June 2011
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“He turns around and says, ‘Gee, I have nothing to do with the current deficit.’...”
– Former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson is none too happy with fellow Republican Tim Pawlenty’s fuzzy budgeting. (via motherjones)
Mother Jones has been diligently following — and fact checking — the Minnesota candidates. See also Doug Grow’s story from April: Former Gov. Arne Carlson blames...
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WatchLast night, Bachmann was an easy mark for many late-night hosts, like Conan’s spoof of “The Michelle Bachmann History Channel.”
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“We, like you, know what it is like to sit around the kitchen table, pay the...”
– A GOP email sent today to state employees. Read more at The Intelligencer.
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The wrong John Wayne - Washington Times →
“Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, and in one interview surrounding the official event she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo’s own John Wayne.
The only problem, as one eagle-eyed reader notes: Waterloo’s John Wayne was not the beloved movie star, but rather John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer.”
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The tale of what Bachmann says she heard Obama... →
According to Bachmann, when Obama was pressed for his long-range solution to the projected shortfall in Medicare, he muttered: “But we have Obamacare.”
Superhero hearing or political fudging?
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“It is not the court’s role to make everything better. There’s not a legal...”
– Judge Gearin makes clear: This shutdown will hurt
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“I want to emphasize that Governor Dayton and I believe all of our employees...”
– Department of Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson, in an email sent today to employees
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We're not paying attention even (or especially)... →
Turns out we’re too confident about our ability to be aware of our surroundings.
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Michele Bachmann is on fire →
Disclaimer: This headline is not literal.
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GOP legislators, voters group will ask court to... →
If the GOP’s constitutional argument prevails, the portion of state government activity that could go dark in two weeks would be much greater than what would occur under Dayton’s existing proposal.
In fact, it could lead to the almost unimaginable scenario in which state prisons and mental hospitals would have to shut down, possibly causing convicted felons to be set free and...
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Breaking: "#1" Climate denier lied about college...
climateadaptation:
Looks like another politician got caught lying today. This time a climate denying state senator from Minnesota got busted for lying to the public about his resume, his “college degree,” and for taking science classes. He used these “facts” in a manner to shape policy in Minnesota. But, really, who cares? I highly doubt that he’ll be forced to resign for lying about his...
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Mark Dayton's email to state employees facing...
From: Dayton, Mark (GOV) Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 12:35 PM Subject: A message to our state employees
Dear Fellow Public Employees,
This weekend you received notices that, unless a budget is enacted by July 1st, state government will shut down most of its operations. Most of you would be laid off or placed on an unpaid leave of absence until government operations resume. This was...
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“For a number of us, we’re more than willing to take the short-term pain of...”
– An employee of the Department of Health who answered The Intelligencer’s call for comments from state employees bracing for a shutdown.
Read more at State employees speak: ‘When something shuts down, it shuts down”
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“There are like 582,000 of those letters going out. Of course, we serve many more...”
– Department of Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson, announcing to employees yesterday that some of Minnesota’s most vulnerable will be receiving notices letting them know that critical assistance may not be available after July 1st if the government shuts down.
From the Intelligencer...
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Don Shelby: Background claims by state Senate's... →
Sen. Michael Jungbauer is fond of making pronouncements from on high regarding the scientific weakness of global warming and climate change.
The problem is, he is not a scientist. Even though his published biography lists multiple higher education credits and that he is working on his master’s degree in environmental policy and that he has a background in biochemistry, it turns out he has...
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Obama closely tracking potential opponent... →
Apparently, President Barack Obama’s campaign considers only one Minnesota presidential candidate a serious threat to his reelection.
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“Can you steal any more ideas from MPR? sustaining member campaign = litigation”
– A comment on our post, Welcome to MinnPost’s first sustaining member campaign
In answer to his question, how about a comedy variety hour called, “Wait wait … could you speak up a bit?”
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“In reality, it’s only a “tough decision” because neither...”
– Aaron Gleeman on manager Ron Gardenhire’s upcoming “tough decision” on which backup catcher to keep when Joe Mauer returns.
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A return to the gold standard? Bachmann says... →
Michele Bachmann said she’s still considering whether the United States should return to gold-backed currency, ahead of a Tea Party bus tour she’ll be doing in Iowa sponsored by organizers who consider the gold standard their top issue.
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“The pro forma work of preparing for shutdown is dutifully underway. What gets...”
– An employee involved in support services across all agencies who answered The Intelligencer’s call for comments from state employees bracing for a shutdown.
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Group that scuttled pre-K initiatives has close... →
In 1998, two years before she first ran for a seat in the Minnesota Senate, Michele Bachmann was a virtual unknown, an education activist on a mission.
Now, her former education allies may be capitalizing on their relationship with Bachmann to block popular bi-partisan pre-K initiatives. The grounds? Early childhood education is anti-family.
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“Maybe it’s the candidates that need to show IDs, not the voters.”
– A comment from reader Bill Schletzer on the story Wisconsin Repubs are recruiting fake Dems to run in the recall elections
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Pawlenty tells Wall Street to get its snout out of... →
Tim Pawlenty said today on Bloomberg TV that he wouldn’t bail out Wall Street:
“Get your snout out of the trough just like everybody else. If I am president, we will not have any more bailouts, carveouts, handouts or special deals. We will reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent.”
Just so we’re clear, a 15 to 35 percent reduction in the corporate...
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“Pawlenty’s economic plan, presented yesterday, is to enact tax cuts three times...”
– Andrew Sullivan, “The Profound Unseriousness of Tim Pawlenty” (via technipol)
See also: Pawlenty bets big on Reaganomics, but some economists say it won’t work
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Poll: South Carolina Republicans have Bachmann and... →
A new Public Policy Polling survey (PDF) of Republican candidates in South Carolina shows Mitt Romney in the lead as Bachmann gains and Pawlenty slips.
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