For about the umpteenth day in a row, Michele Bachmann continues to harp on her illogical, irresponsible, not to mention impossible plan to " Drill Here, Drill There, Drill Everywhere ." The Minnesota Independent’s Andy Birkey notes that her plan is "a brilliant strategy. She promises a popular yet impossible outcome and then blames her opponents when the outcome doesn’t happen --before it ever could (emphasis added)."
Of course it’s impossible--Bachmann’s plan would barely budge oil prices. I wrote on Monday about how drilling more oil won’t save us . But it’s also true that Bachmann doesn’t really care about oil prices --she just wants to score political points.
Her opponent in MN-06, Elwyn Tinklenberg, had a great response to her ridiculous plan for $2/gal gas:
"[Bachmann] presents the false hope that we can drill our way out, against all the evidence to the contrary," Tinklenberg said.
As for Bachmann...
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Today, in response to Rep. Michele Bachmann’s shameful commentary  yesterday afternoon on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” I’m announcing my write-in candidacy in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District election for U.S. Representative.
Earlier today, I mailed a petition to the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State requesting that all write-in votes cast for me for the office of U.S. Representative in the Sixth District at the Minne... more
Here’s a pretty scary video of a US Congressperson playing the role of Joe McCarty with a nicer face: Rep. Michele Bachmann: Obama is anti-American
For a mental cleansing, try Katrina Vanden Heuvel Responds to Bachman’s Call for McCarthy like Investigation of Members of Congress
It comes complete with Patrick Buchanan (!) being less McCarthyite than Rep. Bachmann. Ol’ Pat understands where the wind blows….
The worse the polls for the GOP... more
A second poll released in the last 24 hours confirms that the Sixth Congressional District contest is extremely close less than two weeks before election day. According to the poll released today by Minnesota Public Radio, 45 percent of those surveyed support Democratic challenger Elwyn Tinklenberg, while 43 percent favor incumbent Republican Michele Bachmann. MPR surveyed 430 likely voters and the poll had a +/- 4.7 percent margin of error.
SurveyUSA found nearly identical results in ... more
Eric Zaetch has done the voters in CD-6 a great service with this post . Eric’s post outlines the gaps in Mr. Tinklenberg’s bio. If you’re interested in knowing who the real El Tinklenberg is, and you should be interested in the ‘rest of the story’, then Eric’s post is must reading. Here’s one paragraph from Eric’s post that jumped off the page at me:
As already noted, the man’s history includes registered lobbying - the Minnesota CFB h... more
Chanukah? Hannukah? Hanaka? Whatever, as long as you spit when you say it.
Hannukah is, due to its approximate coincidence with Christmas on the calendar, one of the most widely-recognized Jewish holidays, but perhaps one of the least well-understood. It commemorates the Miracle of the Oil - after winning a guerilla war against the Seleucid forces of Antiochus IV, the Macabees and their followers could only find enough unspoiled oil to light the Temple’s eternal f... more
And it’s concerned with raising the minimum wage. Color me both unsurprised and immensely pleased, for multiple reasons - not only does this move show that the First District’s new Congressman has the right priorities for his district, but the entire Democratic caucus recognizes that this is an issue of immense importance to the people who elected them.
"People who work eight hours a day, 52 weeks a year to make less than $11,000 have been ignored for nearly a decade," Walz ... more
The transition is complete - if you’re using mncampaignreport.net, you can go back to using mncampaignreport.com. If you’ve been using mncampaignreport.com, you’ll need to create a login account (upper right-hand menu) in order to comment. OR you could start your own diary! Woo! A quick note - technically mncampaignreport.net will work for a while, but eventually I’m going to I’ve pointed that domain back at the old WordPress... more
In our last edition, Joe Bodell and Robin Marty debated the merits of a Dean Johnson Senate run. You can find the initial installment here , as well as their debate on Al Franken’s potential run here .
Marty : Joe, you have a good point when you say that Amy Klobuchar was able to connect with voters all over the state, regardless of where she was from and ask me if I think Johnson has the same kind of charisma to connect with both Minneapolitans and folks in Bemidji? I can... more
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