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Interview With Al Franken

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Populism, Al Franken, Democratic, Democratic Farmer Labor, Campaign, Democratic Party, Paul Wellstone, Senator, Jesse Ventura, 2008, Populist, Norm Coleman, Snl, 2008 Campaign, 2008 Senate Race, Comedy, Rush Limbaugh, Comedian, Franken, Democrat, 2008 Elections, 08, DFL Party, 2008 Election, Minnesota, Democrats, Election, Interview, 08 Election, Nomination, Elections, Progressive, 08 Campaign, Nominee, Saturday Night Live, Senate, Dfl, Minnesotan, Politics News
Chris Weigant

For all the people who scoffed at the idea of a former comedian running for such a high public office, it can now be strongly stated that Al Franken's Senate campaign is definitely no joke.

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Complete Video: Barack Obama's Primary Victory Speech

The Uptake | Posted 06.05.2008 | Home

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The Uptake

A victory speech on a night that will remain a vibrant event in American history for many generations to come.

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No Longer Staring Into the Abyss of an Obama-Clinton Ticket

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Lloyd Bentsen, Vice President, Gas Prices, Jack Kemp, Latinos, West Virginia, Democratic Party, White People, California, John Kerry, Ohio, West, John Edwards, Health Care, Jewish Voters, Bill Clinton, Women, John McCain, Karl Rove, Florida, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Wisconsin, Presidential Campaign, South, Arkansas, Michigan, Iowa, Hispanic Voters, Tennessee, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Gay Issues, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Clinton's increasingly desperate quest to show something for her decades of campaigning has taken on a vaguely insane turn, for which we should be grateful, even as it makes us queasy.

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RNC Bloggers Better Be Wired

The Uptake | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Republican National Convention, St. Paul, Rnc, Media Consolidation, Minnesota, Mn, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Republican National Convention, 2008 Election, Offthebus, Home News
The Uptake

Planning on using your laptop to blog the Republican National Convention? Plan again. There will be 15,000 members of the media packed into the event and wireless will be crippled beyond use.

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Caught On Camera: GOP Tosses Journalist

The Uptake | Posted 05.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Journalists, Politics, Blogger, Video, Minnesota, Citizen Journalism, New Media, Freedom of Press, 2008 Election, Offthebus, MN Republican Video, Republican MN Press, Censorship, MN Republicans, Home News
The Uptake

Republicans in Minnesota have grown increasingly belligerent in keeping journalist video and audio equipment out of Republican events. The latest incident was nevertheless caught on tape.

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Clinton: Not Exactly The Great White Hope

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nebraska, George W. Bush, Colorado, General Election, Media, Electoral College, China, South Dakota, Nevada, Virginia, Ohio, Superdelegates, West, Racism, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Bill Clinton, Islam, Alaska, John McCain, Rural Voters, Presidential Election, Clintons, Texas, Pennsylvania, Democrats, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Idaho, Japan, Midwest, Religion, Urban Issues, Muslims, South, Iowa, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Indiana, White Voters, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Were Hillary the great rural white savior that her campaign is depicting, she would have been able to dispatch a presidential neophyte like Barack Obama.

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Video: Tax Protest Puts "Me" Over "We"

The Uptake | Posted 04.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Minnesota, Michele Bachmann, Tax Protest, Jason Lewis, Tax Fairness John Kline, Taxes, Reaganomics, Tax Policy, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Trickle Down, Middle Class, Tax Cuts, Home News
The Uptake

Ronald Reagan's tax policy has been a disaster. The middle class earns less and pays more taxes for less service. The wealthy earn more and pay less. There is no trickle down.

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Norm Coleman Says Republican Party Represents "Highest Ideals"

The Uptake | Posted 04.04.2008 | Home

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The Uptake

"I really do believe our (Republican) party represents the highest ideals of what America is about". Coleman told an appreciative St. Cloud coffee shop audience. "We believe in quality jobs for the working men and women".

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VIDEO: "Special Interests" Say Thank You At Republican US Senate Campaign Launch

The Uptake | Posted 03.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, US Senate, Offthebus, 2008 Election, Home News
The Uptake

Video by The UpTake....

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Is He A Sham Or Is He A Louse? Norm Coleman's "Malevolent Mediocrity" Reelection Campaign.

Peter Smith | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Subcommittee on Investigations, Norm Coleman, Paul Wellstone, Al Franken, Minnesota, Norm Coleman George Bush, Minnesota Senate Race, Al Franken Minnesota, Politics News
Peter Smith

Consultants have determined that Norm Coleman's best defense is a matter of taking offense at everything Al Franken has ever said or done.

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Bailing Wall Street Friends, Letting Citizens Freeze in Maine, Minnesota, and North Dakota

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 03.20.2008 | Business

Read More: CDO's, Wall Street, Fuel Dealers, Administration, Federal Reserve, Treasury, Congress, Sub Prime Mortgages, Strategic Oil Reserve, Depatment of Energy, North Dakota, Maine, Minnesota, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Unlike Wall Street, the plight of heating oil users is not a self inflicted disaster, but the culmination of this government's energy policies, which have been an unmitigated disaster.

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The Democratic Party's Clintonian Rules

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The Democratic Party has structured its system in a way that thwarts insurgency, promotes secrecy, and creates the need for vast amounts of money. The process is perfectly Clintonian,

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Cross Your Fingers for our "Peace Island" Picnic Permit!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

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Coleen Rowley

Let's hope a miracle occurs and the St. Paul Park officials grant the permit request to hold our "Peace Island" picnic on the final day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

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Hey, Senator McCain - Take Our Governor. Please.

Peter Smith | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Infrastructure, Education, Mondale, 35 W Bridge Collapse, Humhrey, Keillor, Wellstone, Minnesota, Politics News
Peter Smith

Please, do it, Senator McCain. Choose Governor Pawlenty. Put him on the ticket. Get him to hell out of here.

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Hey Minnesotans! Who Would You Rather Be In Bed With?

Steve Young | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Norm Coleman, Minnesota Election, Minnesota, Al Franken, Franken, Politics News
Steve Young

I'm not a member of the Al Franken campaign, but it wouldn't hurt for his staff to remind the caucus-goer that while voting Franken into the Senate is an entertaining option, it is anything but a gag.

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My Super Duper Tsunami Tuesday Primary Picks

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Between Obama and Clinton, it's going to be a virtual tie. Both campaigns will immediately release spin on why they are now the frontrunner, and why the other should politely drop out of the race.

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The Ten Best Public Policies of 2007

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Minnesota, Martin O'Malley, Maryland, Michael Bloomberg, Subway, DC Voting Rights, Efca, New Haven, 2007, Immigration, Policy, Denver, New York City, Transportation, Labor, Subprime Mortgages, Courts, Maine, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Drum Major Institute, Health Care, San Francisco, Politics News
Andrea Batista Schlesinger

From DMI's Year In Review 2007 1. Arbitrary Dispute Resolution The Seventh Amendment hasn't been repealed. So how did Americans lose the right to tr...

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Uptake.org films Obama's Canvass for Change

Jason Barnett | Posted 10.15.2007 | Home

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Theuptake.org participated in OffTheBus's campaign monitoring of Barack Obama's Canvass for Change event on Saturday, October 13.

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Betray Who? How One Democrat's MoveOn Vote Jumped Up to Bite Another Democrat on the Butt

Peter Smith | Posted 09.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota, Moveon Ad, Amy Klobuchar, Petraeus Moveon Ad, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Politics News
Peter Smith

There are only crocodile tears over Franken calling the bipartisan-yet-ridiculous vote on MoveOn's ad "ridiculous."

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Minnesota Makes (More?) News -- What Can We Learn?

Joe Bodell | Posted 09.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Tim Pawlenty, Flood Relief, Minnesota, Politics News
Joe Bodell

"Fiscal conservative" and "fiscally responsible" are two entirely different and, in recent history, contradictory concepts. Look to Governor Tim Pawlenty to see this contradiction in action.

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Counting Senate Votes On Iraq... 56... 57... 60... 67....

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Section 8, White House, Moderate, Congress, Pentagon, Lamar Alexander, Oregon, Terminator, Mccain, President, Commander-in-Chief, Pence, Murtha, Military, Norm Coleman, Elizabeth Dole. Judd Gregg, Black, Constitution, Reid, Petraeus, Ramstad, Hispanic, Webb, Warner, Democratic Response, Republican Party, West, Robert Bennett, Latino, Democrat, Minnesota, Nebraska, Micromanagement, Vermont, Iraq, Liberal, South Dakota, Bush, California, Lieberman, Article 1, Kanye West, Maine, Northeast, New Hampshire, Strawman, Kanye, Indiana, Governator, Pete Wilson, Libertarian, Gordon Smith, Tim Johnson, Minority, Sununu, Domenici, Virginia, Prop-186, Reed, Collins, Murkowski, Gates, Snowe, Hagel, Schwarzenegger, Voinovich, Politics News
Chris Weigant

When you parse it all out, it comes down to 50-50 on the subject of Iraq, but there are four names being floated as candidates for GOP aisle-crossing.

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