Cluster F— at the Hennepin County Endorsing Convention

County Attorney Michael O Freeman (DFL) lost the DFL endorsement to Mark Haase (DFL) on the first ballot by 65%. Haase a Coast Guard Veteran (Semper Paratus) is the Government Relations person for the State of Minnesota Informational Technology Office, but little...

Will Thao Problem Spill Over into Minneapolis Mayor’s Race?

When we learned of the situation between St Paul City Council Member Dai Thao (DFL) and Hylden Advocacy & Law firm lobbyist Sarah Clarke a couple of clear points came to mind. If the conversation between Thao, Clarke and her clients from Dart Container...

Pro Allina Op-Ed

The opinion piece signed by Ted Mondale, Sharon Sayles Belton and Peter McLaughlin may not have been the best political stroke.  It was blatantly a whack at Attorney General Mike Hatch (DFL-MN) and people closely associated with him are taking names. It won’t be...

DFL Precinct/Convention Results

The DFL Party instituted a new process this year and moved the precinct caucuses, now called precinct meetings, to the weekend. The information that we have had is a fairly mixed bag. The turnout from the precinct meetings was down from past years and there may have...

Jesse’s Really Big Show

The event was staged more like a WWF cage match than a gubernatorial inaugural party. That is not to say that more stuffed shirts make a good event. A vast array of people from all walks of life poured into the Target Center on Saturday night. A group of three drag...