AltWeeklies Wire
'Vampire King' Jonathon Sharkey running for Minnesota governornew
Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey has big ambitions. The self-described king of the vampyres just got out of an Indiana jail cell after cooling his heels on a conviction for threatening a judge. He's resting up in Tampa before heading home to New Jersey.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
01-20-2010 |
Politics
Meet the Invisible Hands Behind Some of Minnesota's Biggest Billsnew
There are few things lawmakers like talking about less than the lobbyists they work with on a daily basis. This despite the fact that lobbyists write 90 percent of bills, clue legislators in on what backlash they can expect, and prep lawmakers on minutiae they don't have time to ponder.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
01-20-2010 |
Commentary
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann: Crazy Like a Foxnew
Many worry that her remarks are detrimental to the national Republican Party's credibility, which is why not everyone inside the GOP is thrilled at the prospect of Bachmann becoming the face of their party. Nevertheless, GOP higher-ups have shown no effort to muzzle her, which suggests she fills an important role.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
11-18-2009 |
Politics
Is the Smart and Well-Liked Legislator Paul Thissen Ready to be Minnesota's Governor?new
There hasn't been a Democrat governor of Minnesota since 1986. While the state DFL has seen success in nearly every other public office during that stretch, the last DFL governor was Rudy Perpich, a politician who served before many of today's voters were even born.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
10-14-2009 |
Politics
Is Tony Sutton the Savior of Minnesota's Republican Party?new
The "relentless" Sutton has the unenviable job of turning around a party that seems to have lost its bearings on a national scale. But don't tell that to Sutton. Far from playing defense, he has come out swinging with a gloves-be-damned attack on Secretary of State Mark Ritchie.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
08-26-2009 |
Politics
Tim Pawlenty's Path to the Presidency: What He Needs to Do to Become No. 45new
His political allies say Pawlenty has said he'd like to be president, but the governor is no fool. If he wants to seize the Republican nomination, experts say there are several steps he'll need to take -- and fast. Consider this his to-do list.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
07-15-2009 |
Politics
Minnesota's Legislators Didn't Get Obama's Mideast Memonew
The state's push for divestment from Iran came on the heels of President Obama's call for diplomacy. Just last week, Obama reiterated that Iran has some right to nuclear energy, provided it can prove it's for peaceful purposes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
06-10-2009 |
Politics
Did You Cost Al Franken the Election?new
With only some-570 votes stand between Norm Coleman and Franken, some are calling Independent candidate Dean Barkley the Ralph Nader of this senate race, while others point fingers at the voters.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
11-05-2008 |
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
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
Go Al! Grrrr!new
Neighbors of aspiring senator Al Franken say his workout routine is not ready for primetime.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Ben Westhoff |
08-15-2007 |
Politics
Polls Indicate John Kerry Is Barely Aheadnew
The presidential race is incredibly close, with John Kerry leading by 58 electoral votes – and the crucial states of Florida and Ohio (47 votes) barely in the Kerry column.
Orlando Weekly |
Alan Waldman |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
Kerry Speaks! Why This Election Is Far From Overnew
Until Sept. 20, John Kerry seemed unable to put together his criticisms of George W. Bush and his war in a compelling way. Now he's finally found his theme. Your credibility gap on Iraq, he effectively told the president, is a helluva lot bigger than mine.
L.A. Weekly |
Harold Meyerson |
09-29-2004 |
Politics
