Category: Campaign ’18
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#Resist
In previous years, I’ve given way to gusts of logorrhea and come up with “100 Reasions…” to vote (for the most part) for the GOP slate. I don’t need 100 this year. If you’re a thinking person who cares about having a Representative Republic with checks and balances, you shouldn’t either. The notion of…
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Paranoia Is Merely Perfect Awareness
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: The King in the old joke says: “I know I’m paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?” In this election, I don’t think Conservatives are paranoid enough. We know from history that Liberals routinely cheat in elections. Why shouldn’t they? The integrity of the process is secondary to obtaining the…
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Silent But Dea…Er, Unexpected
Is another stealth “red wave” about to break? Well, being a fundamental pessimist, I’d say “probably not” – but I’ve been wrong before, most noticeably two years about tomorrow. But according to Rasmusson, there might just be something sneaking out of the fog.: I’m adding emphasis: The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds…
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That Flop Sweat Smell
Keith Ellison is trying to paint Keith Ellison as… …soft on guns? We’ll come back to that. Klieglightitis – When I was in high school, my dad – a speech teacher – used to run this exercise where he’s give out clippings from newspaper articles and magazines, and give us thirty seconds to come up…
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Poll-Proof
Jim Geraghty writes in NRO about how the blue Tsunami might in fact be a leaky diaper. The whole piece is worth a read – but this bit in particular caught my attention, vis-a-vis polling and dire-sounding media coverage: Folks on the right get used to hearing that they’re going to lose, how the Democrats have…
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Dead Lock
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: I now know as much as I need to know, to cast an informed vote in the governor’s race. Joe doakes The missive relates to this mailer: Leaving aside the Orwellian use of “Health” to refer to dismembering fetuses, I just want to smack Democrats for making up “rights”…
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Things I Never Thought I’d See
When I started going my show in 2004, I accepted a couple of things as truisms: The Eighth Congressional District would be rock-solid Democrat territory forever. Mike Hatch, Mike Hatch’s progeny, or Mike Hatch’s brain in a jar would hold the Attorney General’s office though my great-grandchildren’s time Metro DFL voters would be arrogant, entitled,…
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Image To Remembet
Tina Smith didn’t show up for her debate with Karin Housley on KSTP last night. On the one hand, this is the time of the race went under dogs in challengers get that notion, all too often mistaken, that “this could actually happen!”. It’s a time in many races when hearts of plucky challengers start…
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No Joementum
The Joe Radinovich Campaign, stunned by polling that showed them slipping from a one point lead to being 15 point dogs, hit another bump on the campaign trail yesterday; J-Rad’s campaign manager has bailed: Meredith Raimondi has confirmed with Alpha News that she is no longer with Radinovich’s campaign. Raimondi would not give any further…
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Turnaround
The bad news: a little of the luster has faded from “Nate Silver predicts…”. But just a little. The better news: the odds of the GOP increasing its majority next month are the same as the odds of losing control of the Senate. As of Wednesday afternoon, elections forecaster Nate Silver’s site FiveThirtyEight gives Republicans a…
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North Dakota senator Heidi Heitkamp seems to be on the path to political palookaville even before this week; polls were showing her trailing republican Kevin Cramer by two digit margins. A fiasco over the weekend would seem to have not only put the final nail in her political coffin, but if there is any justice…
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Tag It And Bag It
The DCCC pulls the plug on Joe Radinovich, the DFL candidate in CD8. If you had told me when I first started doing this blog that I’d ever be writing a post like this, I’d have had a brisk laugh.
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The Twin Cities Media Won’t Cover This…
…I don’t suspect – but I will: #MNgov: Walz (D) 47% (+3) Johnson (R) 44%#MNsen: Smith (D) 46% (+3) Housley (R) 43%@ChangePolls 10/12-13https://t.co/opaASE7TU1 — Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) October 14, 2018 The governor’s race is inside “Statistical Noise” levels. Ditto Housley and Smith. (Klobuchar is shown nine up over Newberger, which is closer than other polls…
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Angie Craig: Miracle Worker!
Angie Craig would seem to have been the first person in the world to have discovered an “NRA sharpshooter” who keeps his finger on the trigger while racking a round. He also points the gun at his hand during the course of the commercial. If you’re a non-shooter: “Keep your finger off the trigger until…
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The Bandwagon
NBC/Marist poll shows DFL Senate Candidates leading by biblical margins in the upcoming election. The glum picture for the GOP comes as both parties point to the state’s four competitive House races as bellwether contests in the race for control of the lower chamber. The poll finds that 53 percent of likely voters prefer a…
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Splendidly Above It All
It’s that time of year when the expression of the purity of one’s principles becomes a bit of a niche sport. I thought this was appropriate, Reminds me of this bit here from a couple of years back.
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October – But No Surprise
From his initial eledtion in the Democrat wave of 2006, until the 2016 election was all over but the shouting, Tim Walz got, and earned, an “A” rating from the NRA, and good marks from state 2nd Amendment human rights groups as well. You could see the change, though, as the 2016 campaign wound down;…
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Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory?
My usual disclaimer: I’m not a Trump fan, and have never been. The deficit and debt Numbers are intensely troubling, so it’s not like my dislike is completely unwarranted. But you’ve got to hand it to Trump – he gets politics. Better, it seems, than most politicians. Certainly better than the press, or the late-night…
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A Bullish Wind
The President’s party always loses seats in the midterms. Trump is a polarizing figure who will drive Democrat turnout like nothing since Obama’s first election. The GOP is doomed, and Triump will be a lame duck starting in January. We’ve all heard it. Truth be told, while I think the GOP has a great chance…
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The Record
Caron Monahan – the ex-girlfriend of anti-somatic DFL congressman Keith Ellison, who is running for state auditor this fall – reports that the big social media platforms appear to be engaging in shenanigans. Since the big social media platform is our plan I’d like to make sure the actual record gets out: Pass it along.
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This Is Your DFL Candidate For Attorney General
As I discussed on the show on Saturday, I believe in innocence until proven guilt, even in cases of domestic abuse. We don’t, as the hysterical left is wont to say, “Believe Accusers” because of some a priori conflation of assumed victimhood and virtue. We take accusers seriously. And that means accusers of either gender. Women are…
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Off Script
Minnesota Democrats and the media that work for them will be and to some on natural angles to justify the behavior of Democrat politicians – especially virtue signal sponges like Keith “Thumper” Ellison. But once in a while, you get surprised: If the allegations are true, Keith Ellison has no right to serve as the…
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Monday Morning Cop
DFL-endrosed gubernatorial candidate Erin Murphy commented on the Thurman Blevins shooting on Facebook. Other-peoples-money quote: He ran, yes. He was armed, yes. He reportedly was drunk and had fired shots, yes. All of those things might have led to his death, but none of them had to. I don’t understand why calmly starting a conversation…
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You Never Count Your Money When You’re Sitting At The Table
Conservatives watched, amused, yesterday as the DFL played a long, comical game of musical chairs with their candidacies. And it’s going to continue until the filing deadline of 5PM today. Keith Ellison jumped into the race for Attorney General – evidence he wants to run for Governor someday. In turn, Ilhan Omar filed to run…
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The Return Of The Queen
Not to mention her warhorse.