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"We elected Tim Pawlenty to vote against publicly-funded stadiums. Do you think he has the balls to veto that? I don't think so."

B. Republican gubernatorial candidate Sue Jeffers, who said Gov. Pawlenty was not conservative enough. Interview with MPR's Laura McCallum, April 2006.


"It's really, really going well."

A. DFL gubernatorial candidate Becky Lourey, at the Minnesota State Fair, September 2006. She lost the DFL primary on Sept 12 to Mike Hatch, 73 to 24 percent.


"I'm a strong believer in second chances, and in some cases third and fourth chances, but not when you kill a kid."

B. Republican Attorney General candidate Jeff Johnson, on his support for the death penalty.


"There's a definition of insanity -- that's doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result."

A. IP U.S. Senate candidate Robert Fitzgerald, during a debate at the Minnesota State Fair.


"I am personally offended that this person is a candidate for U.S. Congress."

B. 5th Congressional District Republican candidate Alan Fine, talking about DFLer Keith Ellison, after Ellison won the Sept. 11 DFL primary.


"Somebody who knows the first names of 100 members of Congress is going to have an advantage."

C. 5th District DFL Congressional candidate Mike Erlandson, who is chief of staff to retiring Rep. Martin Sabo. Erlandson lost in the primary to Keith Ellison.


"I'm not trying to turn this thing into a political deal."

A. President Bush, campaigning for Congressional candidate Michele Bachmann on August 22.


"I'm trying to get people who look like they're walking slowly with no purpose, so that they look like they're not going to be upset if I stop them."

D. DFL Congressional candidate Coleen Rowley, talking about her strategy for talking to people at the Rice County Fair in July.


"We're just going to raise hell and go wild."

B. IP gubernatorial candidate Peter Hutchinson, on the campaign trail Oct. 15.


"I am not for stay-the-course. I am not for cut-and-run. I'm for adapt-to-win."

A. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kennedy, talking about his position on the Iraq war, Oct. 26.


"Running for governor is awful. It's a proctoscopic exam. I'm too old for it."

C. Mike Hatch, ruling out a run for governor on August 1, 1999.


"I can tell you what your worst nightmare is. It's one of the big-spendin', tax-raisin', abortion-promotin', gay marriage-embracin', more-welfare-without-accountability-lovin', school-reform-resistin', illegal-immigration-supportin' Democrats for governor who think Hillary Clinton should be president of the United States."

A. Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, as he accepted the Republican endorsement for re-election, June 2006.


"Guns, gay marriage, God, gambling, gynecology, green cards, stadiums for gladiators, and the guillotine."

c. IP gubernatorial candidate Peter Hutchinson, on what he calls the "eight G's" -- divisive issues in the governor's race.


"I don't know who would want to hire an accountant who took a 200 billion dollar surplus and turned it into a 300 billion dollar deficit."

B. DFL U.S. Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar, about her Republican opponent Mark Kennedy, during a debate at the Minnesota State Fair.


"Isn't she a cupcake?"

C. Republican 6th District Congressional candidate Michele Bachmann, referring to first lady Laura Bush, who campaigned for Bachmann on Oct. 25.




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