Mar 1, 2016
The reason tonight is called Super Tuesday because the major political parties sought a vehicle for early consolidation of support for their respective candidates. Because the delegate selection is metered out over a course of months, the thought was to lump a number...
Feb 12, 2016
In ideology politics between parties, a tactic found most successful is to co-opt the core issues of the opposing party and reconfigure them as your own. On the battlefield this could be seen as a flanking maneuver. This was an effective tactic, when political party...
Aug 27, 2015
There will be Democrats far and wide in Minneapolis this weekend for the Democratic National Committee Summer meeting. We will not be surprised if some wander over to the Great Minnesota Get-Together in St Paul. The candidates for the Democratic Presidential...
May 12, 2015
Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) is meeting significant resistance to his call for Pre-K funding and ditch buffers. These are two examples where an incremental approach might best apply. Each situation will require a time period before either can be fully implemented....
Jan 29, 2008
During the Iowa Caucuses, we heard discussions about the various Minnesota connections to US Senator Barak Obama (D-IL) Presidential campaign. They included: former DFL Party Executive Director Steve Hildebrand, who is really a South Dakotan, Paul Tewes, an actual...
