http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mn-gop/ en-us Fri, 30 May 2008 15:38:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2023558/posts enate candidate Al Franken's satirical and explicit take on virtual sex and other topics, published in Playboy magazine eight years ago, is drawing concern instead of laughter from some Minnesota Democrats. Rep. Betty McCollum, who supported the comedian's rival Mike Ciresi until he dropped out of the race for the party's nomination for the Senate, complained Thursday that she and other Minnesota Democrats will be on the same November ballot as a candidate "who has pornographic writings that are indefensible." "Do they spend all of their time defending him, or do they spend their time talking about issues that are... AP via Yahoo news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2023558/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 15:38:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1983913/posts Looks like the folks in Minnesota are trying to have a little fun. So many of you responded to our video requesting help to name our blog, we here in Minneapolis-Saint Paul figured we're in March, the local college is trying to get into the post-season basketball tournament, that tournament has a catchy nickname, so why don’t we *ahem* "leverage" that into creating our own contest: Blog Madness? 2008 GOP Convention http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1983913/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:08:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1966286/posts The snow doesn’t seem to be slowing down Gov. Tim Pawlenty. He plans to leave Thursday on another out of state trip. It is just one of several 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has followed over the last couple of months—fueling speculation of a Vice Presidential nod. Aside from his day job at the capitol, Pawlenty’s side gig as John McCain’s national co-chair has him crisscrossing the nation almost every weekend so far this year. Take a look at his itinerary: Dec. 29: Pawlenty was in New Hampshire. The next week, to the Iowa caucuses. Then it was off to Michigan. And... KSTP.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1966286/posts#comment Thu, 7 Feb 2008 05:16:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1963177/posts The Minnesota Public Radio News/Humphrey Institute Poll indicates DFL Senate candidate Al Franken poses more of a re-election threat to Republican Sen. Norm Coleman than any of the other DFL candidates. The poll indicates that if the election were today Coleman and Franken would be in a statistical dead heat. The poll took the pulse of 917 Minnesota residents over a one- week period that ended Sunday. It shows Coleman 5 points ahead of DFLer Mike Ciresi, and gives Coleman double-digit leads over Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer and Jim Cohen who dropped out of the race Friday. University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute... Minneapolis Star/Tribune (aka The Red Star) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1963177/posts#comment Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:24:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1954014/posts The Republican Party in Minnesota, where the GOP will crown its nominee this summer, is a perfect reflection right now of the national party. It is all mixed up on the presidential race and struggling to hold an increasingly fragile coalition together. "There's a real battle going on here for what it means to be conservative, to be Republican," said Andy Aplikowski, a local party chairman. "Is it religion, is it defense, free markets ... states' rights? There's no common message." In Minnesota, as across the country, evangelicals are lining up behind pastor-turned-politician Mike Huckabee despite his record of tax... Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1954014/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:44:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1925459/posts Sources are reporting that Rep. Marty Seifert (R Marshall) will be announced as the Minnesota Chair for the Fred Thompson campaign Thursday. Seifert is a huge pick up for Thompson as he is held as a hero for leading the charge against the DFL’s massive and oppressive tax increases last Legislative session as Republican House Minority Leader. There will be a public kickoff Thursday at the State Capital. The campaign will be holding a formal announcement at 2:00PM on Thursday November 15th, in Room 181 of the State Office Building to announce Seifert as State Chair along with Chairs and... Residual Forces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1925459/posts#comment Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:31:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1897946/posts U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad is expected to announce that he is retiring from Congress. His office released a statement today saying he plans to "make a major announcement ...concerning his future plans." Ramstad has represented the Third District, made up of the southern, western and northern suburbs of Minneapolis, since he was elected to his first of 9 terms in 1990. A spokesman for Ramstad, John Magnuson, declined to comment on the congressman's announcement, which is scheduled for 3 p.m. in Minnetonka. But an email press release on the announcement included a file entitled, "retire_advisory," that had Magnuson's name attached... Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1897946/posts#comment Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:06:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1742235/posts DOBBS: Let's talk about another oath. The Senate... FRANKEN: Yes? DOBBS: Minnesota, are you going to run? FRANKEN: I don't know. Actually, we're deciding, I think, this weekend, the family, my family. DOBBS: OK, I'll give you the number, and I want you to let me know immediately. FRANKEN: I think if I tell someone, it might be somebody in Minnesota. DOBBS: You've got it. All right. Well, we wish you a lot of luck. Look forward to your decision. FRANKEN: Thank you. DOBBS: Whatever you do, stay yourself. Those people... FRANKEN: No, I'm going to change, Lou. If I... CNN's Web Site (Lou Dobbs' Show) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1742235/posts#comment Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:46:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1702696/posts Keith Ellison's GOP foe attacked sharply Wednesday, calling him unfit for Congress and saying he was "offended as a Jew that we have a candidate like this running for U.S. Congress." On a day Ellison was fielding national media requests and getting attention for possibly becoming the first Muslim in Congress, the remarks of opponent Alan Fine showed how Republicans hope to make Ellison's past a liability for Democrats. Fine didn't raise specific issues that hadn't come up earlier in the campaign, but his criticism was sharper. It showed that despite a surprisingly strong showing in Tuesday's DFL primary in... Minneapolis Star-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1702696/posts#comment Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:16:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1690609/posts Who is Keith Ellison? (20) Keith Ellison is the endorsed Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesota's solidly Democratic Fifth District (Minneapolis). Ellison's local leadership of the Nation of Islam, his defense of the "truth" of an attack on Minneapolis Jews as "the most racist white people," his affiliation with convicted murderer and Vice Lords gang leader Sharif Willis, his support of the Vice Lords gangbangers charged (and subsequently convicted) with the murder of Minneapolis police officer Jerry Haaf, his outrageous attacks on law enforcement authorities, his demand that Symbionese Liberation Army terrorist Sara Jane Olson be freed, his concern for... Powerline Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1690609/posts#comment Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:00:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1627609/posts On Saturday, Thompson and 324 other party delegates will narrow the field of four to one. State Sen. Michele Bachmann is leading in a hard-fought race that also includes businessman Jay Esmay and state Reps. Jim Knoblach and Phil Krinkie. But the endorsing convention at Monticello High School could get unpredictable if Bachmann doesn't clear the 60 percent threshold needed for an endorsement early on. The Duluth News Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1627609/posts#comment Sat, 6 May 2006 00:27:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1483949/posts ST PAUL MAYOR Total Number of Precincts 104 Precincts Reporting 69 Total Votes 17902 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BILL DAHN 35 GLEN MANSFIELD 27 RANDY C. KELLY 4816 SHARON ANDERSON 153 CHRIS COLEMAN 9172 NICK TSCHIDA 92 ELIZABETH DICKINSON 3582 JACOB PERASSO 25 Ramsey County (Mn) Elections Division http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1483949/posts#comment Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:53:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1456742/posts You guys should check this group out. I met one of their members out in Ohio working with a congressional candidate. They knew what they were doing and I was impressed but i didn't realize that Alex had his own team until yesterday. I looked at their website its got some really solid ideas in terms of strategy. Check it out: http://www.vandenberg-strategies.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1456742/posts#comment Thu, 4 Aug 2005 13:18:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1371737/posts Wear a necktie to show your interest. We deal with government agencies, fund raisers, private organizations. We are a wholesale neckwear business. Star Wonders WHOLESALE Neck Tie Store | $3.50 to $4.75 a Tie ANY Variety. 100's of Ties. Starwonders.com Neckwear http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1371737/posts#comment Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:04:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1363492/posts Threatening to put his own baby pictures on the state House of Representatives website, Rep. Tom Rukavina urged Gov. Tim Pawlenty today to remove from his official website a "Pawlenty Family Photo Album" containing 21 pictures of a pretty darn cute young future governor. "I was a cute little baby, too," said Rukavina, a DFLer from Virginia, Minn., who relishes his role as an often lighthearted antagonist of his Republican governor, a former House colleague. But Rukavina contends that childhood pictures, which he views as designed to make folks feel warmer toward the governor, are a "totally inappropriate" form of... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1363492/posts#comment Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:19:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1305823/posts NARA federal register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1305823/posts#comment Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:15:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1283556/posts Many have been pontificating on the ideal GOP ticket to hold the White House in 2008. I believe it is time for me to throw in my two cents. The closest thing Republicans have to a perfect presidential candidate for 2008 ironically can be found in the only state that Ronald Reagan didn't carry in his landslide of 1984: Minnesota. That once and future candidate --- MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Over the last few years, the GOP has seen what kind of candidate it takes to win nationally in the 21st Century. Unlike the old Republicanism of George HW Bush... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1283556/posts#comment Fri, 19 Nov 2004 05:49:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1281767/posts http://fallujapictures.blogspot.com/ http://fallujapictures.blogspot.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1281767/posts#comment Wed, 17 Nov 2004 05:39:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1255523/posts Every republican should by Fahrenhype 9/11. Then they should have a party watching first MOOREs movie and then the rebuttal. This is the best way to get liberals to see Fahrenhype, because you will tell them that you will watch Fahrenheit 9/11 if they do so. None of them want to admit that they won't listen to both sides of the story. So they will come. (I suggest also copying Stolen Honor onto a cd or dvd to show afterwards). I am doing this at work in California and I have got a lot of people together to watch them... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1255523/posts#comment Sun, 24 Oct 2004 21:20:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1202689/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1202689/posts#comment Mon, 30 Aug 2004 02:28:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1202057/posts For context, VC is the puppy who could fly that Kerry supposedly saved from the village wok in Vietnam. That's a whole 'nother tall tale that is seeping out. I can hardly keep track of them all! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1202057/posts#comment Sun, 29 Aug 2004 02:59:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1196416/posts . . . it is unbelievable the depths these people will stoop to. This is yet another piece of garbage peddled by the Universal Press Syndicate, this time by Pat Oliphant . . . Kathie Kerr, Universal Press Syndicate, Director of Communications Phone: (816) 360-6945 Email: kkerr@amuniversal.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1196416/posts#comment Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:29:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1173967/posts Gannett Fails One-Newspaper Communities/Counties- Port Huron Times Herald a Queue for Government Intervention? In particular, with today’s concentration of all reporting medium with just a few companies- who determines the void or lack of reporting in the best interest to citizens. I’ve challenged a Gannett newspaper, the Times Herald of Port Huron Michigan of its obligation citizens in one-newspaper counties. There appears to be an immediate need to make certain legislation be brought requiring corporate newspapers to better report news and serving the communities they cover. At a crucial time with the 2004 Primary literally days away- this particular newspaper,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1173967/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jul 2004 04:49:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1173678/posts The poll of 600 likely Republican voters in St. Clair County Michigan’s State Representative District 81 countywide found Alloway leading Pavlov by 12 points, 48 percent to 40 percent in a three-way race with Yale Republican Steve Pray Nader included in the ballot test. Ann Arbor PTM/UM Polling http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1173678/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jul 2004 16:31:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1169066/posts “A Michigan Impossible until we work together ending illegal state house electioneering practices” Joe Alloway-R Michigan House District 81 St. Clair County Michigan PORT HURON – JULY 11, 2004 - Please listen to a recent interview (http://66.92.134.175/~benburch/old/TrupianoShow-(10-5-2004).mp3) exposing Michigan’s #1 area to reform and that’s ending illegal activities in Michigan’s House Republican Caucus Communications Office! Very few citizens asked have no idea of what that word means. Folks, the bottom line is we’ve had some major problems in this antiquated, 50-person staffed office and they’re just coming public. Take recent revelations of state employees assigned to representatives as campaign managers... The Tony Trupiano Show - "Interview with Michigan House Caucus Staffer" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1169066/posts#comment Sun, 11 Jul 2004 03:22:08 GMT