Capitol View: April 4, 2008 Archive

The Fix weighs in on the Senate race

Posted at 10:15 AM on April 4, 2008 by Tom Scheck (3 Comments)

The Washington Post political blog keeps Minnesota's Senate race at #6. Chris Cillizza doesn't mention Democrat Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer in his entry:

6. Minnesota: The Fix isn't big on "we told you so's" but, when it comes to the surprising strength of comedian Al Franken's (D) Senate candidacy, well, we told you so. Franken simply outworked and out-organized 2000 Senate candidate Mike Ciresi who opted out of the race last month after it became abundantly clear Franken would win the Democratic nod at the state party's endorsement convention. Ciresi's surprise departure kicks off the general election race between Franken and Sen. Norm Coleman (R) a few months before the incumbent would have liked. Still, Coleman is a very sound candidate and a recent Republican poll that showed him leading Franken by 6 points seems about right. (Previous ranking: 6)

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Pawlenty on Almanac

Posted at 3:23 PM on April 4, 2008 by Mike Mulcahy (1 Comments)

Gov. Tim Pawlenty is scheduled to be on public TV's Almanac program tonight. So far no news on the bonding bill. Maybe he'll make some there.

UPDATE: The governor's office just said he will not take action on the bonding bill until Monday, so there's one less reason to watch Almanac--whoops, just kidding!

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Pawlenty won't act on bonding bill this weekend

Posted at 4:27 PM on April 4, 2008 by Tom Scheck

Governor Pawlenty's spokesman issued a statement saying the governor will not take action on the $925 million bonding bill until Monday. The governor has not said if he will veto the entire bill or line-item veto the bill. It's highly unlikely that he'll sign the bill with all of the projects included. He has said repeatedly that the bill it too big.