Pawlenty’s Second Deferral (He called us first with the news.)

Originally posted April 20, 2001 When the Vice-President of the United States calls someone who may believe is the person actually in charge, you stop and take notice.  So seems to have been with the state House Majority Leader Tim Pawlenty (R – 38B,...

City Business 40 Under 40

City Business selected four well-known political names in their recent 40 under 40 list. DFL Party Chair Mike Erlandson, former Republican Party Chairman Chris Georgacas, Political operative Erich Mische and Mayor Patricia Awada (R-Eagan) made the list.  …...

DFL Farm Team

Talk around the Capitol in recent months is about the need for a DFL Think Tank. To date, only public institutions like the Humphrey Institute and the DFL Education Foundation have played this role. At the national level the formation of the Democratic Leadership...