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This is the fifth in a series of weekly articles exposing Norm Coleman's record on the issues. All data in this series comes from CQ Weekly . Previous articles cover Coleman's record on transportation , the environment , education , and employment . Did you think that transportation security was an obvious opportunity for bipartisan agreement? Did you think that only a maniac could v...
Minnesota Campaign Report - 7:36 a.m. - 3 clicks 
Pam Spaulding at Pam's House Blend : Look at the career aspirations of convicted GOP wife-beater Rep. Mark Olson -- he has quit the Minnesota House to run for state senator. Olson called his conviction for domestic assault (for shoving his wife to the ground several times) a "personal failure." He begged his House colleagues for forgiveness; no word on whether he apologized to his family. I ...
Dump Mark Olson - 7:36 a.m. - 4 clicks
That's not a rhetorical quote -- apparently the Congressman from Minnesota's 2nd district actually said that to a parade attendee recently. To the editor: John Kline surprised me at the Eagan Fourth of July Parade. He came by shaking hands. I took the opportunity to tell him to stop spending our money in Iraq ($535 billion and counting). He responded by yelling at me, "Don't you want oil?" I w...
Minnesota Campaign Report - 4:30 a.m. - 5 clicks
If Rasmussen keeps polling at this rate, we're going to start getting bored with poll movement being stuck in the margin of error. Franken's support has stayed between 43% and 45% in five straight polls. Coleman's support had been in the 46% to 50% range for five straight polls conducted from February through June. However, his support has been lower in a pair of July polls. When leaners are incl...
Minnesota Campaign Report - 4:30 a.m. - 5 clicks
Editor's Note : This diary originally appeared on The Bilerico Project , and Team Madia has been good enough to cross-post it here to MNCR. I am a Marine Corps veteran, an Iraq war veteran and the Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesota's Third District, so I hear a lot about patriotism these days. But real patriotism sometimes means taking on the system if you know what you're doing i...
Minnesota Campaign Report - Wed 5:05 p.m. - 8 clicks
For about the umpteenth day in a row, Michele Bachmann continues to harp on her illogical, irresponsible, not to mention impossible plan to " Drill Here, Drill There, Drill Everywhere ." The Minnesota Independent's Andy Birkey notes that her plan is "a brilliant strategy. She promises a popular yet impossible outcome and then blames her opponents when the outcome doesn't happen --before it ...
Minnesota Campaign Report - Wed 5:05 p.m. - 12 clicks
Let it be known that the rules governing U.S. House campaign finance disclosures are far superior to those governing U.S. Senate campaigns. Namely because they're digitized and searchable. For example, in Third district Republican Erik Paulsen's 2nd quarter disclosure, there are several payments to Laurie Esau of Orono and LLE Campaign Management, at the same Orono address, totalling more than $2...
Minnesota Campaign Report - Wed 5:05 p.m. - 8 clicks
A couple of days ago, Al Franken released his first "compare and contrast ad," a fairly mild piece which contrasts Franken and Coleman on a few issues. The message can be summed up pretty quickly: Al Franken disagrees with President Bush on the war and the economy, while Coleman votes with Bush almost 90 percent of the time, including his continued support for Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest 1...
Minnesota Campaign Report - Tue 6:11 p.m. - 11 clicks
I'm reviewing some campaign finance disclosures this evening -- there's some quirky stuff going on. More on that later or tomorrow. I sat down with DFL State House candidate Nick Thomley, who's running in 33A against entrenched incumbent Republican Steve Smith, earlier this evening. Note compilation is underway. Of course, it's an absolutely gorgeous evening....choices, choices. In the meantime...
Minnesota Campaign Report - Tue 6:11 p.m. - 13 clicks
I hadn't really been paying attention to the dueling hockey ads in the U.S. Senate race, but a few messages from inside and outside the state clued me in to a really interesting little back-and-forth going on between the Coleman and Franken campaigns. Here's Coleman's "He brought hockey back" ad: And here's Franken's one-third-parody-two-thirds-serious response: It's been sa...
Minnesota Campaign Report - Tue 6:11 p.m. - 9 clicks
I'll be on my way to the open house at the Madia campaign's new headquarters in Maple Grove. If you're around this evening between 6:30 and 8:30, you should drop by and see what's going on. The address is 10200 73rd Ave., Maple Grove -- I'll post a quick roundup and some photos when I get home. As a piece of actual campaign-related news, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has expan...
Minnesota Campaign Report - Tue 3:34 a.m. - 11 clicks
Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending a training session for volunteers with the Ashwin Madia campaign. I don't want to write here about some of the strategies revealed by campaign manager Stu Rosenberg, which will remain confidential. But I do want to write a bit about the incredible volunteers of the 3rd District, to whom the DFL owes a great debt for putting this district in play. A few...
Minnesota Campaign Report - Mon 4:07 p.m. - 14 clicks
I'd run an independent- a progressive independent- in the US Senate race. Hell, 7 million might get the job done. At the end of that day, the people of Minnesota may end up with a Senator who would advocate for their interests and would have been able to further send a loud message of rejection to the run-of-the-mill political stasis. Take just a second to ponder that one. No more Norman the Win...
The Curmudgeon - Jul 17 - 7 clicks
