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U.S. Republican Party

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Obama way ahead of Romney in Minnesota, says new SurveyUSA poll [GRAPHIC]

    Minnesota hasn't gone for a Republican candidate in a presidential election since 1972, when incumbent Richard Nixon edged Democrat George McGovern by five percentage points. Fear and loathing on the campaign trail, indeed.After November, it looks like it'll be 40 years and counting since a GOP pres ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 28, 2012

    Will Durst

    Minnesota hasn't gone for a Republican candidate in a presidential election since 1972, when incumbent Richard Nixon edged Democrat George McGovern by five percentage points. Fear and loathing on the campaign trail, indeed.After November, it looks like it'll be 40 years and counting since a GOP pres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Twitter study applauds MN congressional delegation, finds Republicans are best tweeters

    ​An impressively detailed new study looking at how Congress members use Twitter recognizes Minnesota's congressional delegation as some of the best social networkers around, but finds that Republicans, overall, use Twitter more effectively than Democrats.The study, "Capitol Tweets: Yeas and Nays o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    MNGOP Sen. Hann: Some state employees "do nothing," salaries "a clear misuse of public dollars"

    Sen. David Hann: Not a fan of the state paying employees to set up the state's health insurance exchange.​Minnesota Senator David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, is upset about the public dollars being spent on a handful of employees working to setup the state's health insurance exchange.The health insuranc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2011

    MN GOP Secretary-Treasurer David Sturrock resigns

    ​The almost-unwatchable train-wreck that is the Minnesotan Republican Party wrecks onward. Last night, Secretary Treasurer David Sturrock tendered his resignation, effective January 19. In his barbed letter to other Republicans, Sturrock seems to indicate that his decision was triggered by today' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Michael Brodkorb steps down from Minnesota Republican Party to volunteer on Mike Parry's campaign

    ​Michael Brodkorb is resigning as deputy chairman of the Republican Party in Minnesota to volunteer on state Sen. Mike Parry's run for U.S. Congress. Parry announced Friday that he would run against Congressman Tim Walz in the First Congressional District, a major move on the part of Republicans ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Business as usual for state GOP during shutdown, including salaries

    Tony Sutton will still get paid during the shutdown.​With Gov. Mark Dayton and a slew of legislators not taking their paychecks during the state government shutdown, City Pages thought it would check up on the state political parties. Eleven of the 14 state senators skipping their salary are Repub ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Dayton complains about GOP using shutdown to raise money

    Minnesota's shut down, but the state GOP isn't.​Mark Dayton says Minnesota Republicans are trying to mine the state shutdown for campaign money. The governor criticized the GOP for hitting up contributors while Minnesota can't pay for highway repairs and state parks. In a response to City Pages th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Republicans demand special session to deal with budget

    ​With just 10 days to go until a possible state government shutdown, top GOP leaders are asking Gov. Mark Dayton to call a special session to deal with the state's $5 billion budget deficit. House Speaker Kurt Zellers says it's time. Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch says that state legislator ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Chip Cravaack stunned: Not everyone on Iron Range is a tea partier

    Aren't we all Americans here? Not on the Range.​It's no wonder Republicans in control of the Legislature want to gerrymander our congressional districts to get Chip Cravaack off the Iron Range. When he shows up there, he draws rabid crowds - and not the good kind of rabid. That's hardly the k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Rep. Sarah Anderson appalled that her gerrymandering is called gerrymandering [VIDEO]

    Rep. Sarah Anderson.​Rep. Sarah Anderson unveiled a Republican redistricting plan plan last week that's more or less dead on arrival at Gov. Mark Dayton's desk because it's such a transparent effort to gerrymander districts to buttress Republican seats at the Legislature and in Congress. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Pawlenty will run for president or get off the pot in two weeks [UPDATE]

    It's make-your-mind-up time.​Tim Pawlenty says he will decide once and for all in the next two or three weeks whether he'll make a 2012 run for the White House. After three epic campaign commercials, a national book tour, frequent-flyer excursions to New Hampshire and Iowa, and incessant sucking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Betty McCollum guards Sesame Street and Republicans go Gonzo

    Big Bird: Not worthy of your tax dollars?​Rep. Betty McCollum and some other House members stood on the Capitol steps with Elmo and Big Bird yesterday, deriding Republicans for trying to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's $451 million operating budget. PBS is an oasis in the va ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Norm Coleman could fight Reince Priebus for GOP leadership

    Will Norm Coleman save the GOP from the insidious influence of Wisconsin?​Norm Coleman, who has been doing his will-he-won't-he dance for months now, appears to be one step closer to running for Chairman of the Republican National Committee.Today an anonymous "close source" told the press that Col ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Keith Ellison scores Progressive Caucus chairmanship [UPDATE]

    Keith Ellison wins another election.​Rep. Keith Ellison has just won election as a chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. That means the leader of of one of Congress's most liberal groups now shares a property line of sorts with the chairwoman of one of its most conservative, Rep. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Emmer petitions MN Supreme Court over ballots. [UPDATES]

    Every vote should count, right?​Tom Emmer's legal eagles are taking another shot at helping their candidate beat Mark Dayton in court. They have petitioned the Minnesota Supreme Court to order every election judge across the state to prove that the number of voters and the number of votes ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Michele Bachmann had the worst week in Washington

    Cooper vs. Bachmann: It didn't help.​It didn't help Michele Bachmann's recent power play for a leadership position among Republicans that she chose the very same moment to once more climb aboard the crazy train. By Wednesday, she figured out she was better suited to softball sessions with Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Did Fox News just call Tim Pawlenty a wimp?

    Fox News thinks Tim Pawlenty is small fry.​Fox News news is up with a feature called "12 in 2012," a kind of working list made up of potential Republican challengers to President Barack Obama in the next general election. The good news for Tim Pawlenty is that he made the list. The bad news i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Bill Clinton and Mark Dayton welcome George W. Bush to their side

    Photo via WikipediaMiss him yet? Bill Clinton said the Republicans would barely recognize him.​Bill Clinton blew into town last night for a $1000-a-head fundraiser benefiting Democrat Mark Dayton's run for governor. George W. Bush wasn't with him, but Clinton suggested that maybe he would hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Republican campaign complaint against Tom Horner tossed

    The poll that piqued Republicans showed their candidate for governor losing ground​The Republican Party of Minnesota has failed in its effort to nail IP-endorsed gubernatorial candidate -- and former Republican -- Tom Horner for shady politicking. An administrative law judge ruled yesterday t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    GOP complaint against Tom Horner nixed by board. (That was fast)

    ​Who says the government isn't efficient? It took the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board just a day to consign a Republican complaint against IP gubernatorial candidate Tom Horner to the "out" box. The complaint alleges that former Republican Horner received an illegal cam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    GOP phone # sends Minnesotan to sex line

    ​A mystery Minnesotan got a surprise recently when he tried to call and complain about a Republican fund raising letter he received that was disguised as a Census mailer: He called the telephone number listed on the mailer and, according to Poitico, "he was directed to a phone sex line, that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    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.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Michele Bachmann dances on Ted Kennedy's grave

    A Republican may win the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat.

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Pawlenty: Yep, the GOP has 'bottomed out'

    Sounds like the Repubs were steamrolled by the Hope Express. toot toot. Next stop: Socialism (right Bachmann?!)

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    GOP not complaining about Minnesota's empty seat

    Those silly Republicans are finally admitting what we knew all along: They don't mind having Minnesota's Senate seat empty for now.

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Are Republicans losing interest in the race already?

    Those silly Republicans are finally admitting what we knew all along: They don't mind having Minnesota's Senate seat empty for now.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Mitt Romney gets into DNC ... on someone's press pass

    Those silly Republicans are finally admitting what we knew all along: They don't mind having Minnesota's Senate seat empty for now.

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2008

    MC Rove Will Be in Da House Tomorrow

    Those silly Republicans are finally admitting what we knew all along: They don't mind having Minnesota's Senate seat empty for now.

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    Elephant Droppings

    Those silly Republicans are finally admitting what we knew all along: They don't mind having Minnesota's Senate seat empty for now.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    Why it is a terrible time to be a Republican

    Those silly Republicans are finally admitting what we knew all along: They don't mind having Minnesota's Senate seat empty for now.

  • News

    January 23, 2008

    Working Girl

    Michele Bachmann celebrates longer hours, worser grammar

  • Feature

    January 9, 2008

    A raucous Iowa caucus

    The Wizard of Odds: Iowa begins the road to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2007

    6/7 Morning Communiqué

    The Wizard of Odds: Iowa begins the road to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2007

    1/26 Morning Communiqué

    The Wizard of Odds: Iowa begins the road to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2006

    McCain and Pawlenty, sittin' in a tree?

    The Wizard of Odds: Iowa begins the road to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2006

    11/15 Morning Communiqué

    The Wizard of Odds: Iowa begins the road to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul

  • News

    November 15, 2006

    Fade to Blue

    Five or six things about last week's winners and losers

  • News

    November 15, 2006

    Night of the Short Knives

    As the GOP suffered the death of a thousand cuts last Tuesday, CP staffers captured scenes from the victory party that (mostly) wasn't

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2006

    Michael Brodkorb exposed during the GOP's endless night

    As the GOP suffered the death of a thousand cuts last Tuesday, CP staffers captured scenes from the victory party that (mostly) wasn't

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2006

    Elephants on West Seventh

    As the GOP suffered the death of a thousand cuts last Tuesday, CP staffers captured scenes from the victory party that (mostly) wasn't

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2006

    Bar owner butts into governor's race

    As the GOP suffered the death of a thousand cuts last Tuesday, CP staffers captured scenes from the victory party that (mostly) wasn't

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    “They talk about freedom and values, but they really don't believe in representative government.”

    Former Minnesota Senator and lifelong Republican Dave Durenberger on the rise of the new Bush Republicans in Minnesota and elsewhere

  • News

    February 11, 2004

    Fear of a Liberal Planet

    GOP telemarketers harass the elderly, groove on hip hop, and scream like monkeys

  • Books

    January 13, 1999

    Log Cabin Fever

    Gay Republicans invite themselves to the party

  • Feature

    November 12, 1997

    Party of Losers

    A recent Supreme Court decision upholding tight Minnesota rules on cross-party endorsements quashed the possibility of third parties playing a balance-of-power role in most states. Thus, the only hope for a renewal of progressive electoral politics is for

  • Feature

    June 11, 1997

    Logrolling on Capitol Hill

    As evidence of public disgust mounts, Congress and the White House are continuing to stonewall on campaign finance reform

  • News

    November 22, 1995

    Playing Hardball With Soft Money

    As evidence of public disgust mounts, Congress and the White House are continuing to stonewall on campaign finance reform

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