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Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Convention

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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 >>

Dan Savage invites Tim Pawlenty to film "It Gets Better" video

​In the latest issue of Time magazine, sex columnist Dan Savage calls on former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to record a video for the "It Gets Better" campaign.When the alt weekly sex columnist is asked who should record a public service spot against gay suicide, he named Pawlenty along with longt ... More >>

Meghan McCain calls Michele Bachmann "a poor man's Sarah Palin" [VIDEO]

Meghan McCain dishes on Michele Bachmann.​Rep. Michele Bachmann flunked the history of the Founding Fathers and slavery, and she couldn't figure out which camera to look at in her State of the Union address. Now she's got John McCain's daughter heaping on the insults. "She not a leader of t ... More >>

Michele Bachmann loses "Lie of the Year" again

​After getting trounced last year by Sarah Palin, we really thought she had a shot this time around. But once again, Michele Bachmann has been been stiff-armed by the readers of PolitiFact's annual "Lie of the Year" competition. Her whopper:

Tim Pawlenty who? New poll, familiar result

Tales from the basement.​Maybe it's time for Tim Pawlenty to get his own TV reality show. Because what else is it going to take for him to eclipse the likes of Sarah Palin in GOP presidential contender polls? Maybe he can talk smokin' hot wife Mary into a Dancing With the Stars slot. She's g ... More >>

Norm Coleman tells Joe Miller to quit the Alaska recount

Coleman to Miller: Quit.​Norm Coleman, who has learned a thing or two about recount math in recent times, says Alaska teabagger Joe Miller ought to realize he's lost his bid for a U.S. Senate seat and call off his lawsuit challenging the results.

Sarah Palin plays political football with Iran hostages in inscrutable Twitter rant

Shane Bauer can't count on Mama Grizzly.​We can probably all agree that a public Twitter account isn't the best place to shoot for nuance in U.S. diplomatic relations. But that didn't stop U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. We also can't be too surprised that Sarah Palin would pick ... 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 >>

Bill Maher hates the voices in Michele Bachmann's head

Michele Bachmann is Bill Maher's favorite M.I.L.F.​HBO yakker Bill Maher has a love/hate affair with Washington, D.C., whose politicos he routinely lampoons and lambastes on "Real Time." Now he tells Capitol File magazine that he loves "the springtime, when Joe Biden's hair blooms." And he ha ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty hits near bottom in Iowa poll

​A new poll by an Iowa website that calls itself a place for news about Republicans, by Republicans, finds Tim Pawlenty so low in the standings of presidential hopefuls that, to go any lower, his popularity would have to be described in terms of fractions.

Rush Limbaugh has Tim Pawlenty on his presidential radar

T-Paw's in Limbaugh's sites (right behind Palin...)​Maybe Gov. Tim Pawlenty's national profile is rising despite a recent rash of none-too-encouraging polls: Stogie-smokin' right-wing radio yakker Rush Limbaugh has a soft spot for T-Paw's White House aspirations. That tidbit dribbled out of t ... 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 >>

Sarah Palin endorses Tom Emmer for governor

Palin endorses Emmer. Does it matter?​She bailed out on her own first term as Alaska's governor, but Sarah Palin has become a full-blown Tea Party celebrity since then, and today she endorsed Tom Emmer in his race for the Minnesota GOP gubernatorial race from her Facebook page. "A patriotic ... More >>

Michele Bachmann repeats debunked economics

​To borrow a phrase from Ronald Reagan: There she goes again. Preaching to the converted at yesterday's downtown Minneapolis GOP money-grubbing love-in with Sarah Palin -- check out our slideshow -- Michele Bachmann told a bunch of whoppers. Her call for nuking cyberattackers was an especial ... More >>

MSNBC mocks Michele Bachman-Sarah Palin photo op and plugs Tarryl Clark's spoof

Want to pose for a $10,000 photo op with Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann on April 7 in Minneapolis? Want to do it for free? Read on.

Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney together in April

Teabaggers take note: There's going to be flood of red-meat Rublicanism in Minnesota come springtime.

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 on with Pawlenty, Beck, Birchers at CPAC

The Minnesota duo, Glenn Beck and the John Birch Society will all have a place at the table for the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference.

Pawlenty keeps pitching right, headlines anti-abortion gala

The governor recently told Newsweek that it might be hard to be a presidential candidate in 2012 because nobody knows who he is.

For-profit teabagger convention limits press. Where's Bachmann?

Only a few, favored members of the media will be able to get credentials to cover the event.

Some Brits see Bachmann as a "poor man's Sarah Palin"

In a Top 100 list, she's one spot below CNN's former anti-immigration anchor, Lou Dobbs.

Michele Bachmann earns CNN's "wingnut of the year"

The congresswoman takes top honors for her "sheer tonnage of wingnuttery," says Rudy Giuliani's former speechwriter.

Tim "nobody knows who I am" Pawlenty praises Sarah Palin

On running for president: "I have a PAC I set up. I'll just see. Nobody knows who I am."

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?

Mischke Show Notes: Dec. 7, 2009

Join the conversation with T.D. Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 - 3:30 p.m.

Mischke show notes Nov. 17, 2009

Join the conversation with T.D. Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.

Can't wait to see Sarah Palin's MOA tweets

Sarah Palin's coming to MOA armed with a freshly minted Twitter page. Tweets so far: 0. Followers: 13,000.

Pawlenty's road show heads to Florida

If it's Friday it must be Florida: Gov. Tim Pawlenty will continue racking up the frequent flyer miles when he puts in an appearance Nov. 13 at The Forum Club of Southwest Florida in Palm Beach, north of Miami.

Bachmann as Palin's VP? Tom Tomorrow's Halloween costumes

Tom Tomorrow's latest comic on Salon features this crazy duo in Halloween costume form.

Target, high school streakers, and swine offend everybody

Minnesota corporation mistakenly sells "Illegal Alien" costume

Thomas Larson

Deathers: Palin and Bachmann aren't the only crazy ones

When Sarah Palin wrote about President Obama "death panels" and cited our very own Rep. Michele Bachmann, we put them both in the crazy box and called it a day. Not so fast.

Bachmann: "Don't let them Palinize me!"

Rep. Michele Bachmann has this whole game down like no one else.

One Nation News responds to plagiarism accusations

Editor blames the economy, the summer season, and some guy named Garrett for cut and paste job.

Pawlenty's Path to the Presidency

What Minnesota's governor needs to do to become No. 45

Mischke show notes: May 28, 2009

Join the conversation with TD Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 p.m.- 4p.m.

Dan Lacey's bizarre pancake paintings land him fame beyond Gawker

Cartoonist's flapjack-topped noggins target everyone from McCain to Franken to Harry Potter

Once McCain's sweetheart, Pawlenty is now but an afterthought

He's third on John McCain's short-list, behind some guy you never heard of and some other guy whose already a laughingstock.

Aunt Dracula

Gov. Tim Pawlenty to Katie Couric: "Republican Party is going through a national 'Dr. Phil' moment."

GOP dropping funding for Bachmann race, media buyers say

Todd Palin will prove he is more sporty than Minnesotans

Mayor to Arrested Journalists: Drop Dead

Suddenly, the mayor wants nothing to do with hosting the RNC

Pawlenty, a nonpresence at the convention, skips Palin's speech

A Team We Can Believe In

RNC: Highlights from Day Two, including the canceled Rage show

Police arrest CODEPINK

Sarah Palin "was huge" in February

VP Pawlenty Watch (Final edition): It's NOT Pawlenty!