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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

The Daily Digest

World leaders converge on New York City to talk climate change. He says unemployment will persist for another year. The Senate Finance Chair alters the health bill. The House may extend unemployment benefits. GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann continues to put pressure on ACORN. She wants the White House to cut ACORN cash. The Justice Department…
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Poll time!

The latest Rasmussen Report poll gives DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar and GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty high marks. Meanwhile, DFL Sen. Al Franken is getting marginal numbers. The telephone survey of 500 voters, taken on September 15th, found that 41 percent of those polled think Franken is doing a good or excellent job. 56 percent think…
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The Daily Digest

Gov. Pawlenty’s decision not to release his public schedule leads the Digest today. The Star Tribune examines Pawlenty’s action since he announced he wasn’t running for reelection. This isn’t the first time Pawlenty refused to release his private schedule but a possible run for president has increased the scrutiny of his whereabouts. You can also…
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Huckabee wins straw poll, Pawlenty finishes third.

The poll queried 597 people who attended this weekend’s Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee overwhelmingly won the poll with 170 votes. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney came in second with 74 votes. Pawlenty received 73 votes – just one ahead of Sarah Palin – the former governor of Alaska…
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Minnesota ends tax reciprocity with Wisconsin

The decision, which starts on 1/1/2010, means that people who live in one state but work in the other will have to file tax returns in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. The change affects thirteen thousand Minnesotans and nearly 3 times as many Wisconsin residents. Governor Pawlenty wanted Wisconsin to speed up payments to Minnesota and…
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Here’s who will be on this weekend’s public policy shows. TPT’s Almanac: Todd Jones talks about his return for a second stint as U. S. Attorney in Minnesota, Former Medtronic CEO Bill George talks about leading in crisis, Mary Lahammer’s look at Minnesota’s deadliest tornados continues and a group of experts from the Minnesota Department…
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Where in the world is Tim Pawlenty?

Gov. Pawlenty is scheduled to hit the road again this weekend. He’ll be speaking to the Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. tonight and will speak in Ohio tomorrow. If you’re interested in seeing his speech to the Values Voter Summit, I’m told it will be webcast here. The South Dakota Republican Party also announced…
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Ramstad continues hokey pokey on gov run

Former Republican Congressman Jim Ramstad said a few months ago that he wasn’t going to run for governor (after expressing some interest). But on MPR’s Midday today, Ramstad said “Maybe the door is open just a crack” on a possible run for governor in 2010. Ramstad said he hasn’t seen any moderates emerge in the…
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Is this a brouhaha, a hullabaloo, a hubbub, a katzenjammer or a tussle?

Officials with the DNC and Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty are urging their respective supporters to crash their opponent’s phone lines. The tussle started when the DNC sent out a news release calling on folks to call Pawlenty out on health care reform. Specifically, the news release said: In the first “Call ‘Em Out” email, the…
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