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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Kelliher to speak before U of M’s Humphrey School

DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher is scheduled to speak before the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs on Monday morning at 8. Kelliher is fresh off a trip to Washington D.C. where she watched President Obama deliver a speech to a joint session of Congress. Kelliher’s speech comes one day before the…
by Tom Scheck

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Twin Cities mayors on the morning shows.

Esme Murphy tells me that Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak will be her guest on WCCO Sunday morning. Meanwhile, KSTP’s At Issue will reportedly feature St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. Both mayors have ratcheted up their criticism of Gov. Pawlenty this week. Rybak issued a news release ripping Pawlenty for not following Rybak’s lead on budgeting.…
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Barkley running campaign debt…

Dean Barkley, a one-time U.S. Senator (appointed by former Gov. Jesse Ventura) and 2008 U.S. Senate candidate for the I-P, is running a campaign deficit. In an e-mail to supporters, Barkley said he would probably win the election if it were held today. He also said he understands if people don’t want to give him…
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Pawlenty near bottom in CPAC Straw Poll

Gov. Pawlenty, who just spoke at CPAC this morning, was second to last in CPAC’s annual straw poll. Pawlenty garnered two percent of the vote. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist was last with only one percent of those polled supporting him. Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, won the poll. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was…
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Pawlenty’s speech to CPAC

Gov. Pawlenty’s speech to CPAC was pretty standard fare for those who have been paying close attention to our governor. He urged the conservative movement to stay enthusiastic. He also said conservatives need to do a better job of getting people into the Republican Party and ripped the growing national deficit. You can listen to…
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Pawlenty means business

Gov. Pawlenty has been making the rounds in Minnesota’s business community since he announced his budget plan on January 27th. His public events schedule says he’s spoken to 20 business related groups between January 28th and February 27th. They include 15 local chambers of commerce, the Independent Community Bankers, the Anoka Area Rotary Club, Enterprise…
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DFL Senators want cabinet post left unfilled

Two DFL Senators are asking Gov. Tim Pawlenty to hold off on filling a vacant cabinet position as a way to save money. Sen. Sandy Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, who chairs the higher education committee, and Sen. Richard Cohen, DFL-St. Paul, chair of the finance committee, wrote a letter to the governor suggesting he not replace…
by Tim Pugmire

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Minnesotans in the House (the White House)

Sara Grewing, Chief of Staff to St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and former staffer for DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar, says there are a few Minnesotans working in the Obama Administration. Here’s her list: Bill Burton – Deputy White House Press Secretary, former staffer to DFL Rep. Bill Luther. Burton graduated from the University of Minnesota.…
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Lawmakers reflect on town hall meetings

DFL leaders in the Minnesota House and Senate say a series of town hall meetings reinforced the need for a fair state budget solution. House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL-Minneapolis, said today that 6,500 people attended 23 hearings throughout the state, and 1,500 testified. That’s on top of 3,000 suggestions submitted to the House Web…
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Entenza is staffing up for Gov run.

Former DFL House Minority Leader Matt Entenza announced his campaign team for governor. He hired the former political director and the former fundraiser for DFL Rep. Tim Walz. He hired two staffers from Al Franken’s senate campaign. He also hired the spokeswoman for Steve Sarvi, who ran for Congress in Minnesota’s 2nd District. You can…
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