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Laura Mulholland, Rochester anti-Obama racist, has a public Facebook profile

Laura Mulholland -- the Rochester racist whose backyard display features a bayonet-pierced empty chair hanging from a noose -- didn't have her picture published along with an online report about her anti-Obama views.SEE ALSO: Openly racist woman's anti-Obama display: Bayonet-stabbed chair hanging fr ... More >>

Norm Coleman blasts Cali Democrat John Burton after he compares Paul Ryan to Goebbels

SEE ALSO:-- Norm Coleman's "shadowy" American Action Network under fire for flouting law-- Norm Coleman most popular prominent MN GOPer; Bachmann "most unpopular politician"-- Norm Coleman: Obamacare won't be repealed, despite what Romney saysFormer Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman spoke on behalf of ... More >>

Republicans sound the trumpet as Obamacare contributes to St. Jude's Minnesota layoffs

SEE ALSO:-- Supreme Court upholds Obamacare: Top 10 Twin Cities tweets-- U.S. healthcare is too costly for Kevin Steinman, so he's moving to Norway-- KARE 11 criticized for hosting "potentially harmful" health screenings at State FairYesterday, St. Jude Medical Inc. announced that it's laying off 30 ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty tries to be funny during RNC speech, fails [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO:-- Tim Pawlenty suggests Latina CNN anchor can't understand English, quickly backtracks [VIDEO]-- Tim Pawlenty: Obama is "all foam and no beer"-- Mitt Romney is Tim Pawlenty's sugar daddyPaul Ryan may have served up a pack of lies, but here's one thing we learned during last night's RNC spe ... More >>

Barack Obama hands the National an opening slot in Des Moines

See Also:Barack Obama brings Ben Harper and The National to Madison [UPDATE]Tom Morello rages against Paul Ryan's machineThe National at First Avenue, 8/6/10Band names are important in an election year. Pussy Riot's aware of it, so is Rage Against the Machine, but the National are so the band with t ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty suggests Latina CNN anchor can't understand English, quickly backtracks [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO:-- Tim Pawlenty: Obama is "All foam and no beer"-- Mitt Romney is Tim Pawlenty's sugar daddy-- Tim Pawlenty is the least influential person alive, according to GQTim Pawlenty's recent appearance on Soledad O'Brien's CNN show provides a fascinating case study of a gaffe-conscious politician ... More >>

Ross Murty, deli co-owner, caters for Obama, wears "Gov't Didn't Build My Business" shirt

SEE ALSO: Paul Ryan's Iowa State Fair speech gets messy as protesters are hauled away [VIDEO]President Obama's campaign staff likes Ross Murty's Davenport, Iowa deli, but Murty isn't shy about not liking Obama's politics.Yesterday, Murty catered for Obama and his entourage during a stop on the presi ... More >>

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Paul Ryan's Rage Against the Machine love is destined to be unrequited

See Also:Rage Against The Machine: The Battle of Minneapolis, part deuxBrother Ali to join Tom Morello at rally to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott WalkerDeep within a recent New York Times profile we discover that Mitt Romney's running mate Paul Ryan is a Rage Against the Machine fan. While the Wisconsi ... More >>

Southeast Engine on Woody Guthrie, Barack Obama, and historical songwriting

Southeast Engine is an Ohio alt-country band that charges down the open highway pinned between grit and grace. Singer Adam Remnant's voice is one-of-a-kind in that it has an everyman's quality -- even if you're hard-pressed to find anyone who sounds quite like him. For those enraptured by the vocal ... More >>

Pawlenty's Wikipedia page on lockdown following Colbert Report segment [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO: Tim Pawlenty: Obama is "All foam and no beer"Believe it or not, Stephen Colbert wants to see Tim Pawlenty as Mitt Romney's running mate, and following the advice of Fox News, he did what he could to make that happen. But as a result, we're no longer able to edit T-Paw's Wikipedia page.On l ... More >>

Mpls workers like to swear on the job, and it could cost them promotions, says new study

SEE ALSO: Mitt Romney Glitter F-Bomb: Did he say "fuck," "faggot," or something else? [VIDEO]Minneapolis workers swear a helluva lot, according to a new CareerBuilder study.CareerBuilder spanned the country to survey 2,000 hiring managers and 3,800 workers across industries and company sizes. As far ... More >>

Norm Coleman most popular prominent MN GOPer; Bachmann "most unpopular politician"

The Republicans we like the best are the ones we see and hear from the least, apparently.New polling released yesterday by Public Policy Polling reveals that "the most prominent Minnesota Republican with the best favorability numbers" is former Senator Norm Coleman, who we've barely heard from durin ... More >>

Is Michele Bachmann's "tar baby" blast of President Obama a racial slur? [VIDEO]

During a Wednesday interview with The Shark Tank, a Florida-based conservative blog, Michele Bachmann said that President Obama's recent effort to crack down on oil speculators is akin to "waving a tar baby in the air.""Tar baby" is a racially charged, controversial phrase that has gotten politician ... More >>

Bachmann not pulling punches as Iowa Caucus nears

​With the Iowa Caucuses less than a week away, the 2012 Presidential campaign's preseason is not for long, and Michele Bachmann is far behind Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Ron Paul in the polls. Republican candidates will begin to drop like punch-drunk boxers as the primary process moves from Iowa ... More >>

Michele Bachmann assails conservative opponents in new ad

Michele Bachmann: Consistently crazy. ​Michele Bachmann's campaign ads have continued to be a mind-boggling facet of this presidential race. A couple months ago, she released four minutes of what looked like a bad Power Point presentation that made us think her campaign was running on fumes. ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty's 10 greatest misses

Tim Pawlenty: Thanks for the memories.​Tim Pawlenty is not going to be president, and it's all his fault. Over the weekend, T-Paw's campaign ended, as it started, with a whimper. Since he officially declared his candidacy in March, Pawlenty's campaign for president has been a roller coaster ride - ... More >>

Bachmann first in Rasmussen poll with 22%, Pawlenty gets half that

Michele Bachmann's got twice as many voters as Pawlenty... and a lot more money.​Michele Bachmann has a narrow lead among Iowa Republicans heading into this weekend's Ames Straw Poll, according to Rasmussen Reports.Bachmann came in with 22 percent of Iowans, barely ahead of Mitt Romney's 21 percen ... More >>

Michele Bachmann second in Gallup poll

Bachmann's in second, and gaining rapidly.​Michele Bachmann is in second place to Mitt Romney in a new national Gallup poll.Bachmann trails Romney  27-18, and she's gaining on him rapidly. But the Bachmann campaign shouldn't start celebrating just yet. In a separate piece of the poll, when G ... More >>

Michele Bachmann takes the lead in national poll

Bachmann's ahead of Romney when Palin's not in the game.​Oh, God, it's really happening. Michele Bachmann is the leading Republican presidential candidate, according to a poll released this morning by Public Policy Polling.  Bachmann took a tiny lead -- 21 percent to 20 percent -- over Mitt R ... More >>

Bachmann to debate on Twitter, Pawlenty bows out

Pawlenty won't show off his excellent Twittering tomorrow.​Crippling headaches won't keep Michele Bachmann from participating in the first-ever "Twitter debate" tomorrow. Tim Pawlenty, who feels no pain, will sit this one out, along with the Mormons -- Mitt Romney and Jon Hunstmaan -- and the cran ... More >>

Palin hot on Bachmann's heels into Iowa

Happy couple Bachmann and Palin campaigning together for cash last year.​Whatever she's been doing in Iowa, it's paying off for Michele Bachmann, because she's now second only to Mitt Romney in the first Des Moines Register poll of 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls. That gives America's Craziest ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty calls out GOP presidential poseurs

Tim Pawlenty faces the also-rans.​Tim Pawlenty wanted to look like bona fide presidential material tonight on Fox News, facing down the likes of Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich in a GOP debate from South Carolina. But those folks are not showing up. Neither is Michele Bachmann, n ... More >>

Trump-Bachmann 2012: The all-crazy all-birther ticket

A certain kind of dream ticket.​Minnesota's two favorite maybe-probably presidential candidates aren't exactly tearing out of the gate. A poll last week showed Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann duking it out for last place among likely Republican presidential candidates. This week things are ev ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann shellacked in CPAC poll

Bachmann and Pawlenty get no love at CPAC.​Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty made a lot of media noise at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. But down where the rubber meets the road -- the event's presidential straw poll -- both Minnesotans slipped and fell i ... 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 >>

Tim Pawlenty had better head back to New Hampshire

Time to dock the boat and get serious in New Hampshire​Is our governor serious about the 2012 presidential race? If he is, he'd better make tracks to New Hampshire, where his poll numbers among likely Republican voters can't seem to climb out of the basement. The latest WMUR/University of Ne ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty: "I don't do well in straw polls."

T-Paw explains why he came in fourth in Conservative Political Action Conference's straw poll.

Bachmann signs her health care independence declaration

At a press conference, she signs a poster board printed in a way made to mimic the Declaration of Independence.

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?

Pawlenty makes Sweet 16, aiming to win it all in 2012

In conjunction with more exciting NCAA March Madness, National Public Radio has a 2012 GOP bracket poll running on their site for the next Republican candidate.

Biden: Hardcore Dems say "meh," public gives thumbs up. Meanwhile, everyone hates Pawlenty

Breakfast of Champions 7/1: The Digital Age

Breakfast of Champions 6/30: She's called the strawberry

The 10 most powerful Minnesota Republicans

These GOPfathers are the power brokers you've never heard of

VP Pawlenty Meter: Using addition by subtraction, T-Paw comes out on top

VP Pawlenty Meter: Is Charles in Charge?

Breakfast of Champions: 2/27

CNN calls MN for Mittens

Rudy: Not endorsed by anyone!

Mitt! Mitt! Mitt!

Michigan predictions

Zogby: Obama, McCain with big leads in New Hampshire

Goats for Obama and other political animals

O'Bama at O'Gara's

Huckabee concedes New Hampshire

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