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Dan Landherr

Forest Lake, MN
Commenter for
5 years 21 weeks

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Posted on 10/20/10 at 02:23 pm in response to Mark Dayton 4:1 favorite, says FiveThirtyEight.com

4:1 odds is essentially a tossup, just with a weighted coin. None of the other big races in MN is even that close. The best odds on a house race flipping seats is 5%.

I am not sure why money continues to pour in for Tarryl Clark seeing her 2% odds when it would be better spent in dozens of other close races across the country.

Posted on 10/18/10 at 02:31 pm in response to Barataria: The Black Magic of the Federal Reserve

Robert Reich's blogpost on Saturday 10/16 expresses his opinion that quantitative easing will likely just inflate another stock market bubble. Even the Fed says unless an across the board tax cut gets this money to people in the bottom 80% of income there will be little economic benefit because it will not stimulate consumption.

Posted on 10/05/10 at 11:55 am in response to Bachmann statements on Social Security: false, contradictory and bizarre

This seems to be typical of politics. Don't take a principled stand on anything controversial. Be outspokenly against obvious problems but don't offer solutions. Be outspokenly in favor of vague, emotional ideals but don't bother with the details of how to ensure those ideals are put into practice.

Posted on 10/04/10 at 11:37 am in response to Debate time: another in governor's race; will Bachmann?

Merge Bachmann's district with Ellison's. Now THAT would make for an interesting campaign.

Posted on 10/04/10 at 02:53 pm in response to Twins playoff preview: getting to know a familiar enemy -- the Yankees

Jim Thome may top your OPS+ chart but he's bad against LHP, which the Yankees have in spades.

Posted on 10/01/10 at 08:47 am in response to Frustrated congressional challengers acknowledge uphill battle in flushing incumbents out of 'hiding'

"at Twitter and let's have a big debate"

Great, a debate where all questions and responses are 140 characters or less.

Posted on 09/30/10 at 01:15 pm in response to Frustrated congressional challengers acknowledge uphill battle in flushing incumbents out of 'hiding'

Sounds like MPR has quite the responsibility. Since the only debate in town is the MPR debate it is a disservice to the voters to keep it to just 25 minutes. MPR contributors should call and demand at least an hour for each race.

Newspapers are proving more and more worthless. Their power must be effectively non-existent if the Strib or the Press can't get the candidates to debate each other. If debates make the job easier for reporters you would think the media would insist upon...

Posted on 09/29/10 at 10:17 am in response to Is the window closing to change election outcomes?

Horner's last hope is Emmer or Dayton implodes with a Jon Grunseth type revelation. I think Horner has peaked unless he can climb above Emmer.

Posted on 09/24/10 at 01:58 pm in response to Twin Cities angling to become second-largest economy in the Midwest

"I'm very surprised that Minnesota businesses – those interested in growth and profitability, anyway – have not clamored for a MUCH more public presence"

MN business collectively seems to be much more interested in making sure they don't have to pay state taxes. I would have to disagree that the State of MN needs to play a role in promoting the state for business. That doesn't seem to fit with the current outcry to limit government services. I also don't trust the state government to...

Posted on 09/15/10 at 10:53 am in response to Will St. Paul's Lowertown get the upper hand?

"property taxes, raised a cumulative 42% over the past 6 years"

That couldn't have anything to do with drastic cuts in Local Government Aid, could it?