Even Marco Rubio knows that endorsements don't mean anything this year
Marco Rubio isn’t much of a name-dropper.In a 45-minute speech in front of 1,600 supporters in Minneapolis Tuesday, the Republican senator from Florida and candidate for president referred briefly to...
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‘We can’t let Darth Vader into the room’: why Rubio’s Minnesota win says as...
Minnesota gave presidential candidate Florida Sen. Marco Rubio his only win on Super Tuesday, with a solid 36 percent of the vote at the Republican precinct caucuses.And, yet, because of the way...
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An open, inclusive and polite Minnesota caucus: This year was a one-off
From my first experience with a Minnesota caucus, working for the re-election of Gov. Arne Carlson, I became convinced that the caucus system, far from encouraging democracy, manipulated politics.It...
View ArticleHow the GOP's big caucus turnout complicates the Second Congressional...
The voters who swarmed the precinct caucuses for the presidential preference ballot last week delighted the state DFL and Republican parties with visions of fresh volunteers to help them to victories...
View ArticleWith Rubio out, here's what happens to the delegates he won in Minnesota
Editor’s note: this post has been updated to add information and clarify the column.Sen. Marco Rubio’s decision to suspend his campaign for president Tuesday could actually make his caucus win in...
View ArticleSo who will Minnesota's delegates end up supporting at the Republican...
The presidential preference poll at Minnesota's March 2 precinct caucuses was supposed to determine how the state’s 38 delegates to the Republican National Convention would be allocated. With his win,...
View ArticleWhy Rubio wants to keep his Minnesota delegates but take his name off the...
The Minnesota Republican Party has received a letter from Marco Rubio asking that the state delegates he won at the presidential preference poll remain bound to him at the national convention.Party...
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The long and winding (and confusing) road to becoming a Minnesota delegate to...
MinnPost photo by Brian HallidayDoug SeatonAttorney Doug Seaton really wants to be a Minnesota delegate at the Republican National Convention, so much so that he’s gladly enduring the tedious process...
View ArticleIn battle over Minnesota delegates, Trump-backers try to figure out who...
To get elected as a Minnesota delegate to the Republican National Convention, a candidate must declare which presidential candidate they will represent in balloting — but not which candidate they...
View ArticleThe appeal of not being Trump or Clinton: a Q&A with Libertarian presidential...
Gary Johnson, former Republican governor of New Mexico, was once a golden boy of the Republican party. In 1994, he defeated an incumbent Democrat in a Democrat-leaning state and was re-elected by a...
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Even a popular candidate has to respect the party's process
I’m no fan of the delegate route to get a nomination for public office. Maybe it’s just the bad memory of how, in 1994, delegates to the state GOP convention denied my boss, Gov. Arne Carlson, the...
View ArticleWhat Fiorina does for Cruz — and the Republican Party
Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina seemed to take pains to avoid the gender issue when the Republican Texas Senator announced Fiorina as running mate for in his bid for president.But in an election year that...
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Former radio talker Lewis wins GOP endorsement in 2nd Congressional District
MinnPost photo by Brian HallidayJason LewisAnyone who expected fireworks – or even a little suspense – would have been disappointed by the Republican Second Congressional District Convention in Apple...
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Top GOP donor Hubbard explains his switch to Trump: 'I don’t agree with the...
Stanley HubbardStanley S. Hubbard himself might consider it breaking news. On Monday, the chairman and CEO of Hubbard Broadcasting — a leader in the Dump-Trump effort — joined the advisory committee of...
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Minnesota’s GOP activists are still pretty bummed out about Donald Trump
Talking to Republican activists about Donald Trump at last week’s 2nd Congressional District convention in Apple Valley was like listening to people suffering through the five stages of grief. From...
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Why Ted Cruz's campaign was so active at Minnesota's GOP state convention
Despite the apparent inevitability of Donald Trump becoming the GOP presidential nominee, former presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz maintained an active presence at the Minnesota Republican...
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Michelle MacDonald was only part of the reason the Minnesota GOP changed its...
Michelle MacDonaldWhen the Minnesota Republican Party got together for its state convention a couple of weeks ago, delegates voted to eliminate its judicial elections committee, a move that should shut...
View ArticleHennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek sure sounds like he's going to run for...
Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek rebuffs any suggestion — and there have been many — that he’s interested in running for governor. “I love what I do,” he says.What he does is run a department that...
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Trump’s Orlando comments only served to reinforce his standing among...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may have set a new standard for taking advantage of tragedy with his Twitter response to the massacre in Orlando and a subsequent speech aimed directly at...
View ArticleAmid voter ambivalence, Libertarians work to get Gary Johnson on the ballot...
In a presidential election where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump voters are not necessarily Clinton and Trump supporters, the Libertarian Party sees an opening for its presidential candidate, former...
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