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Would-be governor (maybe) rips governor

In addition to thoroughly ripping former Viking Randy Moss during an MSNBC interview this week, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak took some well-aimed shots at Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s presumed presidential ambitions. Rybak, widely considered a candidate for governor next year, ridiculed Pawlenty on the Ed Schultz talk show Monday, saying, among other things, that Pawlenty is “all [...]

Coleman’s Bachmann pitch: Minnesotans denied a ‘fair vote’ last November

Democrats are positively a titter at a new fundraising appeal for U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann signed by deposed Senator Norm Coleman, a potential GOP gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota.  Nearing the end of the third-quarter reporting period for raising campaign cash, Bachmann and others are pulling out all stops to post good numbers, impress potential [...]