or an...

KSTP Polling Stories from Survey USA Are Pure Propaganda

We have been watching Tom Hauser’s show on KSTP for years and always have known it is a right-leaning show where the guests are either biased or uninformed. We understand when it was first conceived Stanley Hubbard wanted the Democrats who appeared to be the most...

Why Rick Nolan Wins

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”...

Democrats Are Poised to Pick-up a Hennepin County Board Seat

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...

David Hann’s Hollow Attack Piece

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...

Why Doesn’t Anyone Say Anything About the Politicos in Political Ads

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...

Are Suburban Republicans Cowards or Just Cagey?

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...

Absentee Ballot Numbers Up Substantially

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...

Campaign Operatives Discuss the 2016 Election

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,...