Capitol View: October 1, 2007 Archive

All you need is... Ron Paul?

Posted at 1:01 PM on October 1, 2007 by Bob Collins (10 Comments)

The Ron Paul brigade must've been out in force early this morning, slapping up "Ron Paul Revolution" signs on freeway overpasses.

"Revolution" is in black letters and the E-V-O-L part is in red letters.... making some sort of weird "I buried Paul" message -- OK, it actually spells LOVE backwards." Not sure what that's all about.

Do they profess love for Ron Paul? Love for revolution? Or maybe they just want some Ron Paul love? Or maybe it really is EVOL... for evolving; like Mitt Romney's position on abortion or something.

It made me want to put on some Jefferson Airplane.

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Tinklenberg announces his run for Minnesota's 6th

Posted at 2:39 PM on October 1, 2007 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)

Former Minnesota Transportation Commissioner El Tinklenberg has announced that he'll try another run for Congress in Minnesota's 6th. Tinklenberg is the third DFLer to enter the race (Bob Hill and Bob Olson are already in). He said he would seek out the DFL endorsement but would not rule out a primary run. Listen to his news conference here.

GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann is expected to run for reelection. Her spokesman, Rich Dunn, released this statement:

"While another candidate competes for endorsement among the liberal DFL activists, Michele is working hard in Congress to keep our country safe and fighting for Minnesota values. She voted to protect taxpayers from one of the largest tax hikes in American history, and she's putting our nation's fiscal house in order with measures like the balanced budget amendment. Her bill to make healthcare more affordable for working families has bipartisan support. And she'll continue to be a steadfast advocate for Sixth District families and taxpayers."

MPR, the Star Tribune, the Pi Press and AP have stories.

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When in doubt, shut them out

Posted at 4:57 PM on October 1, 2007 by Bob Collins

I know a lot of people think journalists are jerks -- and a lot of them are (bowing) -- but it's never a good sign when a politician, especially one running for president, tries to shut them out of coverage. Yeah, I'm talking about you, Kucinich.

Apparently he's upset that the reporters at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the home city of the soon-to-be World Series champions I might add, aren't giving him the same coverage as Obama and Clinton.

So to solve that, he's doing what he an to get even less.

The logic of that probably makes sense in Ohio.