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• CD1 challenger Hagedorn deletes anti-gay blog post

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  hagedornforcongress.com Why should First Congressional District residents vote for GOP candidate Jim Hagedorn over other Republicans or U.S. Rep. Tim Walz? “ Well, I’ve got a sense of humor, ” he told MPR’s Tom Scheck yesterday. But writings purged from Hagedorn’s blog prior to his candidacy announcement ...
  19 hours ago

• Demmer’s $75k in farm subsidies not part of ‘dependency’ culture he opposes

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  When he announced his bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Tim Walz on Tuesday, state Rep. Randy Demmer told the Minnesota Independent he opposed Walz’s support for a “culture of dependency” and entitlement . But according to the Environmental Working Group, the Hayfield Republican has received nearly $75,000 in one form of ...
  20 hours ago

• Hagedorn: “The Only Good Indian Is A Dead Indian”

  
  Mercury Rising ?? — Authority: 475
  You know, if the state and national Republicans really want to take back Minnesota’s First Congressional District from Tim Walz , they’re going to have to deal with the Clown Car Syndrome that has afflicted their candidates over the last few election cycles. First, they assumed that nobody would really be ...
  1 day ago

• Jim Hagedorn: one hateful congressional candidate

  
  I Don't Hate America! — Authority: 547
  In the wake of both Allen Quist and Randy Demmer announcing their campaigns for Minnesota’s First Congressional District, another person has thrown his hat into the ring to face Tim Walz. Jim Hagedorn announced today he is seeking the GOP nomination for congress.  As noted at Bluestem Prairie and Minnesota ...
  1 day ago

• Minnesota delegation reacts to Afghanistan ‘extended surge’

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  U.S. troops in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Photo: Army.mil via Flickr Minnesota’s congressional delegation weighed in Wednesday on President Obama’s plans for the war in Afghanistan with a mix of skepticism and cautious praise. Here’s a sampling of those reactions: Rep. Tim Walz: “His speech tonight ...
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• Walz challenger scrubs jokes about Wellstone mourners, Grams’ infidelities from site

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  As mentioned earlier, GOP candidate Jim Hagedorn removed posts from his “ Mr. Conservative ” blog prior to announcing his bid this morning for U.S. Rep. Tim Walz’s seat, but a review of scrubbed posts reveals a brand of humor that might not sell well in southern Minnesota, including jokes about the death of ...
  1 day ago

• Walz challenger Hagedorn says Dems are ‘driving us toward European socialism’

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  hagedornforcongress.com After 25 years living in Washington , Jim Hagedorn has moved back to Minnesota to challenge Tim Walz for the First Congressional District seat. The son of former 2nd Congressional District Rep. Tom Hagedorn, the Blue Earth Republican said in a statement this morning that he’s running ...
  1 day ago

• AM.MN: Reporters, GOP senators beg Franken to say something

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  Some of Al Franken’s Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate want him to say something to disavow rampant characterization of their votes against his military-contractor amendment as pro-rape. “ I don’t think it’s a very constructive thing ,” says Sen. John Cornyn of Texas. Meanwhile, reporters on Capitol ...
  2 days ago

• Demmer challenges Walz and Dems’ ‘culture of dependency’

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  As expected , state Rep. Randy Demmer announced this morning that he’ll be challenging U.S. Rep. Tim Walz for the First Congressional District seat. In a call with the Minnesota Independent, he said he’s a clear alternative to second-termer Walz, who he says supports a “culture of dependency, entitlement” ...
  2 days ago

• AM.MN: Walz couldn’t buy pink office paper if he wanted to

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  U.S. Rep. Tim Walz had nothing more he needed for his Capitol Hill office, so he returned $2,196 to the U.S. Treasury. Good thing he didn’t need two grand worth of pink office paper, because “ supplies of pink paper have been wiped out across North America .” So crows World Net Daily, claiming its readers ...
  3 days ago

• GOP’s Demmer to challenge Walz

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  State Rep. Randy Demmer (R-Hayfield) will be challenging U.S. Rep. Tim Walz in the First Congressional District, according to an email obtained over the weekend by Bluestem Prairie . The email states that Demmer, who was elected to the state House in 2002, will announce at a Tuesday morning press conference in ...
  3 days ago

• Survey: Passing health reform improves Dems’ electoral chances

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  Rep. Walz discusses health care reform at Netroots Minnesota. Photo: Paul Schmelzer, MnIndy “If my vote sends me back to Mankato West to teach geography, so be it,” said Rep. Tim Walz Saturday of the House health care reform bill. “Not getting health care care reform passed is what will send me back.” ...
  1 week ago

• VIDEO: Robert Erickson and other “illegal immigrants” visit ICE to be deported

  
  I Don't Hate America! — Authority: 547
  I went over to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Bloomington, MN this morning as Robert Erickson ( seen here previously as he punk’d Ruthie Hendrycks and Sue Jeffers at their tea party ) and some others attempted to voluntarily submit themselves for deportation. As self-described “illegal ...
  1 week ago

• PREVIEW: Robert Erickson and others attempt to be deported by ICE

  
  I Don't Hate America! — Authority: 547
  As mentioned over at Bluestem Prairie , I went over to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Bloomington this morning as Robert Erickson ( seen here previously as he punk’d Ruthie Hendrycks and Sue Jeffers at their tea party ) and some others attempted to voluntarily submit themselves for ...
  1 week ago

• Despite district’s high rate of uninsured, Peterson voted against health reform

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  Photo: WDCpix The rate of uninsured residents in Minnesota’s eight congressional districts is a good predictor of how U.S. House lawmakers voted on health care reform. But, according to data in a new report by the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, there’s one glaring exception: Blue Dog ...
  1 week ago

• In the Belly of the Beast...

  
  Psycmeister's Ice Palace! — Authority: 129
  It has been said, "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." In that spirit, I attended an Education Minnesota political action workshop in St. Paul this weekend. To say that I felt like a fish out of water would be a gross understatement. To be fair, a number of my colleagues were there, whom I consider ...
  1 week ago

• Walz shows off ‘Bobble Rep’ iPhone app

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 660
  Franken, Bachmann, Walz and Ellison "Bobble Reps" Asked at Saturday’s Netroots Minnesota conference what blogs he follows, Rep. Tim Walz pulled out his iPhone and rattled off a few sites: Talking Points Memo, Bluestem Prairie, MN Publius and others. Then he showed off his favorite iPhone app — a new one ...
  1 week ago

• Extremist Allen Quist for Congress? Really?

  
  Blue man in a Red district — Authority: 428
  We all long for the story that writes itself. It truly is a writers dream. In nearly 4 years on the Minnesota Blogosphere I hadnt really come across one... Until now! Allen Quist is running for Congress...against Congressman Tim Walz . The story broke a few weeks ago now and surprisingly, posts about the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Quist: standing up for Minnesota’s true priorities since (at least) 1986

  
  I Don't Hate America! — Authority: 547
  After viewing Bluestem Prairie’s coverage of Allen Quist’s announcement that he will be the GOP candidate for Congress against Tim Walz, I have one thing to say: Sally Jo, you should know that Quist prefers “fisherman” to “angler.” From a February 8, 1986 story in the Star Tribune about a bill on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Walz v. Quist (and Bachmann?)

  
  Politics in Minnesota - Minnesota's Public Affairs News Service — Authority: 561
  Former GOP gubernatorial candidate and three-term Rep. Allen Quist officially launches his campaign against U.S. Rep. Tim Walz (RMN1) today. Hell be making stops in the First Congressional Districtkey population and regional commerce centers of Austin, Mankato and Rochester. The current buzz in GOP circles is ...
  2 weeks ago

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