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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Politics

Friday’s debate-watching party

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 25, 2008, 3:11 PM Sep 25, 2008

If you’re on Twitter, News Cut wants to follow your opinions during tomorrow’s presidential debate.

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Debate fate

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2008, 3:10 PM Sep 24, 2008
26

The McCain campaign suspends operations to concentrate on the economy. Buckle down to business or political ploy?

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Why polls don’t tell us anything

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2008, 1:50 PM Sep 24, 2008
2

Polls in swing states today are about as clear as mud.

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The reddest red state

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2008, 2:30 PM Sep 22, 2008
10

Barack Obama has pulled his operation out of North Dakota. Why was it there in the first place?

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Behind the polls

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2008, 7:45 AM Sep 22, 2008
10

If a poll surveys uninformed or disinterested voters, do the results really matter?

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SNL comedy sketch was Franken’s brainchild

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2008, 4:38 PM Sep 21, 2008
7

Senate candidate Al Franken hasn’t written for Saturday Night Live for 13 years, until this weekend.

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McCain-Palin in Blaine

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 19, 2008, 11:22 AM Sep 19, 2008
32

Plenty of links and context provided. And occasional tomfoolery for no additional charge.

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Surveys and trivia

The root of our political beliefs

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 18, 2008, 1:52 PM Sep 18, 2008
2

What do our beliefs have to do with spiders and maggots?

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The campaign this week

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 18, 2008, 1:27 PM Sep 18, 2008
4

The week with Wordle.

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Palin’s e-mail account hacked

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 17, 2008, 6:01 PM Sep 17, 2008
5

Allegedly, someone with a group called ‘anonymous’ posted the password to Palin’s Yahoo account on a bulletin board.

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Blaine setting for Palin speech highlights a difference with McCain

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 16, 2008, 1:09 PM Sep 16, 2008
5

Sarah Palin is holding a rally Friday at a general aviation airport. She differs with Sen. John McCain on the #1 issue in general aviation.

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The ‘we matter’ index updated

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 16, 2008, 8:15 AM Sep 16, 2008
4

2008, however, still badly trails 2004 in candidate visits.

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What happened to democracy?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 14, 2008, 9:21 AM Sep 14, 2008
3

With 50 days until the presidential election, how to respond to the end of the democratic wave might be worth talking about.

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Palin and the rape kits

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 11, 2008, 8:33 AM Sep 11, 2008
23

Today’s headline: Rape victims in Wasilla had to pay for forensic tests. It’s a wider practice than you might think.

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The woman behind the woman

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 9, 2008, 4:49 PM Sep 9, 2008
13

The chief defender of Sarah Palin has had her problems balancing motherhood with being governor.

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