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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Politics

The last day: Home-schooled kids

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 3, 2008, 1:25 PM Nov 3, 2008
23

Home-schooled kids hit the pavement for Michele Bachmann.

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The junkmail war — Part 2

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 3, 2008, 10:13 AM Nov 3, 2008
7

An unscientific look at who won the election junkmail campaign.

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What would you give up?

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 3, 2008, 9:25 AM Nov 3, 2008
12

The candidates clearly don’t want to answer one of this election’s most often-asked questions. Do you?

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Live-blogging: The U.S. Senate debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 2, 2008, 6:41 PM Nov 2, 2008
20

The final debate of the U.S. Senate race was held Sunday night. Read about it and provide your analysis.

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MPR/Humphrey Senate poll: It’s anybody’s race

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 31, 2008, 1:01 AM Oct 31, 2008
3

The wags have been suggesting in the last 24 hours that Norm Coleman must have internal polling showing he’s in trouble. The latest MPR/U of M Humphrey Institute poll, however, doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know: Coleman is in a close race with Al Franken and Dean Barkley is in a position to Read more →

Polling call

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 30, 2008, 9:19 PM Oct 30, 2008
13

Have you receifved any calls from pollsters lately?

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Why Obama leads McCain in Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 30, 2008, 12:31 PM Oct 30, 2008
1

Some of the reasons are surprising when compared to George Bush’s strength in the state in 2004.

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Political theater

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 30, 2008, 10:56 AM Oct 30, 2008
18

Not since Jesse Ventura have we seen the kind of political theater that accompanies Rep. Michele Bachmann these days.

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Campaign junk mail

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 30, 2008, 10:07 AM Oct 30, 2008
10

You can tell a lot about a political party’s priorities by the volume of the junk mail.

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Minnesota Majority under the microscope

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 29, 2008, 4:31 PM Oct 29, 2008
11

Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is asking prosecutors to look into a phone call that Larry Johnson of St. Paul got from a woman questioning him about his voting record. According to Ritchie, who held a news conference this afternoon, the woman said she was working with Jeff Davis, who heads Minnesota Majority. This is Read more →

Voting machines

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2008, 11:49 AM Oct 28, 2008
2

Decades later, Collins realizes a voting machine kept his vote from being counted.

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Robocalls on parade

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2008, 10:16 AM Oct 28, 2008
2

Has anyone ever actually been swayed by one?

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The unspoken fear

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2008, 3:50 PM Oct 27, 2008
4

The disruption of an alleged plot to kill Barack Obama brings the ‘a’ word out into the open.

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CBS: The bet that blew up Wall Street

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2008, 11:13 AM Oct 27, 2008
1

A congressional bill that set the stage for the economic meltdown was embraced by the Minnesota delegation in 2000

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Al Franken’s lousy weekend

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2008, 10:10 AM Oct 26, 2008
13

The Star Tribune, said to be the worst friend the Republicans have had since Checkers the dog, has endorsed Norm Coleman.

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