Minnesota Politics

Marty Seifert Lays Out The Case For West Central Minnesota Republicans Mike LeMieur (R-Little Falls), David Kircher (R-Long Prairie), and up in Wadena: Mark Murdock (R-10B)   Minnesota voters will have a choice for the House of Representatives in every single seat for the first time in history this year.  Both parties were able to recruit a candidate in all 134 House districts.  In western Minnesota, the GOP has high quality candidates that show contrast from the incumbents.   "We really want independent-minded public servants that respect the taxpayer, want to grow our economy, create jobs, treat our school kids fairly and reform health care," said House ... Read Full Story

There is an event later this evening that marks the end of the Al Franken Campaign. The event does not have to end with a "yes" or a "no". It only has to begin and then end when the time is up. I am sure you know that Jesse Ventura will go on Larry King Live tonight and say a number of wacky things. He might even say he will run for the US Senate in Minnesota. To be honest......no one really cares here in Minnesota other than the news media and blogger's. To voters out here it is just good coffee topics for ... Read Full Story

Minnesota's Junior Senator, again, fails the courage and political savvy test on another important issue! The FISA vote occurred a few days ago with President Bush and common sense winning a stunning victory considering Democrats run the House and Senate. This was one of the BIG issues Democrats ran on in their land slide victories a few years ago. A few weeks ago Senator Klobuchar basically voted for the FISA bill's passage in total. In true Klobuchar fashion we see another profile in Leadership with a last minute switch trying to ride the fence keeping everyone happy. The result is Senator Klobuchar is the ... Read Full Story

I am happy to announce that America's Small City Mayor has received press passes to live blog the 2008 National Republican Convention. We will be there September 1st - 4th to bring you all of behind the scenes buzz, interviews, and news. Again we will make all of our posts relevant to the issues that are important rural America. I would like to express my sincere appreciation for all of the dedicated readers. My blog four years ago started as a personal log of events here in Clarissa but has grown in ways that really continue to amaze. The screening process the GOP uses ... Read Full Story

A Vice-President is generally the person who goes out to do the President's public "dirty" work. I just watched Governor Pawlenty this weekend and realized there is a problem with his desire to be Vice-President. Pawlenty's affable state wide public persona, "Minnesota Nice", does not play well on television when trying to be an attack dog for McCain. Pawlenty looked uncomfortable and awkward in this position, though I thought his points about Obama were right on. Maybe it was just me being from Minnesota. However, I think others might sound a similar note in the coming days that the attack dog persona will need ... Read Full Story