Oct 16, 2014
With the prognostication about the potential legislative majority shift, we thought an analysis of past elections could prove this hill to be quite steep for House Republicans. The principal reason is the lack of a strong candidate at the top of the ticket driving...
Oct 16, 2014
The results of the 2012 election brought about one-party rule (DFL) in St Paul and many Republican lobbyists found themselves in dire straits with the significant loss of clients. This meant their influence fell largely on deaf ears for the last two legislative...
Oct 2, 2014
This election the control of the Minnesota House is the major prize in state politics. Most pundits believe the DFL majority of seven votes to be in jeopardy, but we feel differently. The main reason being there is little being discussed this election by Republican...
Oct 2, 2014
We are hearing conversations about the possibility of social issues affecting the DFL’s chances democratic chances in greater Minnesota legislative districts. In 2012, the state rejected the Constitutional Amendment to enshrine discrimination in our...
Oct 1, 2014
Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman met with reports today to highlight the insurance rates and carriers for MNSure. In his comments he spent a good amount of time discussing the departure of PerferredOne from the program the impact on rates. Republicans were quick to...
Sep 17, 2014
People following the saga of Adrian Peterson, the Minnesota Vikings, and the NFL, may wrongly believe the decision by Anheuser-Busch was the straw that broke the camel’s back and forced Zygi Wilf to rescind his decision to reinstate Peterson. We believe the real power...
Sep 17, 2014
We expect the Democratic candidates for US Senate and Governor will prevail and their margins will be in the mid to high 50’s. We make this assessment based on Minnesota’s realignment back to a two-party state where a third party candidate will have at best a nominal...
Sep 17, 2014
Any discussion about the problems associated with the Affordable Health Care Act or MNSure seems to be fodder for Republican candidates for office. The reason they argue is that health care insurance should be left to the private sector and the market will provide....
Sep 8, 2014
Checks & Balances has it on good authority State Auditor candidate Randy Gilbert (R) may end his bid for office. The reason being allegations of an affair with a realtor of which he arranged trysts with under the guise of obtaining for properties...
