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The dump factor
I wasn’t going to join the pulsing mass of speculation about the VP picks, but I’ll add this observation. According to this AP report (all the way at the bottom), Joe Biden takes his own stuff to the dump. I drive my own garbage to the dump. I like this. Related posts: No related posts.
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Late to the party; my take on Madia
It’s Ashwin Madia blog day on Minnesota’s progressive blogs and I apologize that I am posting so late. I guess someone has to take the night shift. Ashwin Madia is a candidate for Minnesota’s Third Congressional District. He is the Democrat facing off against Republican Eric Paulsen for an open seat being vacated by retiring…
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See the 7B fab five in action on the tubes
An alert reader has sent me this You Tube clip link for a recent House 7B forum at Duluth’s Lincoln Park school. The forum features all five DFL candidates for the seat being vacated by Rep. Mike Jaros (DFL-Duluth). If you have more You Tube or other links showing events like this, post them in…
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Campaigns traverse Iron Range; more to come
Two statewide campaign updates from the Iron Range: Obama’s campaign opened the first of two Iron Range headquarters. As many as 100 people were there for at least part of the ceremonies, according to the Mesabi Daily News. The accounts I’ve heard indicates that the event went well. Norm Coleman made a campaign swing through…
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Itasca County rebuffs power boondoggle’s pipe request, for now
The denizens of my favorite mushrooming boondoggle, Excelsior Energy, were at the county board begging to be included in the planning for a natural gas pipeline to be built through state bonding funds for the Minnesota Steel project near Nashwauk. Excelsior wants to build its Mesaba Energy Project close to nearby Taconite and also needs…
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Obama campaign doubles efforts on the Iron Range
It’s that special time of year when the national campaigns dispatch their people into the field for the fall push. The Republicans got a small notice in the papers and TV stations over the weekend by opening their John McCain office in Duluth, where Obama has had several staffers stationed most of the summer. Now…
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Women for Obama event slated in Duluth
The Obama campaign is reaching out to women in several events across Minnesota this week. Up north, there will be a Women for Obama Kick-off gathering in Duluth on Wednesday, Aug. 20 at The Midi Restaurant in the Fitger’s Building at 600 East Superior Street. Doors open at 7 p.m. with a 7:30 start time.…
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Coleman tours the Iron Range
A Republican contact has informed me that Sen. Norm Coleman will be in Hibbing on Tuesday for an 8 a.m. town hall meeting at the Hometown Restaurant (formerly Country Kitchen, because all things on the Iron Range used to be something else). The last time (also the first time) I interviewed Norm Coleman was during…
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All 7B candidates share stage for first time
The Progressive Minnesota House 7B Forum last night nabbed some local TV and newspaper coverage. You’ll remember there are five DFL candidate’s for State Rep. Mike Jaros’s West Duluth legislative seat left open after Jaros retired suddenly two months ago. The Duluth News-Tribune story gives an overview. I saw the WDIO (Channel 10, ABC) coverage…
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Tonight … Tonight!
The brawl in the Hall … The 7B Seven Smackdown … West Side Gory! Call it what you will, the first forum of the hotly contested West Duluth House District 7B primary/open general election race is tonight at 5:30 p.m. in the Duluth City Council chambers. While actual physical confrontation is unlikely, I expect many…
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Franken’s Iraq statement grabs national attention
Al Franken’s statement calling for the halting of reconstruction funds to the cash-flush Iraqi government is grabbing national attention. I read this on MSNBC.com. The red meat line? “There’s a line between being responsible for rebuilding a country you helped destroy, and being a chump, and I think we crossed that line,” Franken said. Related…
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A rare comment on foreign policy
So, here’s where it’s going with American foreign policy. A former Russian satellite, Georgia, challenges the mother country of Russia and is brutally attacked. Georgia, like many former Russian satellites, has formed close relationships with western powers like the United States. Why wouldn’t they? We are “The Superpower” after all. But now that they’re about…
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Conservative education policy devalues Minnesota
Anyone who lives in Minnesota hears outsiders say, “Cold there, isn’t it?” And, of course, it is cold. But I always enjoy saying, “Yeah, but the summers are perfect and the schools are good.” Only, now the schools aren’t as good. They’re goodish. Better than most places, but they aren’t the best and they struggle…
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Source: Bakk plans primary run for gov
A source tells me that, at a fundraiser for State Sen. Tom Bakk yesterday, the Iron Range lawmaker is telling people that he’s running for governor in 2010 and that he’ll run in the DFL primary regardless of the endorsement. This isn’t a surprise, but I think other candidates can now count on Bakk being…
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Have you ever really been experienced?
A columnist Roger Bloom of the Orange County Register writes about the matter of “experience” in the presidential race. One of the most common criticisms of Barack Obama I hear is that he isn’t “experienced.” Bloom, joining others who have pointed this out, reminds us that great presidents haven’t necissarily had traditional Washington experience. As…