-Karl Rove at Minnesota’s state GOP convention. By Carlyn Reichel When Karl Rove delivered the keynote address at the Minnesota State Republican Convention this afternoon, one republican was noticeably missing from his speech on the importance of winning the presidential election in November — John McCain. In an approximately 45 minute speech, Rove spoke [...]
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Republicans differ on climate change
May 31, 2008 – 2:46 pm
-Minnesota 1st Congressional District Republican candidate Brian Davis. By Carlyn Reichel The most enthusiastic standing ovation of the morning goes to Minnesota 1st Congressional District candidate Brian Davis. Davis, who is running against DFL one-term incumbent Congressman Tim Walz in a highly competitive race, brought the crowd to its feet with a roar of approval [...]
Veepstakes in Minnesota
May 31, 2008 – 11:33 am
-Minnesota Governor and Republican VP-hopeful Timothy Pawlenty after speaking at Minnesota’s GOP state convention. By Carlyn Reichel In an early-morning speech to the GOP state convention in Rochester, Minnesota Governor and potential McCain running mate Tim Pawlenty performed exactly the way a VP-hopeful would be expected to behave. Short on policy, long on rhetoric, Pawlenty [...]
Republicans in Minnesota
May 30, 2008 – 6:11 pm
By Carlyn Reichel and Cynthia Dizikes The Republicans at the Minnesota State Republican Convention were in lock step today – almost. Politicians from underdog 4th Congressional District challenger Ed Matthews through incumbent candidate Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) echoed the Republican Party line on restoring fiscal responsibility, reducing wasteful government spending, making the tax cuts set [...]
California Latinos Discuss the Primary
February 5, 2008 – 8:35 am
On Sunday February 3, Cynthia Dizikes and Carmel Wroth visited three Latino churches and interviewed voters about their perspectives on the presidential candidates. What we found was a range of viewpoints that cannot easily be generalized. Though the primary results will no doubt be tallied and pondered over by campaign strategists, we found that there [...]
