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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Politics

Congress cuts through the noise

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2010, 2:59 PM Sep 30, 2010
12

The Senate passes legislature to turn the volume down on TV.

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Weather

Should government help flood victims?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2010, 10:31 AM Sep 30, 2010
9

Does government relief encourage people to build where they shouldn’t.

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Surveys and trivia

Porn wave follows elections, study says

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 27, 2010, 2:09 PM Sep 27, 2010
4

A new study suggests that voting for the winning candidate makes a guy want to watch porn more.

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Roxana Saberi’s world

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2010, 11:44 AM Sep 24, 2010
1

The journalist, once imprisoned in Iran, is in the Twin Cities, talking about those who are still imprisoned.

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Did release of Buesgens’ video violate his privacy?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2010, 3:53 PM Sep 23, 2010
6

Has Rep. Mark Buesgens’ privacy been violated by the release of video of his field sobriety test by Wright County authorities yesterday?

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A death sentence for blogging?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2010, 3:07 PM Sep 21, 2010

An Iranian-Canadian blogger faces the death sentence for his crime: Blogging.

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Who’s not concerned about the economy?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2010, 1:43 PM Sep 20, 2010
3

President Obama went toe-to-toe with the business community today when CNBC hosting a Town Hall forum on business issues in Washington.

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Tea Party: Come for the anti-taxes, stay for the social issues

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 16, 2010, 11:40 AM Sep 16, 2010
1

The Tea Party is heading for a civil war. The only question is whether it occurs before it sweeps into power in November, as some political experts seem to be suggesting.

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Who should be included in political debates?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 16, 2010, 11:04 AM Sep 16, 2010
12

One of the hardest decisions for news organizations which sponsor candidate debates is setting a bar for how a candidate qualifies to be included. It’s one of the reasons a lot of news organizations don’t bother sponsoring debates, anymore; it’s a no-win situation.

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School mandates hit list

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 15, 2010, 4:14 PM Sep 15, 2010
1

When politicians talk about reducing state mandates on schools, which ones are they talking about?

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What is the role of Minnesota government?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 15, 2010, 2:22 PM Sep 15, 2010
3

Does the Minnesota Constitution provide significant answers to what government should provide?

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The gubernatorial campaign finally begins

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 14, 2010, 2:17 PM Sep 14, 2010
3

In announcing his budget plan today, Tom Emmer focuses attention on the biggest piece of the budget pie — human services.

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Parties left out in political advertising

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2010, 10:58 AM Sep 13, 2010
2

None of the candidates running for governor in Minnesota mentions their party affiliation in their latest TV ads

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Outside the Bachmann campaign

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 8, 2010, 9:19 AM Sep 8, 2010
4

In a series of promos last week, CNN promised that its look at the Michele Bachmann campaign would be ‘beyond the sound bites,’ and would be ‘inside the campaign.’

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Where’d all the issues go?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 7, 2010, 12:01 PM Sep 7, 2010
5

There’s no question that the economy is issue #1, but what are issues #2, 3, and 4?

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