Super-crosstabs! Obama soars, Photo I.D. plunges, Marriage Amendment slips
Out of nowhere, the Voter I.D. amendment has become a nail-biter.
David Brauer
David Brauer has been a reporter for local alt-weeklies and magazines, a community newspaper editor, a radio talk show host and a national freelancer.
Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe quits Pioneer Press blog after marriage amendment editorial
Reporter Tom Webb also criticizes paper for straining-at-the-leash marriage amendment support.
Small-town Minnesota publisher supports gay marriage, loses subscribers
At the Swift County Monitor-News, a 1,500-word editorial caused the equivalent of 1,000 major-paper cancellations.
Obama-Romney, Minnesota gay marriage polls: the crosstabs
With a new poll showing the president back in a comfortable lead in Minnesota and the marriage amendment a nail-biter, the details behind the numbers.
Minnesota newspapers on marriage, voting amendments: a resounding ‘No’
Minnesotans may be split on this fall’s two proposed constitutional amendments, but Minnesota’s newspapers are not.
Digital boosts Pioneer Press, Star Tribune circulation — but local web use mixed
Each Twin Cities daily could take good news from Tuesday’s Audit Bureau of Circulations reports.
Obama up only 3 in Minnesota? Is that plausible?
The Star Tribune’s new Minnesota Poll shows Minnesota in play with Obama leading Romney 47-44 percent.
Chris Kluwe and Bill Hillsman team up for ‘lustful bleepmonster’ gay-marriage ad
Minnesota’s most outspoken athlete and most outspoken ad man team up to bluntly oppose the marriage amendment.
Catholic guilt by association: how Minnesota marriage amendment politics hurt Land Stewardship Project
The Land Stewardship Project, which organizes rural Latinos and helps family farmers, lost a $48,000 grant from the Catholic Church over a marriage amendment stance it never took.
Why the St. Paul Pioneer Press dropped political endorsements
The more conservative Twin Cities paper tries not telling you its political favorites.
Star Tribune shock poll: the methodology behind the Nolan-Cravaack outlier
In a race even dueling operatives say is within a couple of points, a plus-7 Nolan result raises eyebrows.
Mapping the newspaper war, 25 years after the Star Tribune invaded Pioneer Press turf
With paid ads falling, circulation is more important to newspapers than ever. But executives who launched the Star Tribune’s incursion into St. Paul Pioneer Press territory 25 years ago would find a very familiar map today.
Mike Gelfand’s ‘KQ Morning Show’ confessions
Sidelined by a sleep disorder, Tom Barnard’s comic relief says he wasn’t local radio’s Alan Colmes, but a political humbling led to personal peace.
Minnesota Public Radio abandons political polling
After a 2010 debacle, the statewide radio network focuses on other things.
R.I.P.: Former Pioneer Press editor John Finnegan, in his own words
A 2011 interview with the legendary newspaperman who died Tuesday morning.
Why did the Star Tribune let Matt Birk talk while ignoring Chris Kluwe?
The paper, while downplaying coverage of the Vikings’ punter’s pro-gay-marriage stand, published an ex-Vikings’ response on Sunday.
Kurt Bills’ ridiculous ‘daddy’ attack
The Bills campaign accuses the Star Tribune of pro-Klobuchar bias due to her father’s previous employment.
What the Backpage.com sale means for City Pages
At a time when staffing is corkscrewing into the ground, the local alt-weekly is divorced from its parents most successful Internet play.
New Star Tribune poll: two cheers for Vote No on Minnesota Photo ID and gay marriage amendments?
Another poll shows Vote Yes winning, though not by a constitutionally safe margin. But does the poll include too many Democrats?
‘Yes’ versus ‘yes, but’: Minnesota gay marriage polls’ differing numbers
Though both polls shows the marriage amendment in the lead, one cheered foes and the other didn’t. Why the difference?
