Never Vote For a Pretty Face:

So now it could be metro mayors running for gov?

Where to begin...first these two will have to strip off suits and ties. Buy a nice, plaid shirt. Even blue will do. Rub a little cow dung on their Wellingtons. Smear a wee bit of mine soot on their faces, and head for the Iron Range.

Let's hope Greater Minnesota will recognize these two action figures as city boys with a toy train whistle understanding of the needs of Greater Minnesota, as...

It's a depressing story Grow has documented here as analyzed by the attendant veteran political voices...voices that essntially say strategy defines policy and strategy-to-win means keep in the middle of the road.

Moderation becomes the Winner-god for either major party and if a third party wants to win, it would have to run down the middle aisle.

That is the reality? Well, sounds like we're stuck in political purgatory where candidate hopefuls whatever their initial ideas;...

Skepticism is one powerful quality in a journalist; and certainly there is a need for cynicism to survive with or without some or all of our nukes. My great Aunt Berta would say "Obama means well" whatever the outcome. And one could say "at least he tried"..which doesn't say much either, however...

The village where I spent my formative years is now a hotbed of buried nuclear warheads. And plains telegraph tells me the prairie dogs and meadowlarks are cheering Obama on with some...

Take what we can get I suppose...

Franken and Klobuchar delivered to the people not exactly a power lunch; but initially, it certainly was a neat idea. Call it a progressive lunch; porridge and potiza served in the offices of our good senators.

Down home comfort food indeed.

But there was a third bowl on the menu- health care policy...and that's the dish with a slightly bitter taste.

Once-upon-a-campaign-time it was Universal Health Care; even single-payer plans...