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Archives for November 2008

Transition Web site goes online

Bob Collins November 6, 2008, 4:00 PM Nov 6, 2008

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The site’s main picture makes me wonder whether it’s still OK to laugh.

The drip, drip, drip of election returns

Bob Collins November 6, 2008, 1:04 PM Nov 6, 2008

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A vote here, a vote there. Some adjustments in the U.S. Senate vote count are underway.

Embedding

Bob Collins November 6, 2008, 10:29 AM Nov 6, 2008

1

Details of the campaign are coming out from embedded reporters who kept secrets until after Election Day.

Post-election etiquette

Bob Collins November 6, 2008, 9:18 AM Nov 6, 2008

16

What is the appropriate length of time to keep lawn signs and bumper stickers in place?

Will Southwest Airlines make a difference?

Bob Collins November 6, 2008, 8:46 AM Nov 6, 2008

3

The airline is looking to crack the Minneapolis St. Paul market.

Picking judges

Bob Collins November 5, 2008, 9:58 PM Nov 5, 2008

2

A look at the deliberative nature of selecting a judge on Election Day.

Ralph Nader’s day after

Bob Collins November 5, 2008, 6:32 PM Nov 5, 2008

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The perennial third-party candidate references Uncle Tom in a discussion about Barack Obama.

The religious vote

Bob Collins November 5, 2008, 4:23 PM Nov 5, 2008

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The Evangelical vote made the difference in 2000 and 2004. What about 2008?

A win for MinnesotaCare

Bob Collins November 5, 2008, 3:59 PM Nov 5, 2008

1

A threat that 18,000 adults would be eliminated from coverage has passed.

Where are the missing Senate votes?

Bob Collins November 5, 2008, 1:57 PM Nov 5, 2008

17

Twenty-five thousand Minnesotans voted for the top of the ticket and left the second race blank?

Proposition R fails

Bob Collins November 5, 2008, 11:36 AM Nov 5, 2008

2

There’ll be no George W. Bush sewage treatment plant.

Let the campaign begin

Bob Collins November 5, 2008, 11:07 AM Nov 5, 2008

16

Now that the 2008 campaign is over, the 2012 campaign begins.

Why Franken (maybe) lost

Bob Collins November 5, 2008, 10:05 AM Nov 5, 2008

13

Nearly 15 percent of Washington County voters jumped the DFL ship as they worked their way down the ballot.

No history in the headlines

Bob Collins November 5, 2008, 9:15 AM Nov 5, 2008

7

Local newspapers gave us little reason to save a historic headline.

What does it mean?

Bob Collins November 4, 2008, 11:04 PM Nov 4, 2008

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I didn’t grow up an African American in the United States so I won’t dare try to pretend what Barack Obama’s victory means to African Americans. They’ll have to tell that story themselves.