The DFL may not have had the gods on their side with the changes in the day of their precinct meetings. The forecast for the weekend is looking fairly good and that may not help in the turnout category. But who could have predicted this type of weather in March? With...
If Checks & Balances were giving out an award for Mr Indecisive that title would go to Sen Dick Cohen (DFL-64, St Paul). The reason is that he is now talking about getting back into the 4th Congressional District race. His rationale is that the field is weak and...
The Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman (D-MN) Campaign is not the bad employer that many people think. The campaign is paying Health and Dental benefits for four full-time staff people as of January 1, 1998. The effort was a push by campaign manager Jon Youngdahl....
People in politics are familiar with a number of ways for dancing around an issue. The problem is that those terms become negative connotations rather than dance steps. The Mashed Potato, the Hustle, and the Grind will need to make way for the Dodge, the Waffle, and...
On the heels of the AFL-CIO’s decision not to endorse a candidate, at this time, the AFSCME Peoples Committee has decided not to endorse Mike Freeman. Freeman, by all accounts, was the odds-on favorite. In November, the People’s Committee met and screened...
