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Michele Bachmann not ready to debate Republicans

Not ready to debate.​Michele Bachmann claims she's not afraid to debate President Barack Obama, but she's not sure she's ready for a prime time debate with other Republicans first, in what she calls the key stepping stone state of South Carolina. But in order to qualify as a serious White Ho ... More >>

Bachmann raises cash off Obama's call to abandon Defense Of Marriage Act

Bachmann finds another way to make a buck.​When the Obama administration announced that it would no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, Michele Bachmann didn't take to her microphone at Fox News, and she didn't rant on the House floor. She asked supporters for ... More >>

KFC China commercial stars fake Obama [VIDEO]

KFC ChinaColonel Sanders teams up with Obama in China​The launch of the new Fish Filet Soft Roll at KFC in China gained a worldly spokesperson: Barack Obama. OK, so it's an Obama impersonator who promotes the "change" from fried chicken to fried fish. In one commercial, the fake president ho ... More >>

Obama vs. UFC fighter Jacob Volkmann: The Video

Obama smashes Jacob Volkmann's head into a wall.​By now you've heard of the UFC fighter who decided to call out the President after winning a fight--a decision that earned him a visit from the Secret Service.This video shows what might happen if Obama decided to get medieval on Volkmann's ass.

Michele Bachmann: The Year In Crazy

Wingnut of the Year.​Rep. Michele Bachmann took us all on another ride aboard the crazy train this year, questioning the president's patriotism, defending BP, proclaiming herself the queen tea partier -- and winning re-election in the 6th congressional district. Here's a look back.

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Barack Obama polls highest with Minnesotans in a year

Minnesotans kinda, sorta like this guy.​Just a hair more than half of Minnesotans approved of Barack Obama's job as president as of last week, according to a new Star Tribune poll. That's the highest poll rating Obama's seen in Minnesota in more than a year.

Barack Obama recommends meditation for Republicans

Screen grab via TheUptakeObama rallies at the U​Mark Dayton's campaign for governor got two big boosts this weekend: Yet another lead in another poll, and a pat on the back from Barack Obama. Obama flew in for a Dayton rally at the U of M, where he said Republicans would drive the economy bac ... More >>

Barack Obama booked for Mark Dayton rally

Barack Obama will lead a rally at the University of Minnesota on Oct. 23.​President Barack Obama will headline an Oct. 23 rally on the University of Minnesota campus to boost Democrat Mark Dayton's run for governor. The White House won't confirm or deny the exact location, but all indications ... More >>

Barack Obama vs. Michele Bachmann: No contest in new poll

Obama, or Bachmann? No contest.​A Humphrey Institute/MPR poll out this morning finds that President Barack Obama could struggle in Minnesota on Election Day 2012. Maybe. But Minnesotans sound pretty sure that he's a much better bet in the White House than, say, congresswoman Michele Bachmann ... More >>

Minnesota Majority's hip-hop Obama smear

Tea Party hip-hop. God help us all.​Minnesota Majority may bill itself as "Standing for Traditional Values," but that doesn't mean they're boring old sticks-in-the-mud. Far from it! They've got their ears to the street! If there was any doubt that Minnesota's favorite conservative noise machine w ... More >>

Barack Obama loves Bob Dylan

And the feeling is mutual.​Apparently, Barack Obama is a huge fan of Bob Dylan. In a Q & A featured in the Oct. 15 issue of Rolling Stone, Obama tells magazine co-founder Jann Wenner that Dylan is a perennial on the presidential iPod. That is, of course, when he's not listening to Nas and Li ... More >>

Team Bachmann still insists, yep, we're a "nation of slaves"

​We're a "nation of slaves," Michele Bachmann insists. No. We're not. We stopped that brutality a long time ago. But what would prompt her to make such a crazy claim? Because the Obama administration has doubled the national debt from $5.8 trillion to $13.1 trillion -- that's what she told a ... More >>

Michele Bachmann revives BP, death panel bunk

​Up for re-election in November, congresswoman Michele Bachmann must figure it's time to haul out the scare tactics again. Two weeks ago the White House was fomenting socialism and One World Government. Now, we're back to Obama creating death panels with health care reform and opening a politi ... More >>

Keith Ellison blasts "warmongers" in speech to Unitarians [VIDEO]

Image via YouTubeObama's no miracle worker, Ellison tells Unitarians​The first Muslim elected to Congress told a gathering of Unitarians recently that President Barack Obama is no miracle worker --especially when it comes to waging peace over war -- and that any of them who labor under that mi ... More >>

Keith Olbermann mocks Michele Bachmann on "commandeer" comment

Michele Bachmann, she of "gangster government" fame, continues to draw national media mocking for insisting that President Barack Obama should have commandeered boats to combat the drill-baby-drill BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. First, Hardball weighed in. Now, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann ... More >>

Michele Bachmann demands gangster president commandeer boats

​Rep. Michele Bachmann is happy to tar President Barack Obama as the anti-American leader of a gangster government. But evidently there are times when she's all in favor of a little gangster action -- such as Friday on the floor of the House of Representatives when she accused Obama of havin ... More >>

Minnesotans fear socialism, love income redistribution

Photo: Laura K. GibbsWe seem a little confused​Almost half of Minnesotans in a new MPR poll -- let's call them the Bachmann Block -- say they think president Barack Obama is steering the country toward socialism. Most of them don't trust the government. And most of them think it has too much p ... More >>

Michele Bachmann mocked with her own words in Tarryl Clark's new website

Via michelebachmannsaidwhat.comAll the greatest hits in one fun package​Just in time for her paranoia road show in California, Michele Bachmann's crazy conspiracy theories have all been gathered in one neat interactive package by her DFL challenger, Tarryl Clark. Whether in fun quiz form, nif ... More >>

Michele Bachmann finds little love for health care repeal

Bachmann's repeal effort has a long way to go.​Michele Bachmann is going to kill health care reform if it's the last thing she does. And it may well be the last thing she does, because it may take forever. Her congressional colleagues are not exactly beating a path to sign on to her bill see ... More >>

Michele Bachmann calls net neutrality an Obama censorship plot

​Black is white. Peace is war. Up is down. Michele Bachmann is now asserting that the issue of Internet network neutrality, known as "net neutrality," is an evil Obama administration plot to censor the Internet. But it's exactly the opposite: Network neutrality (also net neutrality, Inter ... More >>

Michele Bachmann calls Barack Obama anti-American and likens herself to Nostradamus

Getting labelled "anti-American" in her kind of company is easy.

Tim Pawlenty and GOP minority in Legislature thwarted in challenge to health care reform

The minority Republicans are licking their wounds and figuring out what to do next.

Michele Bachmann spreads rumor that Barack Obama wants to ban sport fishing

That would be a big deal in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, yes? Never mind that it's poppycock.

Michele Bachmann calls Barack Obama the "first post-American president"

She also accused Obama of tyranny and declared that, "The government is working against us."

"Impeach Obama" billboard: Another bad idea from Wisconsin

A lawyer representing the company readily admits the President Barack Obama has done nothing impeachable.

Tim Pawlenty tells Esquire that Barack Obama's not a socialist

The governor sounds like he's turning his back on the teabaggers, not to mention Michele Bachmann.

Michelle Obama deserves kudos for Let's Move campaign

Obama vows to to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation.

Will Bachmann smack Robertson's devil-worshipping Haitians comments?

She may not have time, between rants about the usual radical-leftist-takeover jabbering, but it sure would be refreshing, wouldn't it?

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10 Celebrity Potheads

We celebrate the big names who've copped to their love of herb.

Somali terrorists threatened Obama's life on inauguration

New York Times reveals concerns over al-Qaeda-inspired terrorists blowing up the President.

Pawlenty's still a mystery to most voters in new poll

Does this mean Tim Pawlenty will be out of the state even more, trying to boost his national profile?

Bachmann fears deep socialism in religious mag interview

The District 6 congresswoman holds forth with some startling, and questionable, assertions.

Local anti-war activists will protest Obama's troop surge

Used to be that George W. Bush was the target of anti-war protesters. Times have changed.

Obama's bank regulation: Doomed to fail?

Administration lax on cleaning up AIG, Bear Stearns, and Lehman Brothers

Twin Cities tweeps chime in as Twitter chokes on Obama's Nobel

In case you're wondering why you may have trouble accessing Twitter this morning, it's because Twitter is, well, all a-twitter with the news.

Pawlenty on Cash for Clunkers: "We'll get a lot of cars with Obama stickers off the road"

Gov. Tim Pawlenty's latest money quote to ponder: "There's a joke out now that says the main value of the Cash for Clunkers program may be that we'll get a lot of cars with Obama stickers off the road."

Bachmann: Obama might try to control the calories we consume

Now she is doing some really awesome fear mongering by claiming that Obama might someday control how many calories you consume. Yes, your diet will be rationed by the president. Totally logical.

Ani DiFranco: The extended interview

My full chat with the righteous babe of folk.

Minn. Republicans, Blue Dogs stand up against Obama health care plan

Republicans and some Democrats spoke out this weekend against the plan, citing lack of details or unease with the public option.

Obama protestor opposes "pubic option" in healthcare plan

One sign in particular stuck out as being particularly representative of the inanity of the teabaggers' debate.

Pawlenty compares Obama's health care speech to leftover cold pizza

Huh? Leftover cold pizza is the best type of pizza there is.

Can't make it to Obama rally? Watch it live online

Watch Obama's speech Saturday at 12:30 p.m. from the comfort of your basement dungeon.

President Obama to speak in Twin Cities Saturday

President Obama will be in Minnesota Saturday to speak about health care reform, Minnesota Public Radio confirmed.

Wild say Xcel activities still on as planned Saturday

Does this suggest that Obama won't return to the site of the historic fist bump?

Lines forming for free Obama speech at Target Center

Doors open at 9:30 a.m. for the 12:30 p.m. speech on Saturday.

Obama speech scheduled for Target Center Saturday

Obama will speak at 12:30 p.m. at the rally, which is free and open to the public. Access is first come, first served.

Controversy over Obama's speech to kids fizzles

The White House released the text of his speech Monday and it was clean of any potentially evil rhetoric.