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This Week's Political Panel (08/29/08)

Yup.  John McCain surprised a lot of people Friday with his choice of Sarah Palin for Vice President.  The panel sizes up that selection, recaps the Dems' week in Denver and looks ahead to Republicans in St. Paul.  Republicans Fritz Knaak and Andy Brehm face off on the couch with Democrats Ember Reichgott Junge and Mike Hatch.

The Political Panel (07/11/08)

Issues Senatorial and Presidential occupy the time with this week's political panelists. Democrats Jane Ranum and Mike Hatch share the couch with Republicans Fritz Knaak and Andy Brehm.

Franken Jokes About Rape

06/05/08
by Mary Lahammer
If porn and taxes weren't bad enough, now Franken has to answer to joking about rape. Republican women had a press conference revealing a quote from New York Magazine from 1995 where Franken talks about a Saturday Night Live skit and says "I give the pills to Lesley Stahl. Then, when Lesley's passed out, I take her to the closet and rape her."
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This Week's Political Panel (05/02/08)

Loads of news from the state capitol ... a twist in the Senate race ... all topics of conversation with this week's panel. Republicans Phil Krinkie and Andy Brehm match wits with Democrats Jane Ranum and Mike Hatch.

The Political Panel (03/14/08)

How are lawmakers dealing with the need for cuts in the state budget? That's one of the topics tonight with our political panel of DFLers Mary Jo McGuire and Mike Hatch and Republicans Fritz Knaak and David Strom.

A Political Panel (01/25/08)

This week's collection of politicos talks local politics and ponders presidential posturing.

1990 to 1992 (12/28/07)

In the wake of scandal, Jon Grunseth drops out of the governor's race two weeks before the election. KTCA airs its most-watched governors debate. In one of the most memorable moments in Minnesota debate history, Eric Eskola mediates Paul Wellstone and Rudy Boschwitz's heated exchange. Dave Durenberger discusses his controversial book deal. And Eugene McCarthy makes his fifth and final bid for president.

Open the Hatch (06/22/07)

Former Attorney General Mike Hatch has a new job in the private sector. He'll tell us why he's excited about that.

2006 Slip of the Tongue Shapes Session 2007

06/04/07
by John Rash
A popular bumper sticker from the 2004 presidential campaign simply stated: "November 2nd," signifying the date of the election and those displeased with the politics and policies of the Bush administration to change course.

Had that bumper sticker — and the election calendar — been in effect in 2006, the 2007 legislative session would have been decidedly different.
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The Implosion of the Minnesota DFL at the Capitol

05/02/07
by Michael Brodkorb
I was in the final stages of my Brain Trust submission yesterday afternoon, when I was forced to start all over. As I was watching a legislative hearing on television, I heard the news that Governor Pawlenty had vetoed a bloated earmark-laden bonding bill.
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