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Grading the polls

Bob Collins November 3, 2010, 2:54 AM Nov 3, 2010

Whose polls turned out to be the most accurate?

Michele Bachmann’s muscle

Bob Collins November 3, 2010, 12:14 AM Nov 3, 2010

Bachmann has shown her ability to get stronger in the district, not weaker

Meet your judge

Bob Collins November 2, 2010, 10:01 PM Nov 2, 2010

The argument over whether Minnesota continues to elect judges is only going to get louder.

A riverboat referendum?

Bob Collins November 2, 2010, 8:36 PM Nov 2, 2010

For people in the metro, Rep. Jim Oberstar’s legacy will likely be two things: the light-rail you see, and the riverboats you don’t.

Add another state to voter ID rules

Bob Collins November 2, 2010, 7:32 PM Nov 2, 2010

Oklahoma becomes the 27th state to adopt the idea.

Scenes from an election night

Bob Collins November 2, 2010, 6:43 PM Nov 2, 2010

Notes from election night at MPR.

Secret ballot

Bob Collins November 2, 2010, 2:26 PM Nov 2, 2010

It’s getting harder to keep voting secret.

Does life imitate politics?

Bob Collins November 2, 2010, 11:31 AM Nov 2, 2010

What’s the best politics movie ever made?

What were the issues, again?

Bob Collins November 2, 2010, 9:49 AM Nov 2, 2010

The Select A Candidate survey takers this year had different issues than what the candidates were addressing.

Return of the ‘Lizard People’

Bob Collins November 1, 2010, 3:53 PM Nov 1, 2010

The most famous name in the Coleman-Franken race two years ago may reappear on a ballot in Bemidji.

Are you better off than you were two years ago?

Bob Collins November 1, 2010, 12:23 PM Nov 1, 2010

What yardstick should we use to gauge how things are going?

The final debate

Bob Collins October 31, 2010, 9:15 AM Oct 31, 2010

I’ll tell you what’s going on at the debate. You tell me what’s going on in the Vikings-Patriots game.

The last-minute voter

Bob Collins October 28, 2010, 12:16 PM Oct 28, 2010

To what extent are the people who are just getting around to paying attention to the candidates digging deeply into the coverage provided so far?

Christine O’Donnel and the First Amendment – Part two

Bob Collins October 27, 2010, 3:45 PM Oct 27, 2010

The Delaware Senate candidate threatened to sue a Delaware radio station if a video of an interview with her was posted online. It was. She didn’t.

A return to issues?

Bob Collins October 27, 2010, 1:54 PM Oct 27, 2010

What would happen if the actors, actresses, models, and marketing people who make the political advertising we’ve been subjected to, refused to participate in anything that wasn’t a real issue?

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