Blogs + Podcasts

The Prez Fight

The presidential campaign is exciting again. YouTube debates, hanging chads, cliffhanger election nights. No wonder voter turnout is soaring to levels not seen since that wild 1968 election. And in September 2008 the fun comes to the Twin Cities, with the GOP convention in St. Paul.

McMemo

Dennis J. McGrath, editor of Politically Connected, scours the news wires, YouTube and the press releases that flood his in-box to serve up the best - and sometimes the worst - of political developments. McGrath is the co-author of a book about Paul Wellstone's first election, which won a Minnesota Book Award in the history category. "It started out as a 'current events' book, but it took a while to get published," he explains. He promises he'll be faster with this blog.

The Big Question

This is a place where open-minded critical thinkers of all political persuasions encounter information and arguments that both support and challenge their preconceptions. The goal is not to eliminate differences but to narrow and clarify them. We begin with a bedrock agreement that the search for insight and clarity is important, serious - and fun.

Headlines from other StarTribune blogs

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• The Speech that Unmade a Presidential Candidate: Obama’s Embrace of His Racist Pastor
• America Discovers the Fifth Beatle
• Republicans and Democrats in an All-out Civil War
• We Are Ready for a Woman in the White House
• A Strong Iowa Showing for the Rich Man Who Detests the Rich
• Forget Iowa; Presidential Future Will Be Decided Here
• Untitled
• Do Your Politics Affect Your Mental Health?

Headlines from other political blogs

• Live Blog with Ashwin Madia tonight
• "Shock"? And "Dismay"??
• Keith Olbermann: President Bush, shut the hell up!
• The ongoing woes of the Republican Party: "the change they deserve"
• MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “YOU’VE GOT MAIL; FRANKEN’S NY NEIGHBOR CASTS DOUBT ON FRANKEN’S CLAIMS”
• Pew Shows Global Warming Still Questioned
• Help Steve Sarvi beat John Kline
• Edwards to endorse Obama tonight
• MDE EXCLUSIVE: AL FRANKEN NEIGHBOR SPEAKS: COMEDIAN’S NEW YORK APARTMENT MAILBOX IS STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS
• FOX NEWS INTERVIEW ABOUT BLOGGING AND AL FRANKEN’S TAX TROUBLES #2