Congressman Collin Peterson

It is good news. It should be noted the great work by current 7th District GOP Chair Erik Haapala to get what appears to be two candidates for the convention with one going on to challenge Congressman Peterson. I look forward to highlighting the differences and getting an interview soon. ST. PAUL – Glen Menze says U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson has sold himself as fiscally conservative to his western Minnesota constituents, but his record in Congress does not reflect that. Menze, a Starbuck accountant and former farmer, announced Tuesday he will try to knock off Peterson in the November election. Menze said he will ... Read Full Story

Representative Collin Peterson received a rating of ZERO from The Club for Growth in spite of all his talk on how "Conservative" he is. The issues are listed here and ma ny are bread and butter issues for 7th District Minnesotans. Rep. Keith Ellison scored 2% and he comes from the most liberal areas of Minnesota. Amy Klobuchar scored 7% and Senator Norm Coleman scored 33%. Source: The Club for Growth America's Small City Mayor Minnesota Politics & Analysis Read Full Story

Rural farmers and economies had better begin to familiarize themselves with Representative Henry Waxman.   He is what I will call The Anti-Peterson . Waxman represents a significant shift in focus for empowered liberal Democrats in Washington.  Representative Collin Peterson is known as a blue-dog democrat and holds the "once" powerful position as Agriculture Chairman in the U.S. House of Representatives as I will explain. Rep. Waxman is no friend of the family farm or agriculture when you look at his voting record over the many decades he has served in Congress.  Rep. Waxman completed a horrific defeat to blue-dogs in the Democratic party ... Read Full Story

I would like to thank Representative Collin Peterson for renewing my faith in him.  I have had a few bad days because I hate being wrong.  Peterson and I have always disagreed on issues over the years.  Oh.....the many, many issues.  For those not in the western part of the state Collin Peterson is a populist politician who is a Democrat.  He often sides with Republican's to the dismay of liberals within his party.  In fact, Democrats on the far left despise him.  They call him  "The Original Lieberman".    On the political right he fits in oddly with Republicans and was seriously considered for a high level position in the Bush Administration because it ... Read Full Story

It just hit the wire services that the Democratic Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, a very powerful committee stacked with 23 members of the Blue Dog caucus, slammed the Obama-Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill because it would give too much power to EPA bureaucrats. The quote from Ag Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.): "I will not support any kind of climate change bill... I don't care. Even if you fix this. I don't trust anybody anymore."   So at least one key Democrat seems to understand that cap-and-trade represents a huge transfer of power from the elected branches to EPA bureaucrats that will cause huge mischief. ... Read Full Story