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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Politics

Can Minnesotans video their vote?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2008, 12:42 PM Oct 17, 2008
6

PBS and YouTube are trying a different way of documenting Election Day. But voters should check the law first.

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Barkley, Coleman, Franken in third debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 16, 2008, 6:34 PM Oct 16, 2008
4

Candidates didn’t break any new ground in the third debate, mostly because they weren’t asked to.

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Woman sues McCain-Palin over anti-Obama remarks

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 16, 2008, 4:56 PM Oct 16, 2008
4

The Missouri woman claims campaign rhetoric has increased the chance Barack Obama will be assassinated.

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The right (not) to vote

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 16, 2008, 4:02 PM Oct 16, 2008
2

A Tennessee newspaper prints the names of people who don’t vote.

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“Kill him” – Part two

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 16, 2008, 8:42 AM Oct 16, 2008
2

The Secret Service says the report of a man shouting ‘Kill him’ at a Palin rally this week is not true.

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Live-blogging the presidential debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2008, 8:00 PM Oct 15, 2008
53

Join us with your in-debate analysis.

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Debate: Pressuring the moderator

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2008, 7:47 AM Oct 15, 2008
10

A full-page ad in the New York Times challenges the moderator of tonight’s presidential debate.

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“Kill him”

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2008, 3:50 PM Oct 14, 2008
9

Another incident at a Palin rally in which someone shouted “kill him.”

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The no-sound debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2008, 2:27 PM Oct 14, 2008
1

A candidate suggests a debate with no sound.

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Have debates outlived their usefulness?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2008, 10:44 AM Oct 14, 2008
10

Little new ground has been broken in political debates so far this year.

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Live-blogging the Senate debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 11, 2008, 6:33 PM Oct 11, 2008
7

Dean Barkley, Norm Coleman, and Al Franken hold their second debate in Minneapolis.

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Crossing the line in Lakeville

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 10, 2008, 8:34 PM Oct 10, 2008
18

What can we as individuals do over the next few weeks to return to a civil discussion of political issues?

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The “we-matter” index

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 10, 2008, 4:44 PM Oct 10, 2008
1

Though Minnesota loomed as a battleground state in 2008, we’re not close to our 2004 status.

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Making sausage, making news

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 8, 2008, 6:12 PM Oct 8, 2008
1

Sometimes it’s best you don’t see what goes on at Capitol press conferences. This is not one of those times.

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The McCain-Obama debate – Nashville

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 7, 2008, 7:28 PM Oct 7, 2008
38

The two candidates spent most of their time providing bad — or no — answers to good, thoughtful questions.

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