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On Saturday the Minnesota Republicans hold their convention in St. Cloud and the atmosphere would seem to be a bit apprehensive.
I was at the GOP convention 4 years ago and got to sit in on the "outside" the convention speech from Ron Paul at the Mayo Civic Center. Forced to the convention grounds because Ron Carey told them no speeches without endorsing McCain. I remember thinking at the time that these characters aren't going to just go away quietly.
And if you think about the 4 years that followed....Ron Carey is . . .
Norm Coleman's American Action Network doesn't have a big donor base. They don't have to. It helps when one person writes out a check for $7 million. That's a lot of $200 and under donations.
We don't know who wrote that check and we never will. Norm's big polticial financing project was set up to take in those super secret donations. A pact for free anonymous speech.
Norm raises millions but as to numbers of people....
I guess when you are a governor in the throes of a recall election you can do this sort of thing.....
Wisconsin lost 23,900 jobs between March 2011 and March 2012. Of this, 17,800 were government jobs. The 23,900 loss was the largest among all states. No other state lost more than 3,500 for the period. But the plan to focus on a different set of numbers shows Walker is seeking a new way to look at the economy. He has agreed in the past that . . .
On WCCO This Morning with Esme Murphy, both sides of the Marriage Discrimination Amendment had spokespersons. You should look at this video depicting the segment with Jason Atkins, Vice President of Minnesotans for Marriage.
About one minute into the interview, he makes one of the most ridiculous arguments for favoring the amendment I have heard yet.
It was deeply disappointing that the bonding bill did not include funds for the Southwest Light Rail line. It's not because I have some personal stake in it. I have enough trouble keeping up with the set backs happening in my own area of Apple Valley on transit.
But it is a continuation of a long and deeply troubling semi-conspiracy to kill the light rail network for this Metro area. Even though the sparse rail lines in place are popular and exceed expectations. . . .
