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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Pawlenty targest LGA, Human Services and Higher Ed.

Governor Pawlenty plans to cut aid to local government, higher education, human services and other programs to make up the state’s short term deficit. Pawlenty used his emergency powers to drain the state’s reserve funds of $155 million and cut $271 million in spending to eliminate the short-term budget deficit of $426 million. The plan…
by Tom Scheck

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Franken team reacts to Coleman suit

Here’s the Franken campaign reaction to Coleman’s latest petition to the Minnesota Supremes: SAINT PAUL [12/19/08] – Communications director Andy Barr: “This is just the latest desperate act by a campaign panicked because it has suddenly realized that it is going to lose the election. The two campaigns and the Secretary of State agreed on…
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Coleman going to court over duplicates

The campaign for Republican Norm Coleman is headed to court over the issue of duplicate ballots in the recount (UPDATE: Here’s the petition). The State Canvassing Board rejected Coleman’s plea to have certain ballots thrown out at this morning’s hearing. Several members of the board said the best remedy is the courts, which Coleman’s campaign…
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Franken takes lead, board rejects Coleman plea

As expected, Al Franken took his first lead in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race but there are still hundreds, if not thousands of withdrawn challenges that need to be allocated. Meanwhile, the state canvassing board rejected a plea by Norm Coleman’s attorney to look into an issue where Coleman’s campaign suggested double counting could have occurred.…
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The Daily Digest: 12-19-08

It will now be called the 2009 Senate race since it’s unlikely we’ll know a winner until the New Year. The Minnesota Supreme Court extended the recount when it ruled that wrongly rejected absentee ballots have to be counted. The court, however, put some pretty stiff stipulations on how they’re identified and counted. MPR, MinnPost,…
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Let’s play Senate style 3 card monte!

Everyone is paying close attention to the latest numbers in Minnesota’s Senate race. Before the board met, Coleman was up 188. After Day 1, he was up 362. He’s expecting to be down to Democrat Al Franken after Day 3. Here’s one problem… There are hundreds, if not thousands, of challenged ballots that have been…
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House DFL pulls a page from playbook.

The House DFL Caucus has established a page on their website calling for the public to contribute budget balancing ideas (AKA spending cuts). This isn’t the first time they used this strategy. Last session, the caucus created a hotline, a website and held public hearings on finding solutions to lower property taxes. House and Senate…
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Coleman campaign: We’re going to start losing but will win

GOP Sen. Norm Coleman’s campaign is trying to get in front of tomorrow’s story today. In other words, they are telling reporters that Democrat Al Franken will take the lead in the recount. Coleman’s campaign attorney held a news conference earlier to explain their methodology. The campaign also said this in the news release: We…
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Say what?

We’re nearly a month away from the transition of power. President Bush has been sitting down for exit interviews, etc. Gallons of ink will be written about the administration in the final month as well. Late night comedians are also going to have to get more creative since they won’t have President Bush and his Read more →
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