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One retired miner represents the struggles of many
Today, the Hibbing Daily Tribune has a nice profile about John Flynn, the retired miner and Vietnam vet who was asked to introduce Hillary Clinton at Tuesday night’s Iron Range rally for Barack Obama. Flynn’s story, including lost health care, pension funds and a suspended retirement, is shared by many on the Iron Range. Last…
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The unsexy issue that will turn this election
It’s not a sexy blog issue, but among the top three issues on the Iron Range right now is pension guarantees. Mike Jennings has this story from the Hibbing Daily Tribune and yesterday’s Grand Rapids Herald-Review. Pension security was, wisely, referenced often in Tuesday night’s DFL rally featuring Sen. Hillary Clinton and other Democratic leaders.…
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Photos from Hillary’s Obama rally on the Range
This should be my last post on the Hillary event. As you know, I’ve already posted my report and analysis and a roundup of local media coverage. I took some additional pictures and I’ve gotten a few from friends in the ol’ e-mail. Above, here’s another I took of Hillary from my vantage point 12…
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UPDATED: Hillary Clinton in the Duluth/Iron Range media
Here’s a roundup of coverage of Hillary Clinton’s visit to the Iron Range. I was there and filed this report and analysis. Duluth News Tribune: “Clinton hits pocketbook issues in Iron Range rally for Obama” by Janna Goerdt. Straight forward event story, starts by talking to Clinton supporter who’s still backing the ticket; I’m quoted…
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Hillary delivers on the Iron Range
Let’s not bury the main point of this post. I am now fully convinced that Barack Obama will carry Minnesota, in part by holding strong DFL numbers on my native Iron Range. On Tuesday night, Sen. Hillary Clinton, stumping for Obama, spoke to a crowd of 4,600 (fire department estimate) at the Hibbing Memorial Building…
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Last chance to RSVP for Hillary Clinton on the Range
You can still RSVP for the Hillary Clinton event for Barack Obama in Hibbing tonight at the Memorial Building on 23rd Street. Doors open at 6, but get there early. No tickets are needed but the RSVP helps them prepare for the right number of people. There is nothing as cool as a full arena…
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On race, the Range and what really matters
Last night, the Daily Show lampooned a McCain spokeswoman who referred to her candidate’s support in “real” Virginia. That quote set off a firestorm on the blogs and cable news shows, but what wasn’t reported as often was that the spokeswoman also referred to other areas being part of “real America.” Among them, western Pennsylvania,…
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Surrogate season
It will be a busy week of Democratic campaign surrogates on the Iron Range. I’ve already mentioned Sen. Hillary Clinton’s visit to the Hibbing tomorrow, but there are two others coming up this week as well. On Wednesday, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) will tour Duluth and the Iron Range shoring up support for Al Franken.…
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Hillary in Hibbing
It’s official. Sen. Hillary Clinton will speak at the Hibbing Memorial Building on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 21. Doors open at 6 p.m. and you should RSVP if you want tickets or press access. The program begins at 7 p.m. I’m sure there will be more juicy tidbits about this program as the day…
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How solving an Iron Range problem could deliver 94 electoral votes to Barack Obama
On Thursday, Iron Range miners and retirees affected by the 2003 bankruptcy of National Steel met in Keewatin to demand action from local leaders and representatives of federal leaders on the workers’ decimated pensions. The Hibbing Daily Tribune has the story, and summaries of the comments of the local leaders. I wish I could say…
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Hillary on the Range this Tuesday
I was at the book signing so I didn’t get to post the big news that Hillary Clinton will be on the Iron Range this Tuesday campaigning for Barack Obama (and Al Franken). We’re still waiting on some of the details, including the location. We’re told it’s between Hibbing and Virginia. The issue is probably…
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Something important to be announced
I’m told something big will be announced regarding the Obama/Biden campaign today at the Sportsmen for Obama event in Grand Rapids. A visit by someone important? This might be a surrogate rather than Obama or Biden, but they have my attention. Related posts: No related posts.
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Comeback? The real media bias is sad for both sides
This Andrew Romano blog post at Newsweek reminds me of my ever-growing theory about media bias: The media does not have a liberal bias. The media does not have a conservative bias. The media* is a big, stinky sweaty animal that craves blood in the form of ratings and money. They will feed on stories…
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Range college students mobilized in two events; Barkley makes surprise appearance
The Hibbing Daily Tribune ran a story this morning about Monday’s HCC Democracy Fair that I organized at the college where I work. We registered 54 voters, which was nice, and the local State House candidates got a lot of traffic. The most notable news was that Dean Barkley, the Independence Party candidate who has…
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Jobs, baby, jobs
I’ll say this for the Clintons. They know how to do a catchphrase (from HuffingtonPost). PHILADELPHIA — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a Democratic rejoinder to the Republican chant of “drill, baby, drill.” Said the one-time presidential candidate: “Jobs, baby, jobs.” Campaigning for her once bitter rival Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, the New York senator…