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McCain's RNC Momentnew
A minute-by-minute account of the GOP convention's POWerful climax.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
09-11-2008 |
Politics
Dozens of Journalists Arrested at RNCnew
As McCain spoke Thursday night about America's obligation to confront "threats to peace and liberty in our time," armed agents were busy cuffing and detaining nearly 400 people a half-mile away. Most were protesters who had overstayed their permit -- many were journalists and bystanders. I was one of them.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
09-10-2008 |
Politics
Tim Pawlenty: Jilted for Sarah Palinnew
Like John McCain's first wife, Carol, who waited faithfully as her husband endured five years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, Pawlenty stood by his man. And like Carol, his loyalty was not repaid; he was cast aside for a younger woman.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
09-04-2008 |
Politics
Is it Possible to Understand Minnesota's Politics? You Betchanew
In our own quiet way, we're thrilled to be living in a battleground state, but to understand Minnesota politics today, visitors will have to understand what came before. To help, here's a look back at the most memorable moments in our political history.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matthew Smith |
08-28-2008 |
Politics
A Field Guide to the Republican National Conventionnew
Meet the deranged, debauched and deluded characters coming to Minneapolis and St. Paul for the RNC.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders and Bradley Campbell |
08-28-2008 |
Politics
Those Hoping to Rent Out Their Apartment During the RNC Face a Glut in the Marketnew
In the past few weeks, more than 700 would-be landlords have posted ads to Craiglist hoping to rent their homes to visiting Republicans during the first week of September. Yet of the more than three-dozen Craigslisters contacted by City Pages not a single one has rented out so much as a broom closet.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
08-13-2008 |
Politics
Republican Boobs: Nudie Bar Will Stay Open Late for the RNCnew
Schieks Palace Royale will be open late. And we couldn't be happier about it. We awarded Schieks best strip club of the Twin Cities this year and can't wait to gently drop fives in the garter belts of Royale beauties at 3:45 in the morning.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Staff |
08-06-2008 |
Politics
Tim Pawlenty Flip-Flops on Cuba Just in Time to Cozy Up to McCainnew
In late April, the fiscally conservative, free-trade Republican Governor from Minnesota, vetoed a non-binding resolution urging the president and Congress to end the embargo, which surprised some local Cuban-Americans. Of course, the elephant in the room is Pawlenty's Pennsylvania Avenue ambitions.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
06-11-2008 |
Politics
Minnesota's 10 Most Powerful Republicansnew
Many Republicans hope that hosting the party's national convention will signal a resurgence of Republican power in Minnesota. If so, the current will surely pass through the people on these pages—the shadow figures of the state's conservative power base.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
05-28-2008 |
Politics
FBI Solicits Informants To Spy On RNC Protest Groupsnew
They were looking for someone to show up at "vegan potlucks" throughout the Twin Cities and rub shoulders with RNC protesters, schmoozing into their inner circles, then reporting back to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
05-23-2008 |
Politics
Judgment Callnew
A former judge accuses retiring Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Russell Anderson of playing politics.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
04-02-2008 |
Politics
Will Minneapolis Pioneer Instant Runoff Voting?new
It's no sure bet, and a legal fight looms.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
03-19-2008 |
Politics
Jesus Endorses Mike Huckabeenew
You thought Chuck Norris was a big deal? Now Mike Huckabee has secured an endorsement from Jesus himself! Check it out.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
01-23-2008 |
Commentary
A Raucous Iowa Caucusnew
The Wizard of Odds: Iowa begins the road to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
01-09-2008 |
Politics
Pakou Hang vs. Dan Bostrom: St. Paul's Most Intriguing City Council Racenew
Hang hopes to tap new Hmong voters in her campaign to unseat the 12-year incumbent.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
10-31-2007 |
Politics
