Republican Minnesota House member Kurt Bills, who is running for U.S. Senate against Senator Amy Kloubachar, is serious about reaching out to Minnesota’s growing minority community. He is so serious that he hired a new Director of Minority Research. Good … Continue reading
I’ve got a tip for poor Kurt Bills or any Republican candidate out there running low on cash: Say something really, really bizzaro. I don’t mean a mere gaffe, or run-of-the-mill lie. I mean the kind of batty stuff that … Continue reading
If anyone has seen this man, please notify the authorities immediately. His name is Kurt Bills, and he has been missing since the moment in mid-May that he was endorsed by the Minnesota Republican Party. It is feared the man is … Continue reading
U.S. Senator Amy Kloubachar’s virtually invisible campaign opponent Kurt Bills borrows many of his policy ideas from his mentor, libertarian presidential candidate Ron Paul. One of the least discussed of Bills’ proposals is his call for Minnesota to consider issuing … Continue reading
“Less is more,” minimalist designers tell us. “The law of diminishing returns,” economists explain. And so it goes with campaign debates. Campaign debates serve a lot of important purposes for our democracy. They are a more efficient way to communicate … Continue reading
Minnesota U.S. Senate candidate Kurt Bills apparently has produced a movie trailer to promote his forthcoming short “film,” Staring at the Future. In an oh so artsy black-and-white trailer for the film, Bills, doing a pretty fair Rod Sterling imitation, … Continue reading
Minnesota Republicans endorsed State Rep. Kurt Bills to challenge Democratic Senator Amy Kloubachar in November. His nomination win was an impressive feat, fueled by support from delegates supporting Ron Paul, the libertarian presidential candidate who promises to legalize heroin, cocaine, … Continue reading
Minnesota Senator Al Franken doesn’t have a high profile challenger yet in the 2014 U.S. Senate race. People don’t seem to be flocking to run against Franken at a time when a January 2013 Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey is … Continue reading
So, Norm Coleman won’t rule out a run for Minnesota Governor. Well, let’s see, what has Norm been doing to ingratiate himself with Minnesota voters since he lost to Al Franken in 2008? He: 1) Moved out of Minnesota at … Continue reading
I have a prediction, though not a particularly prescient one. Minnesota Republicans will say they lost the election because of bad candidates. Mitt Romney, Kurt Bills, and the Tea Party-supported freshmen legislators were all just bad candidates, they will say. … Continue reading
Americans spend something like $5 billion per year on Halloween. Dressing up in costumers has become an increasingly popular form of escapism for stressed out adults. In fact, some retail outlets now report that more costumes are sold to adults than … Continue reading
When it comes to the 2014 legislative elections, I have divided loyalties. One the one hand, the current DFL-controlled Legislature has delivered a lot of very good things for ordinary Minnesotans. Compared to the previous GOP-controlled Legislature, the DFL-controlled Legislature … Continue reading
Part of chaos theory is something called the butterfly effect, the notion that even a minor change in a nonlinear system, such as the flutter of a butterfly’s wings, can result in large differences in outcome later on, such as … Continue reading