August 2010
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“[Rep. Michele] Bachmann was introduced as “Barack Obama’s worst...”
– Max Sparber, from “Michele Bachmann and Glenn Beck’s rally on ‘Dream’ speech anniversary”
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MinnPost now publishing full articles in RSS feeds
Starting today, you can read entire MinnPost articles from within our RSS feeds. Previously, we only offered a headline (and sometimes an excerpt) and you had to click a link to read the full text at our website.
Along with these full article feeds, we created a new RSS Feed sponsorship opportunity using MinnPost’s Real-Time Ads platform. MinnPost RSS Feed articles will feature a...
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“What white folks don’t understand is their privilege and power in the...”
– Rick Purcel, who is white and who works as safety and systems coordinator for the Minneapolis YWCA, as he talked about colleague Raul Amos at the table across from him. From “White privilege: Minnesota planners says conference will take on sensitive topic head on” by Cynthia Boyd.
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Jay Weiner covered a lot of sports previously, but we asked him to cover the Al Franken-Norm Coleman U.S. Senate recount back in 2008. And he did totally “rock it.”
Read Jay’s latest analysis, ”Mark Dayton says GOP ‘trackers’ disrupt his campaign; GOP reply: ‘Welcome to real world’”
— Tweets by @newscut and @JasonBarnett
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“It is the Senate that creates the impression that the Democrats can’t...”
– Steven Smith, a professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis, in “Minnesota’s left generally happy with Obama, but …,” by Derek Wallbank
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“I always tell volunteers, they were your neighbor and they’re going to be...”
– Sara Liegl, program director of Project Home, from “More faith communities opening doors to homeless in east metro,” by Cynthia Boyd
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“None.”
– Minnesota Republican Party deputy chairman Michael Brodkorb, when asked what the chances are the governor’s race will be positive, from “Dayton’s call for a ‘cease-fire’ in campaign attack ads gets immediate GOP response charging ‘hypocrisy’,” by Doug...
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“The simple answers for [Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s] loss will be that...”
– Doug Grow, “Mark Dayton, a ‘wounded’ parade veteran fresh from a narrow DFL primary win, is off and running again”
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“On July 21, just one day after the MN Forward contribution and Emmer ad story...”
– From “In the bull’s-eye, Part 2: Despite Target apology, San Francisco stores stand on shaky political ground,” by Jay Weiner
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“The intent of our political contribution to MN Forward was to support economic...”
– Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel, from “Update: Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel says, ‘I am genuinely sorry’,” by Jay Weiner
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“It’s fundamentally why Favre wants to play one more year, again, to leave...”
– From “Brett Favre: Minnesota’s head case” by Jim Klobuchar
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“This isn’t a liberal or conservative issue. Everyone has a stake in...”
– Al Franken, from his cnn.com op-ed post, “Net neutrality is foremost free speech issue of our time”
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“Yes, this pleases us.”
– Secrets of the City MNSpeak editor Cristina Cordova, from her post, “MinnPost Unofficially Tumbles (in a good way)”
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Thousands of DFL sample ballots mailed to voters... →
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“Childress was in classic form this morning, saying he spoke to Favre within the...”
– From “Don’t fall for the latest Brett Favre retirement rumor” by Pat Borzi
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“Years of research, [Newsweek’s Sharon Begley] says, points to an...”
– From “We’re happiest before rather than after a vacation, research suggests”, by Susan Perry.
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“The famous architect Robert A.M. Stern once told me about his struggles to plant...”
– From “Roadside blight at Target Field: A MnDOT landscaping plan expected this week” by Steve Berg