This week's political panel looks at issues stateside and national. Democrats Wy Spano and Mary Jo McGuire are joined by Republicans Andy Brehm and Brian Sullivan.
Mary Lahammer sat down recently with Governor Quie to talk about the election in which the DFL lost both U.S. Senate seats and the governorship.
It's a new book about the holiday's roots by Minneapolis author Bruce David Forbes. By day, Forbes teaches religion at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa.
The Pines are a indie-folk duo from Minneapolis that record for Red House Records. The duo play a tune for us live in Studio B. You can catch them in concert December 29 at the Cedar Cultural Center.
It's a new public-private partnership to end homelessness in Minnesota. Is that possible? We hear from two people working on the effort: Jim Frey and Tim Marx.
Early Saturday morning, winter begins with snow and fog in our region. Paul Douglas drops by with a holiday forecast and a larger look ahead to winter.
Sheletta Brundidge is thinking about the holidays.
Sheletta Brundidge is thinking about the holidays.
Early Saturday morning, winter begins with snow and fog in our region. Paul Douglas drops by with a holiday forecast and a larger look ahead to winter.
It's a new public-private partnership to end homelessness in Minnesota. Is that possible? We hear from two people working on the effort: Jim Frey and Tim Marx.
The Pines are a indie-folk duo from Minneapolis that record for Red House Records. The duo play a tune for us live in Studio B. You can catch them in concert December 29 at the Cedar Cultural Center.
It's a new book about the holiday's roots by Minneapolis author Bruce David Forbes. By day, Forbes teaches religion at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa.
Mary Lahammer sat down recently with Governor Quie to talk about the election in which the DFL lost both U.S. Senate seats and the governorship.
This week's political panel looks at issues stateside and national. Democrats Wy Spano and Mary Jo McGuire are joined by Republicans Andy Brehm and Brian Sullivan.
Two Minnesota history questions, your comments about last week's program and a special holiday show-ending clip.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 3:44 pm
After getting emails from the Ciresi and Franken camps 10 minutes apart touting endorsements, it got me thinking: Do endorsements matter? I'd say not much, there's a ton of research and reporting out there proving my hunch. I wonder why candidates spend so much time and money seeking endorsements and announcing them if they don't matter. I guess that's just the way it's done and if a candidate didn't have any endorsements that would look weak (Jesse did it though). If a candidate fails to get an endorsement, that can be more interesting — like former Republican Govs. Andersen and Carlson refusing to endorse Tim Pawlenty. More than ever, I think the average person would be shocked how hard candidates work to get endorsements from local to state to the national level (maybe not "shocked" because people don't seem to care). One thing I know is campaigns are in such a hurry to announce long lists of endorsements, they sometimes get it wrong. Check out a few obvious spelling errors from Clinton's campaign:
HILLARY’S MINNESOTA STEERING COMMITTEE:
Jay Bennehauv, St. Paul City Councilman
John Wodele, MN Campaign Director for the 1992 Clinton Campaign;Vednais Heights
After getting emails from the
Ciresi and
Franken camps 10 minutes apart touting endorsements, it got me thinking: Do endorsements matter? I'd say not much, there's a ton of
research and reporting out there proving my hunch.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 11:29 am
The political battle over the 35W bridge reached a new level as Democratic lawmakers launch a half million dollar investigation into the bridge collapse. The highly respected Legislative Auditor James Nobles is also conducting an investigation, as is the NTSB and the Pawlenty administration. So this would be the 4th study. In the Senate Rules Committee today, Sen. Steve Murphy argued that he no longer trusts the NTSB since he has already heard the federal agency say inspections won't be a cause of the bridge failure. Sen. Larry Pogemiller says the NTSB vowed to him at the site of the tragedy that there wouldn't any announcements until their investigation is over. Poge says Minnesotans need to know what happened and make sure it won't happen again. Senate Minority Leader David Senjem was uncharacteristically upset saying this is a "politically motivated ... witch hunt." Republicans in the committee argued another investigation is duplicative and a waste of taxpayer money. Political analysts I talk to on both sides of the aisle wonder if Dems are still trying to get this negative story to stick to the governor...
The political battle over the 35W bridge reached a new level as Democratic lawmakers launch a half million dollar investigation into the bridge collapse. The highly respected Legislative Auditor James Nobles is also conducting an investigation, as is the NTSB and the Pawlenty administration.
