Mohamud Noor almost. Still a winning campaign.

Posted on Dec 6, 2011 in Daybook | No Comments

A man who immigrated to Minnesota 12 years ago from Somalia waged a good fight against the DFL machine for the Senate seat in district 59.  He fell short by 336 votes, but he won many hearts along the way.  Good job Mohamud.  I look forward to seeing your leadership continue in other ways in […]


SD 59 election today

Posted on Dec 5, 2011 in Daybook | No Comments

After five short weeks of campaigning it all comes down to the vote today.  The winner will the first new Senator representing District 59 in 30 years.   It’s so encouraging that we have such great candidates to choose from.  I seriously wish we had ranked choice voting for this race since I am still torn […]


Gray Saturday.

Posted on Nov 26, 2011 in Daybook | No Comments

After Black Friday a very very gray Saturday.


Seasons change

Posted on Nov 1, 2011 in Daybook | No Comments

Shake up at the Bachamann campaign.

Posted on Sep 5, 2011 in Daybook | No Comments

Ed Rollins and his deputy campaign manager are both jumping off the Bachmann bandwagon.  Rollins says it’s because of health issues that he is stepping down but goes on to say that this is a Perry/Romney race and that they have not been able to turn her winning of the straw poll in Iowa into […]


Michele Bachmann speaking to the American Legion National Convention.

Posted on Sep 1, 2011 in Daybook | No Comments

Perhaps not her biggest gaffe on the campaign trail however it does seem Michele Bachmann is always a little off on her facts.  As you can see in the video, she is reading from her own printed speech so she’ll be unable to blame it on the telepromters. You can see it here thanks to […]


Heaven on earth.

Posted on Jul 19, 2011 in Daybook | No Comments

I love the North Shore.  There is a special energy in this place.


Lake Superior

Posted on Jul 18, 2011 in Daybook | No Comments

Ah……coolness!


Dealing with the intractable.

Posted on Jul 14, 2011 in Daybook | No Comments

Today Governor Mark Dayton made one more offer to Speaker Zeller and Senate Majority leader Koch.  Dayton said he would accept the June 30th offer made by the Republicans with some conditions.    Dayton announced this during a presentation at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.  Larry Jacobs does a fantastic […]


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