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MN Court's Friday 13th Decision Might Haunt

By Amanda Carpenter (Feb 18, 2009)

The 3-judge panel overseeing the ongoing recount between Norm Coleman and Al Franken for Minnesota’s Senate seat made a ruling last week they may regret. The court ruled... more

Coleman Reflects on Recount

By Amanda Carpenter (Feb 13, 2009)

As Congress prepares to pass a $787 billion economic stimulus package, taxpayers in Minnesota are still short a U.S. Senator as the recount between GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and... more

Pence's Dueling Indiana Town Hall

By Amanda Carpenter (Feb 10, 2009)

The same day President Obama appeared in Elkhart, Indiana to ramp up public support for his stimulus bill, nearly 300 people showed up at Indiana Rep. Mike Pence’s (R.) town... more

The Card Check "Compromise"

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 28, 2009)

Using words like “bipartisanship” and “compromise” President Obama may attempt a clever move to get controversial legislation passed to increase Big Labor’s control over the... more

Palin Preaches Fiscal Restraint for Alaska

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 23, 2009)

An upbeat Sarah Palin congratulated her state for tightening its belt during past years and asked them to sacrifice a little more in the year ahead during her State of the... more

Coleman Accepts Private Job

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 22, 2009)

Norm Coleman has found a day job to pay the bills while he waits to see if he’ll be able to return to the U.S. Senate or not. The Republican Jewish Coalition announced... more

Exclusive: Steele Releases GOP Tech Plan

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 21, 2009)

If President Obama’s election taught the GOP anything it’s this: Republicans must compete with Democrats in the online arena of social networking, fundraising and... more

Mayor Daley Seizes Land for Unfunded Project

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 14, 2009)

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has kicked hundreds of families out of their homes and relocated a cemetery full of buried bodies to build a whopping $15 billion airport... more

Fox Business Sues the Federal Reserve

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 12, 2009)

Officials from Fox Business are suing the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, complaining about the Fed’s failure to comply with the network’s data requests... more

Pawlenty, Ritchie Nix Franken for Now

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 12, 2009)

GOP Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie rebuffed Al Franken’s demands for an election certificate, citing state law against acting on... more

Harry Reid’s Land Grab

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 10, 2009)

Update: The U.S. Senate passed the bill Sunday by a vote of 66-12. It’s hard to pinpoint the worst part of the public lands legislation bill Senate Majority Leader Harry... more

Blackwell's Case for RNC Chair

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 08, 2009)

In the six-way race for Republican National Committee Chairman every candidate has earned some kind of short-hand description. There is, in alphabetical order, Saul... more

Reid Gives Burris Path to Senate

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 07, 2009)

Democratic leadership indicated that disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s nod for Roland Burris to Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat will be approved despite worries about the... more

New Dem Rules Write Off GOP

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 06, 2009)

House Democrats will hold a hearing on President-elect Barack Obama’s $1 trillion spending plan where no dissenting opinions are going to be permitted Wednesday, previewing a... more

Coleman Promises Long Legal Battle

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 05, 2009)

Norm Coleman’s legal team started battening down the hatches for a long, legal battle hours after the Minnesota State Canvassing Board declared Democratic... more

Current RNC Chairman Defends Losing Record

By Amanda Carpenter (Jan 05, 2009)

The current Republican National Committee Chairman defended his losing record in the 2008 presidential election and promised RNC members that if they would re-elect him to... more