Category: MNGOP
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The Battle/s For The GOP
Every election, and GOP primary, is a “referendum on Donald Trump”. Just ask the Democrats and media (ptr), who want and need every election to be a referendum on Orange Literal Hitler. Of course, as a conservative who wants to see DeSantis mop the floor with whomever the order of succession puts up against him…
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Game Day
In addition to a number of primaries that may or may not be referenda on Donald Trump, depending on who you ask (more tomorrow, hopefully), today is the first of four drama-clogged elections in Minnesota’s First Congressional District. As the Strib notes, there are twenty candidates in the running. The DFL (8 candidates) and GOP…
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How Can You Tell The Strib Is Lying About Republicans?
The Star Tribune continues to earn its keep as the DFL‘s “unpaid “ PR machine: For those of you who weren’t paying attention to the GOP convention last weekend – it hardly needs to be said, but nothing of the sort of happened. A move to disaffiliate with the “Log Cabin Republicans” (to be fair,…
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Public Notice
This past Saturday, I had a Minnesota Fifth congressional district republican congressional candidate Cicely “Cee Cee“ Davis on the show. Ilhan Omar is entitled to equal time. If you’re one of Rep. Omar’s people, have her call my people. she is entitled to equal time. I hope she claims it.
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From Deep Moldy Blue
Voters in Kenosha County – which has been voting Democrat for literally decades – threw out Democrats for county executive and school board in county elections this week.. Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, a Republican candidate for governor, endorsed 48 school board candidates. Of those, 34 won including eight incumbents, based on preliminary results. Democratic…
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Tea Leaves
I’m just a schlub with a blog, so my predictions are worth what you’re paying for them… …but I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that Kendall Qualls isn’t the last person who’s going to throw their hat in the ring for Govenror this cycle.
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Not Our Kind, Dear
Victor Davis Hanson, in an interview with Tucker Carlson, explains why he longer works for the magazine of William F. Buckley: I think there were certain people in the Republican movement, or establishment, who felt it is their duty to internally police their own, and that’s kind of a virtue signal to the left. We…
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I Heard It On The NARN
State Senator Michelle Benson is running for governor of Minnesota. Also – here’s today’s music!
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I Can’t Be The Only One…
…who looked at this Austin Bay tweet on Instapundit and thought he was sneaking in a bit about Minnesota GOP politics…
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Downfall
I went to the GOP headquarters last night, with a small group of activists and with what seemed for a while to be an even bigger group of media And there, we waited for the puffs of smoke for the chimney (that none of us could find): Gradually, some of the members of the executive…
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Reckoning
During her first campaign for #MNGOP state chair, I supported Jennifer Carnahan. It wasn’t a slam-dunk – Keith Downey was very capable. I thought she told a good story, and had a good plan. The vote made sense at the time. But a lot has changed during Carnahan’s administration. I left activism in 2018 –…
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As Expected
I’d like to say the MN GOP Executive Committee took at least a half-measure at its emergency meeting last night. To be honest? It was maybe more of a quarter-measure, voting for a financial audit. The party really needs an independent legal review over the sex harassment charges, on top of the financial audit… …and…
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Prescription
There are three weeks [as this was written. Currently a little under two weeks, Ed.] until the legislature adjourns. Republicans continue working with Democrats to keep Dictator-for-Life Walz in power and to enact Democrat agendas in police reform, tax increases, and legalizing marijuana. Why? Shut everything down until Walz ends the Permanent Emergency and the…
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Trimming The Fat
It’s reapportionment time. And Minnesota – which held onto its eighth US House seat just about the lowest possible margin ten years ago – finally stands to lose a Representative. California and New York appear to be in line to lose 2 or 3 seats apiece, with Florida and Texas the big winners so far,…
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Future Alternative
Minnesota legislature passes bill to help victims of state government, unless someone else does. That’s not how they worded it, of course. The state legislature adopted a bill to give aid to small businesses closed by Governor Walz and to extend unemployment benefits for workers laid off by Governor Walz, but the aid is conditional.…
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A Line That Needs To Be Drawn
No Republican should vote for anything in this Specisl Session until Governor Walz relinquishes his dictatorial and arbitrary control of the state. Participation is acquiescence. Acquiescence is surrender. Joe Doakes I couldn’t agree more. House and Senate GOP caucuses – give us a reason to get passionate about supporting you in 2022.
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Jackpine Snipers
After a session of being neutered and stripped of their leadership positions by the increasingly metro-dominated DFL, there’ve been rumors bouncing around CD8 circles that Senators Bakk and Tomassoni were going to bolt the DFL. And according to Tom Hauser, that may be in the near offing…: …although not quite to the point of joining…
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Not The Best Look
I’d like a list of the 25 former GOP members who crossed the aisle to keep Governor Walz’ one-man-regime in power, in exchange for endorsements from trade unions who will benefit from the spending bill. Please include home addresses, so I can send fruit baskets to thank them for selling out the people of Minnesota.…
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The Line That Needs To Be Drawn In The Sand. Stat.
Republicans agreed to police reform bills in the second special session. This is a mistake. There should be NO legislative action, on ANY proposal, until Dictator Walz relinquishes his totalitarian control over the entire state back to the peoples’ elected representatives in the legislature. Otherwise, it never ends. Ever. And in that case, why do…
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In Re The Collapse Of Civics Education
He’s mad so he’s suing because the primary election ballot has limited choices. Party officials decide who we get to vote for. You’re just figuring this out, now? Never heard of the smoke-filled back room?The entire point of a political party is so that voters won’t have to study every candidate’s slate of ideas. Instead, if…
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An Idea Whose Time Should Not Come
When you’re a Republican, especially in a bluish-purple place like Minnesota, you hope you can vote for Republicans who’ll hold the line on taxes – even to the minimal level of not proposing new ones. Sadly, we’re disappointed – as I discussed with Liz Mair on the show over the weekend. Senator Howe is proposing…
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Standards
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: A friend complains that the Republican Congress has accomplished nothing worthwhile in the last two years and as Democrats take the House, gridlock is the best we can hope for. He blames Trump Derangement Syndrome and says it truly is disgusting that a boorish, childish, selfish egomaniac is the…
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Open Letter To Paul Gazelka
To: Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka From: Mitch Berg, Ornery Peasant Re: Line In The Snow Senator Gazelka, This morning on the lesser talk station, the host – Drew Lee – asked you about the approach your caucus, with its one-vote majority, was going to take regarding gun control in the coming session, given…
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Can Do
An accident at the Steamboat Days parade in Carver County yesterday left GOP Secretary of State candidate John Howe and his campaign manager Tim Droogsma injured. The float had just completed the Steamboat Days parade and was heading to back to the staging location when the accident occurred, according to Amy Koch, the campaign manager…
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Play Progressive Games, Win Progressive Prizes
Dario Anselmo is the lone Republican representing Edina. Now, considering the Democrats that run in Edina these days – Anselmo beat Ron Erhardt, after all – it might be fair to say that of the options available, Anselmo passes the Buckley test (the most conservative candidate who can win) under the circumstances. But as we’ve…