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    Mitt Romney is to John Kerry as Minnesota is to itself

    JULY 5, 2011 11:51PM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: minnesota, mitt romney, john kerry, tim pawlenty, huntsman, michele bachmann, 2012 presidential elections, sarah palin, ron paul, president obama, clinton, mondale, dean, reagan, open call, politics

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    Michele Bachmann: A Minnesotan’s Appreciation

    JUNE 15, 2011 8:24AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: republican campaign 2012, republican nomination campaign, politicians, republican primary elections, iowa caucus, michele bachmann, tim pawlenty, minnesotan republican candidates, constitutional conservatism, religious right, joe mccarthy, born-again, christian conservatives, six degrees of separation, aladdin, barack obama, elections, minnesota, tea party

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    FoX-Men: First Class

    JUNE 15, 2011 8:56AM

    By Robert Brenner


    Topics: medicare, fox news, celebrity apprentice, politics, movies, comedy, television, x-men; first class, roger ailes, mitt romney, donald trump, paul ryan, sarah palin, michele bachmann, tim pawlenty, herman cain, newt gingrich, rick santorum, chris christie

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    • 21 Comments
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    Mastering the Nine-Second Sound Bite

    JANUARY 6, 2011 8:32AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: job-killing taxes, premature exactication, david hallen, markus kemmelmeier, david m. ryfe, tim pawlenty, government unions, energy independence, big government, death panels, nancy pelosi, national public radio, steve inskeep, “the incredible shrinking sound bite, morning edition, npr, frank luntz, soundbytes, soundbites, sound bites, 9-second sound bites, nine-second sound bites, political lexicon, democrats, republicans, politics, the onion, 24-second news cycle, runaway spending, drill baby drill, government takeover

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    Assault on Public Employees Begins

    DECEMBER 29, 2010 8:51AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: balancing budgets on the backs of public workers, public employee unions, economy, pension crisis, unions, union-bashing, assault on public employees, daniel patrick moynihan, pension crisis, public employee pensions, public employees, pants-on-fire rating, fact checking, truth-o-meter, wall street journal, tim pawlenty, bill adair, st. petersburg times, politifact, politics

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    • 8665 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Double Dip: Will We Repeat 1937?

    MARCH 4, 2010 8:38AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: federal deficit, does pursuit of self-interest improve society?, john reed, john bogle, keynesians, paul volker, economic meltdown, mortgage crisis, foreclosures, unemployment, jobs, bill clinton, disenfranchised patriots, glass-steagall, jim bunning, wayback machine, sarah palin, mitt romney, ron paul, tim pawlenty, goldman sachs, bank bailouts, aig, tea party, cato institute, tarp, stimulus, commonwealth club of california, andrew leonard, larry summers, barack obama, nobel laureate in economics, dr. joseph stiglitz, recession of 1937, roosevelt, wpa, great depression, double dip recession, business, politics, finance, economics, roosevelt recession of 1937

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    • 16 Ratings
    • 4969 Views
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    Why Not Use the Sin Tax on Cigarettes to Save Lives?

    MAY 14, 2009 11:23AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: tim pawlenty, republican tax policy, tax policy, public health, smoking cessation, sin tax, tax, tobacco, cigarettes, politics, public policy, health

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    McCain says something stupid about budget priorities

    MAY 1, 2008 12:55PM

    By Skeptic Turtle


    Topics: john mccain, tim pawlenty, politics, news, stupidity

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