Tag: Brodkorb
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Cue Captain Renault
The big news in the alt-media world in the Twin Cities last week was the MinnPost’s profile of Michael Brodkorb. Michael has been rhetorical catnip for both sides of the aisle for the past decade or so. When he was “Minnesota Democrats Exposed”, especially in his pseudonymous phase before 2006, he was the Minnesota left’s Public Enemy…
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Status Quo Ante
While this blog has repeatedly referred to Sally Jo Sorenson of Bluestem Prairie as “one of about five Minnesota liberal bloggers that don’t deserve police surveillance” – not the highest compliment I can give, but the highest warranted under the circumstances – one should not presume that I agree that Ms. Sorenson will go out of her…
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Six Of One…
Turnout was low at Tuesday’s primaries. Was a bad omen for the GOP, or just another data point with some interesting context? Bad Omen: Michael Brodkorb at Politics.mn throws up a warning sign: Back in February, in my pre-precinct caucus primer, I encouraged people to compare the number of total attendees at precinct caucuses for…
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The Great Crisis
First, some history. Untangled: Back in 2010, when the DFL last controlled the Legislature, the media credentialling system was a shambles. The Senate Rules specifically listed the media outlets that had permanent credentials – the major metro newspapers, the state’s various TV and major radio stations, MPR, the Legal Ledger and a few others. You…
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The Wind Beneath The Right Wing
I mentioned it on the air last Saturday – because that’s when I’m on the air! – but today, March 6, is the actual tenth anniversary of the first Northern Alliance Radio Network broadcast. I think it was John Hinderaker who predicted the show would probably go about three weeks before AM1280 kicked us off…
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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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I’ll Take A Moment…
…to send my best wishes and prayers to my friend and former NARN colleague Michael Brodkorb and his family. Michael was critically injured in an accident last night. And whatever your political point of view, I’d urge you to do the same. Not much information is available. UPDATE: A demented ghoul tried to comment that…
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Frequently Asked Questions V
Here are some of the questions that’ve come over the transom lately. “Hahahaha! Kurt Bills is going to lose! That’s a loss for you!”: Well, I am not on the ballot, so it’s not a loss for me. And I supported Severson at the convention. Now, it is a fact that Kurt Bills would be…
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Who Do Minnesota Liberals Hate, 2012: An Ever More Vast Conspiracy!
Two years ago, we had 30 nominees with a significant number of votes that we could actually rank. This year, there were 40. And so in this episode, I’ll give the results from 40 up to 21: 40. Bridget Sutton: The southeast metro activist, Inver Grove Heights school board member, wife of former GOP chair Tony,…
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Who Do Minnesota Liberals Hate, 2012 Edition: The Voting Continues!
Who do Minnesota Liberals hate? Feel free to particpate in this vital sociological research through Monday night at 11:59PM! Just leave your list of the top ten or so in the comment section (or email it to “feedbackinthedark@yahoo.com”), in order from most to least hated. Results will start coming out on Tuesday. Nominees so far are below…
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Piling On Penalty
Question: What’s the best way for a Republican to get an op-ed printed in the Strib? Answer: Throw a rhetorical urine-soaked balloon on the GOP. I can’t say anything about Joe Repya that others haven’t said better; notwithstanding the fact that he’s spent the last three years telling anyone whose ear he could bend but…
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And It’s The Top Of The Ninth
I woke up this morning and realized I hadn’t written anything about the big anniversary yesterday. So I’ll do it today. March 6 was the eighth anniversary of the first-ever broadcast of the Northern Alliance Radio Network. In the beginning, the idea was a simple trade; AM1280 would get the promotional mojo that came from…
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14,000-Odd Posts
2612 weekdays of waking up at 5:30AM and writing til 7-ish. 520 weeks of following the Minnesota news cycle. Two Presidential, three Gubernatorial, three Senate and 32 Congressional contests, plus five complete legislative election cycles and 11 Legislative sessions. One wrestler ushered out of office; one Senatorial plane crash and two electoral train wrecks covered.…
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Sometimes A Cigar Is Just A Cigar
And sometimes “I haven’t said anything” has an implied “…yet” after it. One the most dull-witted bit of comment-section rhetoric is the old “I see you’re silent on…[some issue you haven’t written or spoken about]”, usually written to imply “silence equals assent”. I’ve had a few commenters, tweeps and other people say “I notice you’re…
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What The Hell Do We Do About The MNGOP Now?
Last week was a big one for the Republican Party of Minnesota. On the eve of the winter Central Committee meeting, chairman Tony Sutton resigned. As I noted last week, Sutton – and his deputy until last October, Michael Brodkorb – were transitional figures for the MNGOP. Speaking as a D-list pundit rather than an…
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I Heard It On The NARN
Talking with VOICES of Conservative Women’s Jen DeJournett. Now talking with Linda Lee Tarver, outreach director for the Michigan GOP..l Now we have Sarah Walker, of the Coalition for Impartial Justice and impartialcourts.org and the Minnesota Second Chance Coalition. We’ve got Tony Sutton, MN GOP Chair. Now, talking with Chris Fields, who’s running for the…
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The Later Debate
Why, yes – I did spend a bit of time talking redistricting over the weekend, now that you mention it. On the NARN, it was my pleasure to interview MNGOP Chair Tony Sutton and his deputy, Michael Brodkorb (punctuated by a surprise appearance by Wisconsin governor Scott Walker; I’ll be posting the podcast link as…
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I Heard It On The NARN
Many thanks to Chairman Sutton, Deputy Chair Brodkorb, and our special surprise guest, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Lady Logician has written about redistricting here and here. Gary Gross has dialled in “Common Cause’s” map proposal, and dug into “Draw The Line’s” background, not to mention their identity-politics orientation. The Examiner here, here and here.