Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report Archives
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| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 4, Issue 1 - 6/20/2008 | In this issue: PIM House Race Campaign Central; McCain And Pawlenty's Shared State Woes; That Democrat Can Shoot; Campaign Managers In The 5th District; Turning The Wheels Of Legislative Reform; A Time To Reflect: House Retirees Settle For Summer; 1964: A Presidential Year for Lyndon Baines Johnson And Al Franken; Bits And Pieces; Setting the Record Straight; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 48 - 6/12/2008 | In this issue: Dems Tie It Up In Amiable Convo; Congratulations, Al; Off to the Races; 30 Year Party Breakdown of Minnesota House of Representatives; Yuk It Up With Comedy Yakkers Before The RNC; Black Oil Blog: Supply Side PAC For Pumping!; Monitor Upgrades: Newly Independent, Or Left Gatekeeper For The Sorosphere?; Bits & Pieces; Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party: What's The Structure, Anyway?; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 47 - 6/6/2008 | In this issue: The DFL Takes The Stage; Al Franken: The GOP Gift That Keeps on Giving (The View From Your GOP Publisher); Another Appeal To The Prurient Interest (The View From DFL PIM Staff); Post-Mortem For Mortifying GOP Meet; Dr. Shepard: International Man Of Mystery; MyWireless Spends Big On Anti-Consumer Legislation; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 46 - 5/30/2008 | In this issue: The Republicans In Rochester; Best Of The PIM Liveblog; Much More From Rochester; Carey: Criticism Part Of The Job; DFL's Brian Melendez Prefers To Stay Off Radar; Minnesota's 4th Congressional District; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 45 - 5/20/2008 | In this issue: Happy End Of Session & Publishing Notes; House Retirements And The Lay Of The Land; A Final Gesture: Eloquent Ozment Saves Foreclosure Reform; Superdelegate At Large: Nancy Larson On The Spot - And Within The Dark Void Of Fox & Friends; Salvia Part II, Fictional Fiscal Note Edition: Save Money & Look Good By Expanding The War On Drugs For Free!; Ron Paul Revolution Everlasting!; Third Congressional District, Continued...; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 44 - 5/16/2008 | In this issue: PIM Housekeeping Notes; Jack Coffman; Legislative Legwork, Lawn Chair Style; The Revisor's Office: Pushing Paper, Politically Passive, Particular About Punctuation; Mississippi Upset Presages Electoral Trouble, Message Mess For GOP This Fall; Memetics 101: Bluestem Prairie Conquers The Media Echo Chamber; 3rd Congressional District; Growth & Justice's Second Quadrennial; Bits & Pieces; PIM Blogger Q&A: Lady Logician; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 43 - 5/9/2008 | In this issue: The Countdown; Independence Friday; Campaign Players In The 2nd Congressional District; Where's The Money This Week? Let's Just Secede!; Waltzing With Walleyes...And Style; Bits & Pieces; Education Minnesota: Rally The Troops!; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 42 - 5/2/2008 | In this issue: Running On Gas; Running On Numbers; Michel Brings Out The DFL; Getting To Know The Campaigners: MN's First Congressional District; DFL Sticks Up For Their Property Tax Proposal; It's That Time Again: Conference Committee Roundup; Bits & Pieces; PIM Blogger Q&A: Dave Mindeman of mnpACT!; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 41 - 4/25/2008 | In this issue: No More Moe...For Now; Bully For Bob; "I'm Tired Of Being A Criminal": Can Cannabis Break Crushing Cop Countermeasures In Coup For Cooped Up Cancer Crusaders?; The Biofuels Battle: Biodiesel Edition; Legislative Legwork; PIM Blogger Q&A: King Banaian, Of SCSU Scholars; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 40 - 4/21/2008 | In this issue: Let's Call The Whole Thing Off?; New Respect For A Czech; New PIM Feature; Police Memory Of Mass Mobile Moment Proven Mutable; Bike Protester Videos Defeat City In RNC-Linked Court Battle; Abortion And Gestational Carrier Arrangements... "Kind Of A Stretch"; Vic's Video Vending: DFLers Demonstrate Acumen In Delivering Metro Cable Show; "Bussing, Flushing And Planning": Met Council At A Crossroads; Bits & Pieces; PIM Blogger Q&A With Aaron Brown Of Minnesota Brown; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 39 - 4/11/2008 | In this issue: 52 Painful Lashes; Paul And Our Politics; The O' Douglas Factor And Franken; Save The Sheet Music: Moisture & Mildew Menace Marching Melodies In Metastasizing Museum; Romero Retirement Rout; Property Taxes? No More!; REAL ID: Real Expensive, Real Big, Legislators: Really Not Going To Pay For It; Bit & Pieces; Credit Crunch Crashing Corporate Cash; Venture Capital Vending Funds For Very Voluminous Opportunities; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 38 - 4/4/08 | In this issue: The Dorfman Rules Rule; Cuban Trade Travel Time: Reps Find Ag Opportunities Abound In Changing Communist Climate; Bits & Pieces: From The Capitol; 8th District Convention Excitement: Who Wants To Be A State Delegate?; You Can't Handle The Truth In Music; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 37 - 3/28/2008 | In this issue: No Budget Blow-Out; Don't Skol Vikings...; Celebrating 150 Years Of Dedicated Public Service; Republican National Committee Update; Anti-Walz Surveillance Ads Stem From Boisterous Beltway Bloc P.O. Box; That Lady Knows Our Rights; Minnesota Boxing Commission's Name KO'd by MMA Chokehold; Good Faith Insurance Battles Return; Bits & Pieces; Don't Judge This Book By Its Cover: Ruminations Go Deeper Than You Think; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 36 - 3/18/08 | In this issue: This Break's For The Insiders...And A Few PIM Notes; Righting The Wrong Integrity Record; Integrity History Lesson; Erhardt: Errors And Airs?; Never Fear, Cap Is Here; Keg Krushers Kollect Kash; Liquor Licensees Lurid Over Lost Lager Locations; They Don't Make Newspaper [Headquarters] Like They Used To; Craigslist Competition On The North Shore; Comprehensive Plans Trump Final Park Purchase Votes; Pay Local Governments For Election Complaint Work; Bits & Pieces; Partisan Budget Battles; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: 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. |
| Politics in Minnesota: 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. |
| Politics in Minnesota: 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. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 32 - 2/15/2008 | In this issue: Session Starts; Retiring House Members, We've Got Em Webbed; The Void Of Neuville: Committee Shakeups For 2008; Where's That Hot Session Info?; Pioneer Press' New Blog; Minnesota Money Race In The Senate; Wondering How The Congressional Cash Is Stacking Up?; Superdelegate Rundown; Party Faithful vs. Party Endorsed: Part II; Fishing And Freezing; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 31 - 2/8/2008 | In this issue: Minnesota Caucus Recap; PIM Predictions Right And Wrong; No Impact On Pawlenty; Make The Primary, Primary; The Caucus Chaos Of 2008 Spawns Primary Proposals; Superdelegate Dilemma; How About Dem Polls? (And GOPolls?); FOX On The Run; Session Starts; Party Faithful vs. Party Endorsed; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch; Setting The Record Straight. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 30 - 2/4/2008 | In this issue: The Caucus No Longer Mocks Us; PIM Predictions: The GOP & The DFL; PIM Team Covers Dueling DFL Rallies in HD; The Recent History Of The Minnesota Not So Raucous Caucus; Caucus Night Media Round-up. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 29 - 2/1/2008 | In this issue: Publisher's Note; Super Tuesday: But Where Are The Candidates?; Caucus Night Media Hoopla; Sassy Janet Huckabee: Not Your Typical Southern Belle; On The Eve Of Edward's Resignation; Independents Cut A Move: Will MySpace-Powered National Party Promises Pay Off?; 6th Congressional District Fundraising; Clean Vote Advocates Cheer "Uncounted" Flick; The RNC Video Online; Bits & Pieces; Setting the Record Straight; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 28 - 1/25/2008 | In this issue: Another Commissioner Not To Be Confirmed?; Sending The Corps Marching; Drazkowski: Trial By Flood; A Four-Week Civics Lesson: Mister Dahle Goes to St. Paul; The Future of Polling; Minnesota's First Congressional District Fundraising Race; Bits & Pieces; Confessions Of A Sex Ed Teacher; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 27 - 1/18/2008 | In this issue: Big Win For Franken; City Of Blinding Lobbyists; Name That Legislator; Not-So-Hot-House; Independence Party To Look Into National Campaign; Republican National Convention Websites Multiply!; Liberal Think Tank & Organizers Staff Up For 2008; Walz Brings The Beltway Cash Back To First CD; Ads In The U.S. Senate Race; Remembering Bill Brooks; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 26 - 1/11/2008 | In this issue: Mark On The Mark; Class Act In Politics In Minnesota; Keeping The Faith; Ciresi On The Air; Capitol Coverage; Capitol Credentials; Trocaderos Fights For Your Right To Party -- And Wins!; Bully For Gregg; Wal-Mart Watch; Bits & Pieces; Calling All Helpful Hearts. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 25 - 1/4/2008 | In this issue: The 2007 PIM Politician Of The Year, A Significant Senate Victory, What The Huck?, Bits & Pieces, Past PIM Politicians Of The Year, Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 24 - 12/21/2007 | In this issue: Publisher's Note; Betty Signs Off For Now; Warring Eyes On The Prize; Reflections Of A Speaker; Merry Christmas From Politics in Minnesota; It's A Wonderful Life: Clarence Presents A Minnesota Without The Taxpayers League / Clarence Presents Minnesota Without The Left; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 23 - 12/14/2007 | In this issue: Publisher's Note, Some Housekeeping And Some PC Fun; Stocking Stuffers From eBay; House Information Office Courts The HTML Crowd With New Web News Source; Dueling House Parties: Franken vs. Ciresi; Leaders Of Legislatures Past 'N' Present; Tom Lyden's Phone Records Riffled By St. Paul Police; New Voter Vault Tech Grants GOP An Edge In Vote Seeking?; Wikinomics: Participate In Culture, Get Free Book; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 22 - 12/7/2007 | In this issue: Primary Woes For Republicans In SD 25; The Politics Of SD 25; Great Judgment; A Tale Of Two AFSCMEs: Chapter Two; Staggering Changes For The Met Council; All Roads Lead To Transportation Funding; Subsurface Nautilus Torpedoing GOP; Who's On First For The GOP?; Bits & Pieces; Franken at Macalester: Condescending Carpetbagger or Orientalist Brand of Fetishization?; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 21 - 11/29/2007 | In this issue: Budget Forecast Gloom & Doom; SOS For The SOS?; New McCarthy Commemoration Website; Molnau Must Go: Sonia Pitt Edition; Debate In 62; Director Goldsmith; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch; Setting the Record Straight . |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 20 - 11/16/2007 | In this issue: Publisher's Note; LGA Merry-Go-Round; Fonda Wows 'Em; Note to Self: Don't Self-Destruct; Using The B-Bomb; Compassion-Trained Legislator's Challenger; Obama Floats Minnesota-Style Government Webcasting; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch; Setting the Record Straight. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 19 - 11/9/2007 | In this issue: MnDOT Under Siege: The Star Tribune's Agenda; The DFL's Agenda; The GOP's Agenda; Referendum Tipping Point?; Who Are These Guys?; Did Partisan Tactics Defeat R'Dale Referendum?; Bad Timing: Senator Coleman's Vets Vote; MinnPost Launches And Matters; Can't See The Forest For The Trees; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch; Setting The Record Straight. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 18 - 11/2/2007 | In this issue: Coleman On The Ballot Next Tuesday; The SOS Snafu; When Right Meets Left; Brit Paper: Ellison, Franken More Influential Than Nader, Dean Or Kennedy!; Growing Growth & Justice; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 17 - 10/26/2007 | In this issue: Publisher's Note; The First Laddie; Speaking of Hecklers; Indian Summer; Where's Carol?; In The Bayou And Our Backyard; A Word About Search Engine Optimization (SEO); Indoctrinate Me, Indoctrinate U; What's Coming Over The Wire?; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 16 - 10/19/2007 | In this issue: Publisher's Note; Let's Have Hearings...Lots & LOTS of Hearings; Carpe Per Diems; The Grudge Report; Quite A Fray In 58A; Who Needs Dennis Hopper?; Where The Money Goes And Where The Jobs Are; Bits & Pieces; The Politics In Minnesota Morning Report; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 15 - 10/12/2007 | In this issue: Mulling Over Molnau; Gophers In A Foxhole?; Betty on Education Finance; Choice And Life In South Dakota; Gas Tax Poll Mania; Minneapolis Television Network On The Ropes; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 14 - 10/5/2007 | In this issue: Publisher's Note; Greetings PIM Fans; The Number's Up; The Politics of Construction; Going to the Candidates' Debate; "Politically Connected" Gets Connected; Hausman Nails It; Poll Planet; The Big Ol' Norm Coleman Poll Chart; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 13 - 9/28/2007 | In This Issue: The Race to Replace Ramstad; The Rammer is Rich; More Big Changes At The Star Tribune; A Modest Edina Media Spectacle; Larry Craig: Whose Waterloo?; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 12 - 9/21/2007 | In this issue: The 3rd: Ramstad Retires; The 1990 Ramstad GOP Endorsement Victory Redux; The 2008 GOP & DFL Endorsing Contests; Who Wins?; MnDOT's Travelin' Gal; Media Machinations; Back in Black: Blogger With PR Machine; Tunheim Acquires New School; Bits & Pieces; More Web Media Is Good Web Media; Stillwater Levy Blog Wars Get Way Too Personal; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 11 - 9/13/2007 | In this issue: Avista Capital "Gulag" strips & flips Strib assets & human capital, MinnPost and Daily Mole roll out; Drunk on code: The Intoxilyzer 5000EN Supreme Court source code battle; Petraeus fallout among the MN Delegation; Security theater - not protesters - damage Sydney economy during APEC summit; Global protest trends now locally relevant; Six years after 9/11, they're still asking questions - with a potent political message machine; MN-GOP gets the good WSJ URLs for typical GOP-framed Franken story; Oberstar busy with bridges, bikes and the Mexican trucker fiasco; Bits & Pieces; Setting the Record Straight; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 10 - 8/30/2007 | In this issue: Janecek's in the Mideast & The Inmates are Running the Asylum; Negative Identities: Senators Craig, Wellstone, Homophobia And Easy Messages; Phillips Incinerator Burning Down; Lively Green and the War on Drugs: Who Patrols the Border Patrol?; Bridge Charity Work; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 9 - 8/23/2007 | In this issue: PIM Publishing Schedule; PIM @ MNSpeak.com; Olson Leaving Ethics Behind; House GOP Caucus Presidential Poll; Kitty Gamble, Remembered Again; AFSCME Gets a Big Win; 2008 Republican National Convention Update; Gerlach Direct; Fifty Years of Crime and Justice; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 8 - 8/17/2007 | In this issue: DFL U.S. Senate Contest; Leeches or worms? Capri Pants or a Suit? Special Session Slowdown; Fox News Caught Altering Franken Wikipedia Entries Anonymously; Minnesota Democrat Abroad; Bits & Pieces; Lobbyist Watch; Setting the Record Straight. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 7 - 8/10/2007 | In this issue: Thoughts from the publisher; Should Molnau Stay or Go?; Prevailing public opinion: The lack thereof & what we've got; Kudos to the Star Tribune; Hortman gets a warm rush; Rep. Steve Drazkowski wins; Bits & Pieces; Free & Affordable Tech Tools For Politickin'. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 6 - 8/3/2007 | In this issue: The Bridge; The Pride; The Pols; The Media; The Critics; The Department; Bits & Pieces; MnDOT Released Document Summary. |
| Politics in Minnesota: The Weekly Report - Vol. 3, Issue 5 - 7/27/2007 | In this issue: Cave Canem (Beware of the Dog); Signs of Litigious Times; Park or Pork?; Session Speculation; Paper Essays; Minnesotans Shine in First Ever YouTube Debate; Whomever Laughs Last...; DFLers Taking Sides in Senate Race; Bits and Pieces; Lobbyist Watch. |
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