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Roy Everson

Oslo, Norway, MN
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Posted on 01/04/10 at 04:02 am in response to 17 candidates on the long march: sizing up Minnesota's crowded governor's race

Appreciate all the work that went into this insightful analysis. A few random reactions:

"...the Tea Party crowd, the Ron Paul followers and the libertarians "— could be 3 good names for up-and-coming garage bands. Seriously, what is the distinction between the two latter groups? Paul was once a Libertarian party prez candidate after all. More importantly, it wasn't that long ago that observers mulled the difficulty in re-uniting the generation-old GOP coalition of economic, religious...

Posted on 12/22/09 at 02:45 pm in response to Surprising support: 6 of 10 DFL candidates for governor back single-payer state health plan

Co-pays aren't that bad. Here in Norway we pay about 25 USD per visit, with a maximum each year of around 250 USD. Isn't going to break anybody.

BTW, wasn't a single-payer pilot project the thrust of Sen. Sanders' amendment that was withdrawn during its lengthy reading on the Senate floor?

Posted on 12/13/09 at 05:15 am in response to Intolerance surfaces -- again -- in St. Cloud

"an arrow in it's bullet...."
"St. Cloud State reflects it's community "
"can't shake it's racist image"

The apostrophe police have been alerted.

Posted on 12/11/09 at 06:06 am in response to ‘Obama you won it, now earn it.’

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine ever marching down the streets of Oslo with dozens of Americans-- mostly Democrats-- waving American flags! Yet that's what we did last night in the traditional evening torchlight parade following the award ceremony. Thousands turned out to see the Obamas wave from the Grand Hotel, yet hundreds of us at least were unable to see them because the crowd was too thick. We could only know when they made an appearance by the sound of cheering.

The...

Posted on 12/11/09 at 06:16 am in response to Repubs hope to convince Collin Peterson to retire

If health care reform is passed, bin Laden is captured, unemployment turns around and al Qaida lays low...could be a good year for the Dems after all. Wishful thinking, maybe, but certainly possible.

Posted on 10/31/09 at 10:50 am in response to Want to know how Gov. Pawlenty's doing in the presidential sweepstakes? Watch Vin Weber

Slanting the odds against Pawlenty:

It's un-Republican to nominate someone who hasn't been nationally tested-- see McCain, Reagan, Nixon, Dole, Bush I. All had previously ran nationally before being nominated. Bush II, son of a Prez. Ford, already an incumbent. The other exception, Goldwater, was the biggest loser.

Based on tradition, Gov. Lite is running for veep again.

Posted on 08/29/09 at 01:08 am in response to Another political booth pops up at State Fair: Draft Rybak for Gov

Near the end of the 2008 legislative session it looked like light rail University Av. expansion was hopeless. Rybak proclaimed it dead. Dead, he seemed quite certain. When it rose from the dead, I figured Rybak's cred had changed places with it.

Posted on 08/14/09 at 12:51 am in response to House Speaker Kelliher takes 'next step' toward 'official' run for governor

You know she is serious when the hyphen is dropped from her name. As much as Anderson is a vote-getter in Minnesoda, the hyphen adds a tongue-twisting air of elitism, feminism and headline writers' nightmare that she doesn't need.

Posted on 08/14/09 at 01:19 am in response to Michele Bachmann's fundraising appeal proudly defends her media battles

She may have thicker skin than the former governor. Otherwise there are many similarities, not the least of which is the undying devotion of dull-witted white males who love that give-em-hell America-bashing logic-be-damned charm she evokes. And of course they both deserve to be out of the spotlight. A Sarah who's not a quitter? I-35 instead of Twitter?

Posted on 07/31/09 at 12:40 am in response to Pawlenty to hit three main topics in speech today to Republican National Committee

Vin Weber says it's an advantage to be a fresh face, someone who has never run before. Sure wish he could explain that one, considering that the GOP, beginning with Nixon in 1968, has only nominated men who have run before for president, with two exeptions: Gerald Ford, who was already the incumbent, and George W. Bush, whose father with the same name had run 3 times previously.

For better or worse this dues-paying has been a recipe for success. History would suggest Romney has a leg...