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Pay attention to secretary of state
Eric FergusonDemocrats still sometimes ignore elections or secretaries of state (SOS), despite Florida 2000 and Ohio 2004. If you don’t get those references, that illustrates the problem. The problem...
View ArticleDid you know? Minneapolis has two ballot questions
Eric FergusonMinneapolis voters will be voting on two ballot questions. Even though I live here and follow politics like you would expect of a blogger, I didn’t know about one of these until I looked...
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Bill Maher, John Kline, Mike Obermueller and student debt
Eric FergusonAs interesting as it is that Bill Maher picked one of our congressmen, Rep. John Kline, CD2, for his #FlipADistrict contest, the reasoning is interesting. He explained it on his Sept. 12...
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Rebecca Otto's opponent implodes
Eric FergusonState Auditor Rebecca Otto might as well be allowed to pick her opponents. Wouldn’t get much of a different result. Her primary opponent ran a well-funded lousy campaign, but I thought she...
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Freeway roofs and wine
Eric FergusonFollowing up on a couple recent posts, with the definition of “recent” being arguable in one case:In a recent post on the two charter amendments on the ballot in Minneapolis, I spent most...
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McFadden benefits from allegedly involuntary donations
Eric FergusonSome of the more control-freakish and ideological employers push their employees to donate to the employer’s preferred candidates. They may stay on a legal line in terms of requiring...
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The importance of local races
Eric FergusonBefore she was in Congress, Michele Bachmann was a state senator, and before that, pertinent to the title of this post, she was on her local school board. The fact I don’t have to explain...
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Clever coldblooded strategy in Minneapolis school board race
Eric FergusonI could be wrong. If I’m right, then I have to admire the cleverness of a certain group of Don Samuels’ supporters, even if, as the title implies, there’s something coldblooded about it.A...
View ArticleMinneapolis school board candidate Iris Altamirano issues statement about...
Eric FergusonMinneapolis at-large school board candidate Iris Altamirano issued this statement about recent negative campaigning:A recent negative mailing and negative campaign calls we’ve seen and...
View ArticlePost-election observations
Eric FergusonWith the voting done in 2014, let’s talk about 2016. Kidding! Stop, don’t go away! In fact, I’ll give you this handy link to Minnesota election results, but don’t leave yet.The following...
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Was it political cowardice or bad strategy?
Eric FergusonUPDATE: Heard from the Speaker of the Minnesota House, sadly shortly to be minority leader (replaced by this guy), and looks like some state-specific comments of mine might not hold up....
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Minnesota looking more like the rest of the country
Eric FergusonMinnesota has been something of an outlier compared to almost every other state. Most states have Democratic cities, Republican rural areas, and competitive suburbs. We have long flipped...
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Cuba inertia is not forever
Eric FergusonThe thing about inertia is that it isn’t indefinite. It lasts only until acted upon. So sanctions on Cuba have been sustained by inertia, but now have encountered a countervailing force, a...
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