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Dennis Tester

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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Posted on 08/12/11 at 11:10 am in response to GOP candidates offer a few new lines on policy, but mostly old stump staples

The best parts of the debate were the disagreements on the role of the 10th Amendment with regard to Obamacare and the disagreements regarding the national debt and debt ceiling debacle. As usual, Newt was the smartest man in the room.

1. Gingrich
2. Santorum
3. Cain
4. Bachmann

The rest can fold their tents because Saturday, Perry makes them all irrelevant.

Posted on 08/13/11 at 06:58 am in response to GOP candidates offer a few new lines on policy, but mostly old stump staples

"Romney defended his law, saying it was different than Obama’s because the Constitution gives states the rights to establish government services the federal government isn’t able to provide."

That's not what he said. He said that the Massachusetts constitution allowed mandatory purchase of health insurance because state constitutions generally allow states to mandate a lot of things, like sending your kids to school or having car insurance. And that their law was right for their...

Posted on 08/12/11 at 11:19 am in response to Did 'tough guy' tactics against Bachmann hurt Pawlenty more than they helped him?

Pawlenty's toast for going after Bachmann like that. Conservatives were not pleased.

Newt kicked butt. Too bad he'll never get the chance to debate Barry.

Posted on 08/13/11 at 11:39 am in response to Did 'tough guy' tactics against Bachmann hurt Pawlenty more than they helped him?

Yeah, Alec. If Newt was a democrat like Clinton he'd be considered a respected senior statesman in the party and not essentially persona non grata.

Even though Clinton was disbarred, impeached, accused of rape and found guilty of sexual harrassment of a young government employee, he's still the godfather of the democrat party even though everything he gets credit for accomplishing resulted from signing Newt Gingrich's legislation. A total class act.

Posted on 08/11/11 at 12:07 pm in response to GOP candidates may have delicate line to walk to avoid 'going too far' in tonight's Iowa debate

1. Remember Reagan's 11th Commandment.
2. Whoever has the most effective attack on Obama wins the debate.
3. Look for a consensus on restructuring the tax code to make it flatter to increase revenues and reducing the corporate income tax to zilch to attract foreign investment and jobs.
3. Democrats should watch something else. The economics discussion will be over your head and you won't be voting for any of these people anyway so why bother?
4. These people...

Posted on 08/11/11 at 12:29 pm in response to How ready is Rick Perry to run for president?

Write this down: Perry/Rubio

Posted on 08/10/11 at 08:09 am in response to Four senators survive recall, barely keeping GOP control

"The fight today now mainly reflects the same debate Wisconsin voters had just before they booted Democrats from control of the state government."

The democrats' dilemma was that they couldn't win an election with an argument that the public employee unions deserved more power. They had no choice but to change the subject and "republicans cut the budget" wasn't a winning argument.

And weren't these six districts cherry-picked because the democrats figured they had the best...

Posted on 08/08/11 at 08:34 pm in response to Minnesota will apply for a No Child Left Behind waiver

Obama and Dayton know which side their bread is buttered and who butters it. God forbid anyone be held accountable for our failed government schools.

Posted on 08/08/11 at 08:36 pm in response to 'What Happened to Obama?' Provocative NYT essay offers skewed view

"When he wants to be, the president is a brilliant and moving speaker ..."

When his teleprompter is working.

Posted on 08/05/11 at 12:02 pm in response to Short-term FAA deal passes, but parties still differ on policy

The National Mediation Board doesn't have the authority to re-write labor law. That's the role of congress. Requiring only a majority of voting employees to approve a union, and not a majority of all employees, is a violation of federal law.

So if the FAA wants to continue to operate, perhaps they should obey the law.