Polinaut: March 16, 2006 Archive

CAE updated

Posted at 8:08 AM on March 16, 2006 by Bob Collins

Minvolved has more information today on the Center of the American Experiment's demise. Just went to Guidestar to see if their 990 told any tales...well, other than they lost a wad of cash. The pdf file is here. You'll need a username/password but it's free for 990s.

More CTscans and MRIs for me today so probably not many posts.

Straw polls. So what?

Posted at 12:45 PM on March 16, 2006 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)

Ken Rudin at NPR asks a good question.

Excuse me, but what "meaning" could possibly come out of a presidential straw poll taken of 1,427 Republicans at a party conference some 650 days, give or take, before the 2008 Iowa caucuses? We haven't even had the '06 midterm elections yet, for gosh sakes, and we're paying attention to straw polls on whom the GOP will pick two years hence? Hello?

(Update 7:26 p.m.) And J.J. Sutherland answers him.

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Johnson on Johnson

Posted at 1:42 PM on March 16, 2006 by Bob Collins

Chuck Darrell of Minnesota for Marriage Darrell held a news conference to report that 81,000 Minnesotans have signed a petition calling for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. (MPR Photo/Tom Scheck)

MPR's Mark Zdechlik has been at Camp Shelby in Mississippi for the last few days, covering the send-off for the Minnesota National Guard troops to Iraq. I asked him to intercept Sen. Dean Johnson, who is part of the political entourage to today's celebration, and get him to explain his reported remarks on what the Supreme Court in this state would or would not do on the existing laws regulating marriage.

The audio was just sent along to me and I send it along to you unedited. (RealPlayer required).

(Updated 5:10 p.m.) - Here's Tom Scheck's story, and Craig Westover has an update on Johnson's comments.

Couldn't Hackett

Posted at 3:09 PM on March 16, 2006 by Bob Collins (1 Comments)

A couple of days ago I commented on an outstanding piece on The Daily Show the other day. Now, they've finally posted Couldn't Hackett on the Web site.

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