U.S. Senate

Wide stances and ex-gay friends

Ex-senator wants to use campaign funds for legal defense, while a current representative parades his ex-gay friend on the House floor

Twin Cities commute times haven't changed in five years

When you're seeing red from tail lights on 35W in the morning, you can start wondering what all those other commuters are doing. Does everyone have to be at work at the same time as you? How long would it take to get to the office if you finally gave in and switched to the bus? And is traffic in the ... More >>

GOP Reps. Erik Paulsen and John Kline taking heat for supporting "forcible rape" language

SEE ALSO:-- Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" belief likely stems from University of Minnesota paper-- Iowa Rep. Steve King: Another GOPer hopelessly out of touch about rape, conception [VIDEO]Republican U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin's troubling "legitimate rape" comments have created an opening for D ... More >>

Kurt Bills' creepy Staring at the Future political film is laughably bad [VIDEO]

Last week, we shared the trailer of GOP U.S. Senate candidate Kurt Bills' 48 Hour Film Project, Staring at the Future.Suffice it to say, it's not good. In fact, as we wrote at the time, it's absolutely, horrifyingly awful. So it stands to reason that the full five-minute video would also make Hitchc ... More >>

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been... at the Guthrie

A great portrayal of Langston Hughes

U.S. Senate approves $700 million for Minnesota transportation projects

​On a 74-22 vote, the U.S. Senate today approved a two year, $109 billion surface transportation bill that would provide Minnesota with $700 million for transportation and infrastructure projects.With one in 10 bridges in Minnesota deemed to be structurally deficient, the funds would allow for the ... More >>

Franken and Klobuchar, in the minority, vote against anti-union bill

​The bill providing long-term funding for the Federal Aviation Administration is a case study in how complicated legislation coming before the U.S. Senate can be. As a condition of funding the FAA long-term, congressional Republicans demanded that the percentage of transportation workers' signatur ... More >>

Defending John Calhoun: Comment Of The Day

Is complaining about Calhoun's support for slavery just political correctness?​Two Athens State University, Ala., professors tell us the proposal to change Lake Calhoun's name -- so that it doesn't honor a man who called slavery "a positive good" -- is nothing but a bunch of politically correc ... More >>

Tom Emmer's predicament is Michael Steele's fault?

Hey, lets blame this guy.​First we were told that Republican Tom Emmer hasn't yet won the governor's race outright because Secretary of State Mark Ritchie was an evil, evil man. Now it sounds like one big-deal Repub is pinning the blame on national party chairman Michael Steele.

Michele Bachmann vs. Joe The Plumber: Tale of the Tape

Graphic: Matt BardinsMichele Bachmann's on the wrong side of the tea bag​Michele "Crazy Lips" Bachmann has suddenly found herself in a smackdown with dozens of Missouri teabagger groups and Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher over her lack of support for their prefered candidate for U.S. Senate. Sh ... More >>

Al Franken: Seat Scott Brown now, it wasn't even close

Forget a recount, Al Franken says. It's time to get back to work.

Michele Bachmann: Crazy like a fox

The Minnesota congresswoman gives Sarah Palin a run for her money

Coleman, Franken naked in MAD Cialis spoof

When the time comes to concede defeat in the land of 10,000 recalls, will you be ready?

Jon Stewart calls out Republicans for voting againt Franken's anti-rape amendment

Franken's amendment prohibited the U.S. government from giving out contracts to companies that have clauses that make it impossible for employees to sue if they are raped at work.

American Indian group blasts Obama on nuclear waste issue

The Prairie Island Indian Community near Red Wing is concerned that the federal government's about-face on Yucca Mountain means the nuclear waste storage site 600 yards from their land isn't going anywhere soon.

Franken: I'm ready to get to work, be like Wellstone

Al Franken, along with Sen. Amy Klobuchar and other local politicians, rallied at the state Capitol Wednesday to celebrate his long-awaited win of the state's vacant U.S. Senate seat.

Republicans freak out over Franken win, convinced America is crumbling

He won, get over it, and stop filling the world with your mouth garbage.

Ventura for governor again? Probably not, but he'll have influence

Although his chances of running again are slim Independence Party leader Dean Barkley says he plans to have Ventura somehow involved in the 2010 race.

If Coleman appeal undecided by Fourth of July, Klobuchar will show her mad face

We lost our patience long ago with this never-ending battle for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat still sitting empty, but now even Sen. Amy Klobuchar is showing she is going to be pretty ticked off in a couple weeks.

Serial flasher and the serial Senate race

Franken, my dear, they give a damn

DNC chairman pressures Pawlenty to ask Coleman to concede

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine called on Pawlenty to ask Norm Coleman to concede the race so Minnesotans can have full representation in Washington.

Franken/Coleman poll mania: 54 percent of Minnesotans want Coleman to concede

The latest Rasmussen Reports poll has a lot of interesting results highlighting how Minnesotans feel about the ongoing fight for the state's open U.S. Senate seat.

Dean Barkley to throw first pitch at Saints Recount Night

Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley will throw out the first pitch of the game. Barkley came in third against Coleman and Franken on Election Day.

Coleman plans to appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court

Following the three-judge panel's ruling this afternoon to consider just 400 absentee ballots in the final count, Coleman's team put out a release expressing their plan to appeal a likely ruling in Al Franken's favor.

Minn. absentee ballot pile like Al Capone's vault. Fail.

Local election officials opened more than 1,500 previously rejected absentee ballots in hopes of finding the golden ticket: voter registration cards inside the envelope.

Recount trial: The Energizer Bunny of Senate races

Get used to having one Minnesota senator at the Capitol because this could take awhile. It just keeps going and going and going.

Coleman takes job with Republican Jewish Coalition

Franken up 225 votes, Canvassing Board expected to certify vote count today

The state Canvassing Board is expected to certify Franken's 225-vote lead today at their meeting. Will Stuart Smalley be our new sen ... More >>

Florida recount expert advising Coleman

Anyone trying to make comparisons to the Florida recount have another place to point fingers.

Minn. recount update: Ramsey County finds 171 ballots

Ramsey County says they found 171 previously uncounted ballots.

NRA aims for a Coleman win

The Minnesota Electorate: Bleeding purple, leaning blue

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Senate polls keep everyone stressed out

Feeling Minnesota

Is it possible to understand our state's politics? You betcha.

Five songs for the Clinton Concession

Minnesota Republicans out Franken on lesbian jokes

Franken, my dear, they don’t give a damn

Savage Love

Cruelest Cut

Junkets-R-Us: Congressional Edition

Savage Love

An execrable fetish at Powerline

3/7: Morning Communique

Feeling strangely icked out

Tightening the Cuffs on Judges in the Drug War

The Content of His Character

Why is Gregory Gray so important to Paul Wellstone?

The Candidate

When did U.S. Senate hopeful Rebecca Yanisch get the idea to make affordable housing a top priority? It sure wasn't while she was running the Minneapolis Community Development Agency.

One More Time

They say people who fish and farm can't elect a governor anymore. Tell that to Doug Johnson

The Senator, the Star, and One Big Gold Mine