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Kurt Bills: A Mark Kennedy Redux?
by Dave Mindeman

Rep. Kurt Bills is the Minnesota GOP nominee for US Senate against Amy Klobuchar.

Once you get past that statement, we don't talk about the Senate race itself, because there is little chance that Kurt Bills will defeat Senator Klobuchar.

No, the topic becomes how will Kurt Bills affect the rest of the GOP ticket.

The MN GOP is going to have limited resources and let's face it, Kurt Bills is not going to attract much donor money outside of the Ron Paul network.

The important thing to realize is . . .
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Dakota County: Hamman-Roland vs. Gerlach Is Official
by Dave Mindeman

Well, it's officially on.

In a race that usually flies well below the radar, we will have a more visible contest for Dakota County Commissioner District 7.

Popular long time Commissioner Will Branning is retiring and two local political heavyweights are going to attempt to become his successor.

Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamman-Roland announced shortly after Branning made his retirement official and also received his endorsement.

But she has competition.

Recently "retired" State Senator Chris Gerlach has decided to

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One puts you to sleep, the other can be read on the toilet. . . .
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Jobs Numbers Are Relative
by Dave Mindeman

Scott Walker is trying to tell us that the job numbers that get reported by the Labor Dept are not accurate and that the true measure of jobs comes from another method of counting.

MPR reports that the April reports of job losses in Minnesota is also being questioned.

But officials in Minnesota are also raising questions about the federal government's job counts, even without a governor's seat at stake. The monthly employment report for April showed Minnesota continued to lose jobs even as . . .
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