Holly Cairns, MNVoter

I must have landed on Pat Garofalo’s fundraising mailing list due to contacting him about alternative teacher licensure (I’m wary of alternative licensure.)
I get the feeling things aren’t going so well for Garofalo: “I need to have the resources to run another winning campaign.” If I read between the lines, a current [...]

Dan Powers called today.
Dan, who is running against Minnesota’s CD2 Representative John Kline, would vote FOR a Health Reform bill, even though he isn’t happy with the House version being discussed due to certain exclusions outlined within the bill.  He feels Democrats need to act, however, and so he’d vote for change and keep working [...]

Here’s Micah Marty, son of Minnesota Senator John Marty.  And goodness, doesn’t he look like his old man?
Candidate for Minnesota Governor John Marty handily took Rice County, and I believe it was due to Micah’s calm, steady pitch where he talked about bipartisan respect for his father, his father’s passionate work for health care, and [...]

John Marty stands tall and can be relied upon to do the right thing because it’s right.  He’s well liked in his district and known to promote responsibility – in government, in business, and in people.  A forward thinker, he wants to empower people through education and living wage jobs.
John was the only Minnesota gubernatorial [...]

Does Tom Rukavina’s Cereal ad remind anyone of old Wellstone?
Take a look.  Here’s two Paul Wellstone Campaign ads: Looking For Rudy and Faster Paced Paul.  Note: These videos were produced by  North Woods Advertising’s ad genius Bill Hillsman,  which still produces stunning ads, today.

And here’s Rukavina talking about a stable budget based on fair taxes, [...]

Massachusetts:
Bottom line:  A sexy man (or try here) replaced a sexy man.  Damn you, Ted, for dying on us.
Scott Brown’s got military experience and is “uniquely aware of the importance and sacrifice of our men and women serving in the military”. Can anyone argue with that?
Brown on Immigration:  “We are also a nation of laws [...]

I learned as a teacher that disruptive kids want and need your attention.  Something is not going right for them and you’d better figure out what it is before they inhibit others’ learning.  Well, before they inhibit what YOU think is important to learn.
Lately there has been a lot of hubbaloo, squeealering, and just plain [...]