Senate District 26 Special Election

It’s hard to argue a Special Election that retains a seat for a particular party as a bellwether or indicator of any forthcoming trend, but the opposite can be true. With the State of the Union Address, start of the legislative session and the 2010 elections pending...

Abortion Politics, Enough Already

Checks & Balances was the first to discuss the shift of the balance of power in the State Senate on the issue of abortion.  This shift is not surprising since the general public is not selecting their candidates for public office based solely on their stance on...

The Abortion Session

Frequently, when people are not happy with the way something turns out they disgustedly say “that’s politics.” This especially happens when a lot of effort goes into something and very little comes out of it. Well, one recurring theme “abortion...

Abortion Politics

Last Friday on KTCA’s Almanac, Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe (DFL-02, Erskine) suggested the “Women’s Right to Know” legislation should be renamed “Women Are Stupid” because of the proponent’s implication that women will not get...