Category: Campaign ’14
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Surprise!
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: I previously wrote that the Evil Koch Brothers were not the Number 1 largest political contributor. Turns out, they’re not even in the top 50. If anybody is influencing politics and buying elections, it’s not them. Pikers. Joe Doakes And guess who the biggest infusor of cash into US politics…
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I Heard It On The NARN
More information on Rob Farnsworth!
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Take Me Down To NARN City
Today, the Northern Alliance Radio Network – America’s first grass-roots talk radio show – brings you the best in Minnesota conservatism, as the Twin Cities media’s sole source of honesty! I’m in the studio today from 1-3. I’ll have GOP Gubernatorial candidate Rob Farnsworth on the show in the second hour. Don’t forget the King Banaian Radio…
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NARN Tomorrow!
Tomorrow on the Northern Alliance Radio Network, I’ll be talking with special guest GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Farnsworth. Also – the perils of purism in the Senate race. That’s tomorrow on the “Headliner” edition of the Northern Alliance Radio Network, on AM1280 The Patriot!
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So I’m Gonna Guess…
…that the rump Ron Paul crowd in the GOP is done stumping for Harold Shudlick right about…now? So let’s see – for the second major state race in a row, the “Independence” Party fields a candidate who is calibrated to suck away a volatile constituency in the GOP. And I’m going to guess that if…
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Caucasus Tonight
It’s Caucasus night throughout Minnesota tonight. Throughout the state, people will be joining their favorite tribe, dancing traditional their traditional folk dances, getting drunk on fermented goat milk, arranging marriages, and firing guns randomly into the air. At the end of the evening, all the tribes will declare war on each other, duke it out,…
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Seven Arguments
This year may be one of the greatest opportunities for the conservative movement in recent memory. Greater than 2010? The polling says “why not?”. Greater than 1994, in terms of reversing an unstoppable liberal juggernaut? Maybe. And maybe not. Because the GOP – meaning the party, but including some of the parts of the conservative…
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I Heard It On The NARN
Berg’s Law. Here’s Marty Seifert’s campaign site.
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Benson
Senator Dave Thompson has jumped about four months ahead of the usual pace and picked Senator Michelle Benson as his running mate. The pick makes a lot of sense; Benson has been out front opposing Minnesota’s gathering healthcare debacle since before it was cool. The only downside? If Thompson wins, we’ll lose Benson in…
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Next Salvo In The “War On (Dishonest, Gold-Digging) Women”
Via Instapundit: Also, from Taranto: It’s not that hard to categorize Wendy Davis: She was among the category of “single mothers” who are married to rich dudes. Heck, if you don’t have to be single to be a single mother, it stands to reason, or whatever [WaPo columnist and Davis apologist Liza] Mundy is substituting…
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Debate
Last Saturday, Brad Carlson and I had the great pleasure of hosting the first ever North Ramsey County Republicans Gubernatorial debate. The event was put on by the three BPOUs in northern Ramsey county – House districts 42A, 42B and 66A. We had five of the GOP governor candidates on stage with us; Marty Seifert,…
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Debate Tomorrow!
Tomorrow, AM1280 will be joining with the North Ramsey County Republicans in putting on the first really good gubernatorial candidates’ debate of the season! Brad Carlson and I will host the event, at the Concordia Academy in Roseville (just north of Highway 36 on Dale Street). The debate will start promptly at 1PM, and will…
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Two Days ‘Til The Debate!
This Saturday, AM1280 will be joining with the North Ramsey County Republicans in putting on the first really good gubernatorial candidates’ debate of the season! Brad Carlson and I will host the event, at the Concordia Academy in Roseville (just north of Highway 36 on Dale Street). The debate will start promptly at 1PM, and…
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Bad Lieutenant
As Yvonne Prettner Solon bids farewell to the office of Lieutenant Governor, should Minnesota do so as well? When it comes to political shockwaves, the announcement that Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon would not seek a second-term as Mark Dayton’s running-mate barely constitutes a ripple in the political waters. And why not? Over the past four…
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With Enemies Like This, Who Needs Enemies?
Chris Christie – who has stared down mobsters and the New Jersey teachers union, pardon the redundancy, and who issued a denial of knowledge last week of his staff’s alleged shenanigans that is tailor-made to backfire if he does happen to be lying – has come under attack by… …Gail Collins of the NYTimes. A woman who…
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Don’t Stop, And NARN Will Soon Be Here
Today, the Northern Alliance Radio Network – America’s first grass-roots talk radio show – brings you the best in Minnesota conservatism, as the Twin Cities media’s sole source of honesty! I’m in the studio today from 1-3. We’ll start with Brian Strawser and Mark Okern from Minnsota Gun Owners PAC, talking about the look ahead to the…
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MN-GOPAC Endorses Ortman
The gun-grabber movement is going to make a particularly insidious push to attack your second-amendment rights in the upcoming session. The Minnesota Gun Owners PAC is launching an opening salvo, getting on the endorsement board for the upcoming Senate race and backing Senator Julianne Ortman: “Throughout her time in the Minnesota Senate, Julianne Ortman has…
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Pol Position Deux – Frankensense
We return to look at the nascent Minnesota GOP race for U.S. Senate. We broke down the GOP governor’s battle royale here. ____ While the Minnesota GOP governor’s race has attracted most of the attention from the state’s punditry and conservative activists, the race for U.S. Senate has been at best a political red-headed stepchild…
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Pol Position Deux – The Race to Summit (Ave)
We breakdown the state of the GOP race for governor. We offer a similar analysis of the GOP Senate contest here. ___ The seasons have changed significantly since our last detailed analysis of the GOP governor’s race – and so has the political climate. Last July, Minnesota’s political commentariat had all but official declared Gov.…
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The American Chilton © Manual
It was almost 20 years ago that Newt Gingrich earned his claim to fame, engineering one of the most radical turnarounds in the history of American politics; flipping Congress to the GOP for the first time since the Great Depression. And he did it using one of the most radical techniques in the history of politics;…
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Rescued From Pre-Thanksgiving Doc Dump
It’s only the SCSU Poll – a poll we’ve pretty well shredded in the past for its systematic bias toward the DFL. But even that can’t varnish the fact that it’s a whole new campaign for the DFL in Minnesota. Approval ratings of everyone but Amy Klobuchar are in the toilet. How in the toilet?:…
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Tramps Like Us, Baby We Were Born To NARN
Today, the Northern Alliance Radio Network – America’s first grass-roots talk radio show – brings you the best in Minnesota conservatism, as the Twin Cities media’s sole source of honesty! I’m in the studio today from 1-3. I’ll be talking with former House minority leader and gubernatorial candidate Marty Seifert about the race for the GOP nomination. Then, former Representative…
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Who Told You This?
Obamacare will have “death panels”, just like Sarah Palin said. This according to Ted Nugent: “It’s built into the plan. It’s not like a guess or like a judgment. That’s going to be part of how costs are controlled,” Halperin told “The Steve Malzberg Show” on Newsmax TV. Oh, they’re not called “Death Panels” –…
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The Max
Today is “Give to the Max” day. It’s basically a fundraising event for non-profits. “Someone” (a plutocrat with deep pockets) is matching the first $10k donated to “Protect MN” today. This is notable – if they get anything, it’ll be the first donations they’ve gotten from inside Minnesota. * But the good guys are in…
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