Honour, Seifert, Zellers should release tax returns
Not releasing your tax returns will be a distraction — if you don’t want scrutiny, don’t run for office.
Michael Brodkorb is a writer, communications consultant and former deputy chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota.
Not releasing your tax returns will be a distraction — if you don’t want scrutiny, don’t run for office.
Two incumbent Democrats running for re-election encouraged more attendees at precinct caucuses for the Minnesota DFL than did 12 Republican candidates for these same offices.
Analysis of the winners and losers in Tuesday’s precinct caucuses, and what it means for the campaign.
Emmer has taken enough abuse to last a lifetime and nobody would have faulted him for not running for Congress.
News of a cell phone spying program in Hennepin County, aside from raising privacy concerns, will have an impact on the Republican nomination for governor and U.S. Senate in Minnesota.
Congressman Ellison getting arrested is as Minnesotan as eating Lutefisk, while listening to a good Ole and Lena joke.
The same dynamic will play out for the Republicans nationally in 2013 as it did for Republicans in the Minnesota shutdown in 2011.
The strongest prospects for Republicans in 2014 is to have a candidate who is not tied to the mostly-Republican supported legislative initiatives which were voted down statewide in 2012.
Our record in the GOP is clear: we are endorsing candidates for statewide office that can’t win.
Over a 500,000 Minnesotans received the message Sunday on their doorstep that Kurt Bills couldn’t spare even one hour with the largest newspaper in the state to talk about his campaign.
Web ads from the Coalition of Minnesota Businesses thanking legislators for growing jobs are accurate, but the statement thanking them for not growing the size of state government is false.
By Michael Brodkorb
July 31, 2014