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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Marty makes it official

DFL Sen. John Marty formally announced his campaign for governor today. You can listen to his speech and news conference below: Thanks to MPR’s Tim Post for supplying the photo and audio.
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The Daily Digest: 4-13-09

Gov. Pawlenty will be on MPR’s Midday today at 11 AM. He delivered the weekly GOP Address on Saturday. Labor groups make the tax pitch by running issue ads on Pawlenty’s radio show. Under the Dome It’s budget week at the State Capitol. We’ll get a better look at some of the budget related bills…
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Pawlenty delivers GOP weekly address

Gov. Pawlenty released the GOP weekly address. You can listen to or watch it here. (UPDATE: Check out DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s mini-rebuttal at bottom on entry) Here’s the Pawlenty transcript: “Hi, I’m Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota. “This weekend, my wife Mary and I are finishing up our tax returns – just…
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For your listening/viewing pleasure

Here’s the rundown of the weekend shows on the local/national scene. TPT’s Almanac will feature: Senate Trial reporters Rachel Stassen-Berger, Pat Doyle and Jay Weiner assess the week’s developments. Peg Chemberlin, with the Minnesota Council on Churches, on being named to President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. A replay of a Steve…
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Obama’s Deep Dish Dilemma

President Obama’s decision to order deep dish pizza from St. Louis isn’t going over so well in Chicago. Here’s the AP pickup of the Chicago Tribune story: CHICAGO (AP) _ The news is hitting Chicago deep dish pizza makers’ eye like a big pizza pie. President Barack Obama is having 140 people over to the…
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Gov. Pawlenty and Mary Pawlenty rip Obama for bowing

Gov. Pawlenty and Mary Pawlenty rip Obama for bowing

Gov. Pawlenty and First Lady Mary Pawlenty criticized President Obama for reportedly bowing to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. On Pawlenty’s weekly radio show, the two fielded a question on the incident (watch the video here) and later asked former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for his take. I posted the two parts of Pawlenty’s…
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Marty makes it official on Monday

DFL Sen. John Marty will officially announce his campaign for governor on Monday at an event at the State Capitol. His campaign issued a statement saying: Senator Marty will be making a major announcement regarding his campaign to become Minnesota’s next Governor. This will be followed by an informal rally outside, across the street in…
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MMB: Tax collections lower than expected

Minnesota Management and Budget says the state collected $46 million less than expected. This won’t have any effect on the state budget since the governor and lawmakers are working off of a March forecast but it’s a continuation of gloomy news. The good news is that some forecasters expect the federal stimulus to stop the…
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The Fix: It makes little sense for Pawlenty to run for gov if he runs in 2012

The Fix gives some analysis and perspective on why Gov. Pawlenty may delay signing an election certificate declaring Al Franken the winner of the U.S. Senate race. The reason: It helps him with the GOP base. He also wrote that it makes little sense for him to run for a third term: That said, if…
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No Digest

This is just a reminder that there won’t be a Daily Digest today or tomorrow. Some are wondering why, in fact, it’s called the Daily Digest when it isn’t “daily.” Others cheer at the thought of not having to read the digest for a few days. I will be posting on the blog but need…
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