Sutton on His Way Out

Republican Party Executive Director Tony Sutton is leaving his position to run the Brian Sullivan campaign. This is interesting because it helps reinforce the belief that the party hierarchy is trying to grease the way for their handpicked candidate, Sullivan....

Propping Up Sullivan

Republicans are letting us know that we are right on in believing the spin that former Republican Party Chair Bill Cooper is the only thing keeping Brian Sullivan’s campaign afloat. The opportunity for Rep Tim Pawlenty (R-38B, Eagan) is nigh and we understand he will...

Congressional District Lines

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...

Here He Comes, Again

Monday morning greeted DFL Party Chair Mike Erlandson and Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe (DFL-02, Erskine) with the information that Dayton Hudson Heir Millionaire and former State Auditor Mark Dayton (DFL-MN) was entering the DFL field to challenge US Senator Rod...

Face to Face

We will be providing information on the public affairs program Face to Face each week in order to give prior knowledge junkies and wonks. This week they will be tackling the Caucuses in a program entitled “Caucus Chaos: An insider’s game?” with...