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From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: How to Seat a Senator for Minnesota
January 1, 2009 - Christmas has past and the season for real political ugliness is on in the great State of Minnesota. As usual when Democrats are narrowly edged by a Republican you can expect wacky recounts and lots of court challenges. As much as I hate to bring up the past, the 2000...Filed under: Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, recounts, sentors, U.S., U.S. Senate, Senate
From The Room: The Real Miss Congeniality
September 30, 2008 - John McCain was right: He didn't win Miss Congeniality in the United States Senate. Introducing this year's winner of the U.S. Senate's Miss Congeniality award, the senior senator from Utah, Miss Orrin Hatch...
From The Room: Election 2008: The Remedial Course
August 24, 2008 - Who's going to be the next president? In the beginning, getting to know every potential candidate is like getting to know every runner in the Boston Marathon, including their families. But it's not as simple as a race. Too many players and too many rules keep people like...Filed under: politics, media, Election 2008, Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, political primers, Senate, House, The Conventions
From The Feed: Minnesota's Senate race'll be a lot less fun without Jesse Ventura (video)
July 15, 2008 - Sexual Tyrannosaurus Jesse Ventura went on "Larry King Live" last night to announce his plans to not run for Minnesota's crazy-fest U.S. Senate sea...Filed under: Al Franken, Franken Senate, Senate 2008, Senate, Al Franken Senate race, Al Franken Norm Coleman, Jesse Ventura Al Franken, Jesse Ventura Senate race, Norm Coleman, Jesse Ventura, Jesse Ventura Senate, Minnesota Senate race, Al Franken Minnesota, Jesse Ventura Minnesota, Jesse Ventura Minnesota Senate, politics
Poll: Who's Obama gonna piss off next?
July 15, 2008 - With polls showing Obama losing his "glow," every couple of days we're finding out about another group who is getting a little pissed off at Barack. Extreme liberal Democrats...
Minnesota's U.S. Senate race is crazying up nicely
July 10, 2008 - Former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura popped up on MSNBC Thursday, attacking the press with a metaphorical folding chair. He's shocked — shocked — that the media thinks he's going to run as an independent for U.S. Senate, along with Republican incumbent/former St. Paul mayor Norm Colema...Filed under: Al Franken, Franken Senate, Senate 2008, Senate, Al Franken Senate race, Al Franken Norm Coleman, Jesse Ventura Al Franken, Jesse Ventura Senate race, Norm Coleman, Jesse Ventura, Jesse Ventura Senate, Minnesota Senate race, Al Franken Minnesota, Jesse Ventura Minnesota, Jesse Ventura Minnesota Senate, politics
From The Room: Democrats Promise Not to Make Noise While Republicans Are Working
July 8, 2008 - WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that Democrats in the Senate will do their best from now on not to "make any noise or otherwise disturb hardworking Senate Republicans." The pledge comes after several Senate Re...Filed under: Republicans, Democrats, Mitch McConnell, Russ Feingold, Chris Dodd, Harry Reid, Charles Schumer, Senate
Thought Process Flowchart: Uncommitted Senate Superdelegates
June 3, 2008 - The AP may have already called it, but that probably won't make much difference to the 17 or so Democratic profiles in courage still uncommitted senators. According to Politico, th...
News for Kids: Hillary's High School Horror Show
May 30, 2008 - With both popular opinion and basic mathematics having dashed her presidential hopes, Hillary Clinton now faces the uncomfortable situation of returning to her old job as a United States Senator. Once a popular, up-and-coming legislator, Hillary...
FAQ: net neutrality
April 28, 2008 - Last week, Democrats continued to argue for passage of the proposed Internet Freedom Preservation Act at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing entitled "The Future of the Internet." The hotly contested law would enforce "net...Filed under: net neutrality Senate hearings, net neutrality Senate hearing, net neutrality Senate, Stanford net neutrality hearing, The Future of the Internet Senate hearing, net neutrality fast lane, broadband fastlane, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Internet Freedom Preservation Act, Comcast net neutrality
From The Room: The Waterboarding Maverick
February 14, 2008 - Presidential hopeful and former Prison of War John McCain voted "no" in the Senate on a bill that placed a ban on waterboarding. McCain has spoken out strongly against torture in the past, but today it appea...Kentucky's favorite senator will win again, unless he gets blown up by Dr. Bunson Honeydew
January 11, 2008 - The presidential election's looming large in the news, but many U.S. senators are up for reelection in November as well, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who, a new poll shows...Filed under: desperately seeking xanax
From The Feed: The New Radicalism
December 27, 2007 - Oh look! I made it on TV...
From The Room: Wait. This Was All it Took to Get Rid of Trent Lott?
November 27, 2007 - Trent Lott sent a small ripple through Washington yesterday by announcing that he will resign by the end of this year. Lott's resignation ends his 35-year career in the Senate, and comes a full five years before the end of his six-year term. In a prepared statement...
