2008 MN House Campaigns

New blogs for the blogroll; Legislative race roster; Weekly Report back issues posted

Posted March 10th, 2008 by Staff

Here at PIM, we've noticed that our stories are getting picked up much more in the state's major media. Two recent examples: the Attorney General unionization battle, and Rep. Joe Atkins' (DFL-South St. Paul) efforts to ban Salvia Divinorum, a shamanistic herb from Central America.

We've added the following new fun and interesting blogs to our political blog directory:
New conservative blogs:

America's Mayor: Mayor Nathan McLaughlin of Clarissa, Minnesota shares what's going on out there.
Mr. Dilettante: "A befuddled suburban Catholic boy with a liberal arts education tries to make sense of the world."
What would AC do? Has a good self-deprecating teaser: "No witty or catchy blog descriptions here. Frankly, I'll be happy if even my mother reads this."

New liberal blogs:

Defenestrator. Snarky stuff from Rich Goldsmith @ The Rake's website.
Liberal in the land of conservative by "Political Muse".
Across the Great Divide, consultant Charlie Quimby's blog.

Journalism/thinktank blogs:

We are dropping Eric Black Ink because his site has gotten combined into MinnPost @ Minnpost.com/ericblack/
MPR is getting more bloggy: NewsGrid is the newsroom blog, and News Cut has Bob Collins' special commentary.
Political Animal is the blog of the Pioneer Press political staff.

Institutional blogs:

Growth & Justice Blog: Minnesota blog for a fair, prosperous, and sustainable economy featuring transportation, urban development and economic topics.

We have posted back issues of The Weekly Report today:

The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 35 - 3/7/2008: In this issue: Cuts And Shots; Progress In Motion Arrived; Five "No Regrets" And One "Water Under the Bridge"; The Pragmatist: Rep. Ron Erhardt; Steadfast: Rep. Kathy Tingelstad; Creator, Conscience, Constituents, Caucus: Rep. Jim Abeler; Referencing Jeremiah: Rep. Neil Peterson; Rural Roads: Rep. Bud Heidgerken; Out Of Real Estate And Into Energy With Energy; Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Wild Game; Bits & Pieces; North Star Rising: The "Other" Blue Book; Lobbyist Watch.
The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 34 - 2/29/2008: In this issue: Money, Scissors And Overhauls; This Is Not The House!; Stop The Sage Surge: Atkins Takes Away Shamanistic Stuff?; Harness Racing In Minnesota; Hotline Names Cottington A Hottie; An Evening With Daniel Ellsberg; Coleman's Fight For The Senate; Bits & Pieces; February Is "I Love to Read Month!"...So Buy And Read Dean Urdahl's Book!; Lobbyist Watch.
The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 33 - 2/25/2008: In this issue: The Transportation Bill At 90 Votes An Hour; The Transportation Bill, The Minnesota Chamber Of Commerce And The Taxpayers League Of Minnesota; $eifert Roll$ In The Dough; A Bold Day; Cell Phone Consumer Protection Proposal Riles Telecoms, Astroturf Group; The AG Unionization Battle; Strib As Vehicle For U.S. Senate Democrats' PR Machine; Ciresi OnDemand; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch.

Finally, we have also put together a nice chart of state House races which you can download in PDF form here. This chart has this week's latest information, including new primary opponents.