The Daily Digest: 6-10-08

Posted at 8:45 AM on June 10, 2008 by Tom Scheck (3 Comments)
Filed under: Daily Digest

Vice President Dick Cheney quietly slipped in and out of Minnesota yesterday for a fundraiser. AP, the Pi Press and the Star Tribune have stories.

The MNGOP would not say who hosted the event and would only characterize the take as "six figures." Super sleuthing (which basically means e-mailing and talking to people) found out that Sen. Norm Coleman, Michele Bachmann and John Kline did not attend the fundraiser. 3rd District candidate Erik Paulsen and 1st District candidate Brian Davis did attend.

Any question that the Upper Midwest matters in the presidential race?

Democratic Convention Watch interviews newly minted SuperD Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak.

2008 Race for Senate

Democrat Al Franken starts a unity tour and he goes after Norm Coleman. AP, KARE, the Star Tribune and KSTP have stories. He also stopped in Bemidji and will stop in St. Cloud and Moorhead.

U.S. News and World Report has Ten things you didn't know about Al Franken.

The National Journal writes about Franken's endorsement win.

Alec Baldwin backs Franken but mostly rips Coleman.

Pawlenty for VP Watch

Pawlenty heads to North Carolina for an education conference.

AP in NC previews the visit.

Halperin handicaps the underrated and overrated VP qualifications.

Does Obama's vetter need vetting?

McCain says his vetting process consists of google.

State Government

Gov. Pawlenty visits tornado damage and flooding.

Congress

The impasse over a mail facility is resolved.

GOP Rep. Jim Ramstad will appear at a news conference to announce "breakthrough" health care legislation.

DFL Rep. Keith Ellison joins a bipartisan group that is looking to head off a war with Iran

Michele Bachmann writes an op-ed criticizing cap and trade.

Bachmann also issued a news release calling for increased drilling and exploration.

2008 RNC

The RNC is still looking for volunteers.

2010

The Minnesota Independent interviews Tom Bakk, who just announced a potential run for governor.

Finally

Another minor league baseball team?

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Comments (3)

Gee, I wonder what some of Ellison's left-wing supporters (especially my fellow Jews who supported him - I didn't support him) feel when they see him joining a group that is partly led by Pat Buchanan?

Posted by Joe | June 10, 2008 9:36 AM

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Did your "Super Sleuth" simply take Bachmann's or her office's word that she did not attend the Cheney fundraiser? If so, that's a mistake.

Posted by George Hayduke | June 10, 2008 10:34 AM

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Gee, Joe, so you're saying that negotiating, not attacking, Iran is a bad thing, and that people who are able to set aside their partisan differences to lobby against such an attack need to be reminded that they're supposed to be each other's political enemies, not cooperating Americans?

...or what?

Posted by Christy Mathewson | June 10, 2008 9:02 PM

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