Good catch by Media Matters:
On the June 15 edition of his Fox News show, Glenn Beck hosted Nancy Armstrong — whom he described as a “disenfranchised Democrat” who “has a blog called MsPlacedDemocrat.com” — in order to assert that it wasn’t “only Republicans” who have hosted
In April, The Minnesota Independent reported that state Supreme Court Justice Christopher Dietzen, an appointee of Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) had made two donations to former Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) 2008 campaign. Dietzen did not recuse himself from the case. Instead, Dietzen said this to Coleman’s lawyers during More…
The Minnesota Independent’s Paul Demko reports:
[Republican Minnesota Gov.] Tim Pawlenty will announce whether he plans to seek a third term as governor this afternoon. The early word: he’s not running for re-election. Both WCCO (Channel 4) political reporter Pat Kessler and Minnesota Public Radio’s Tom Scheck
Today was a big day in the seemingly never-ending saga that is the 2008 Minnesota Senate race. The Minnesota Supreme Court heard former GOP Sen. Norm Coleman’s challenge of a previous decision by a three-judge panel that awarded the election to Democratic challenger Al Franken. The Coleman camp is seeking More…
Al Franken used a statement on federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court to say he expects to be seated as Minnesota’s junior senator in time for confirmation hearings that President Obama has said should happen in July. “I look forward to joining my More…
Even though things don’t look so good for former Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) bid to keep Al Franken from being seated as Minnesota’s junior senator, Coleman’s still out there trying to raise money to pay his legal bills to keep Franken in the courts and out of Washington. In his More…
Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) has a co-sponsor for his much-maligned bill that would require a birth certificate from presidential candidates.
“There’s nothing in the Constitution about what you do to show that you met the requirements and there is nothing in federal law,” Goodlatte said recently.
Goodlatte
Over the weekend, noted blogger/hoax peddler Larry Johnson responded to my post on the anniversary of the “Michelle Obama whitey tape” with a new theory about the mythical, incredibly damaging video.
Why was the tape never revealed and used? One theory is that the hardline conservatives in possession
From The Hill:
According to the Federal Election Commission, Lieberman’s 2006 reelection campaign and its treasurer, Lynn Fusco, made payments to get-out-the-vote canvassers of more than $100 in cash. Under FEC law, disbursements to individuals over $100 must be made in check form.
The committee also failed to accurately
… you might see your dollars sucked into a defense fund for a lawsuit that has a bit less to do with control of the Senate than the former senator’s challenges of the results of the 2008 election.
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) has requested permission to use his
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