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Mary's Campaign Notebook (07/18/08)

A wild and wacky filing deadline day forms the basis of Mary Lahammer's look at the week in politics.

Campaign Notebook

07/18/08
by Mary Lahammer
Looking back at the week in politics, the U.S. Senate race was the story. From Jesse Ventura's announcement with Larry King on CNN that he wasn't running to 7 Independence Party members jumping in from former U.S. Senator Dean Barkley and former IP Chair Jack Uldrich. Getting less press is the fact there are also 7 DFLers in this race, most notably Priscilla Lord Faris who is challenging Al Franken. It was a madhouse outside the secretary of state's office for candidate filing.
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A Political Science Panel (07/18/08)

They are back for their monthly campaign visit. This week's group of political scientists include Guy Charles, David Schultz and Kathryn Pearson.

The Monologue (07/18/08)

It's Dominic Papotola's turn.

Jesse Not Running

07/14/08
by Mary Lahammer
Here's what Jesse had to say: "This is an agonizing decision...felt like '98...my personal life...my family...my children were attacked by Minnesota media...do I want to put my family on the firing line again...maybe I'm not religious enough...God has never spoken to me...maybe at 5:00 God will send me to file...I came close...my daughter feared....won't put my family through that again...I don't see how Al Franken can win."
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The Political Panel (07/11/08)

Issues Senatorial and Presidential occupy the time with this week's political panelists. Democrats Jane Ranum and Mike Hatch share the couch with Republicans Fritz Knaak and Andy Brehm.

Mary's Campaign Notebook (07/11/08)

McCain, Ventura and the rest of the big political news of the week courtesy of political reporter Mary Lahammer. Mary also drops in on a group of Minnesota bloggers...

Senator Norm Coleman (07/11/08)

The Senator joins us live in the studio to talk policy and politics.

Campaign Notebook

07/11/08
by Mary Lahammer
In my Campaign Notebook this week, Gov. Tim Pawlenty watches as Sen. John McCain embraces First Lady Mary Pawlenty. Potential first lady Cindy McCain also got a big hug from Pawlenty. Sources have long told me that the two couples hit it off quite some time ago. Could this be the future first and second couple? McCain praised Pawlenty again visiting Minnesota, but neither gave any indication that they're going to share a ticket.
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Shocking the World (07/02/08)

Few Minnesotans will ever forget election night 1998. Weeks earlier Jesse Ventura was third in the polls ... but that night he pulled off a remarkable upset in a tight three-person race and uttered the famous quote, "We shocked the world!" The after-shocks kept on coming. Here's a look at how the Jesse phenomenon came to be.

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