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Will Minnesota Democrats Deliver on Their Pledge to Tax the Rich?

Will Minnesota Democrats Deliver on Their Pledge to Tax the Rich?

Posted by on Jan 8, 2013 in Democrats/DFL, Mark Dayton, Tax Justice | 2 comments

From The UpTake, a timely question as Minnesota’s DFL Party takes control of the State Capitol for the first time since the days of...

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Wipeout: Minnesota GOP Outsmarts Itself

Wipeout: Minnesota GOP Outsmarts Itself

Posted by on Nov 7, 2012 in GOP, Minnesota | 15 comments

(Note: This post is also being published by The Uptake at www.theuptake.org) Brilliant political maneuvers sometimes are too clever by...

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Wellstone

Wellstone

Posted by on Oct 22, 2012 in Minnesota, Paul Wellstone | 14 comments

Paul Wellstone died on Oct. 25, 2002. The years in between have made him seem a little softer, a little safer. He would’ve hated...

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Minnesota Election Report — From Me to the People of Britain

Minnesota Election Report — From Me to the People of Britain

Posted by on Oct 17, 2012 in Election2012, Minnesota, SkyNews | 5 comments

Here’s my dopey two-minute stand-up U.S. election video for Sky News, the U.K.-based satellite news channel, as part of what the...

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sen. Amy Klobuchar: Has Minnesota’s Most Popular Democrat Failed to Use Her Clout?

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sen. Amy Klobuchar: Has Minnesota’s Most Popular Democrat Failed to Use Her Clout?

Posted by on Oct 9, 2012 in Amy Klobuchar, Election2012 | 7 comments

Amy Klobuchar has been working hard to win the endorsement of Republican car dealers, like the ones featured in her campaign ad at the end...

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