The Daily Digest: 10-6-06
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The debate for governor leads the digest today. The candidates met in a Rochester Chamber of Commerce debate on Thursday. MPR, AP, the Star Tribune, KARE-11, the Pi Press, KIMT and KTTC also have stories. AP also has some debate snippets.
The three major party candidates for governor (Republican Tim Pawlenty, DFLer Mike Hatch and the Independence Party's Peter Hutchinson) are all meeting in a Forum Communications editorial board meeting this morning. Don Davis, with Forum Communications, says he may post audio of the meeting later. I'll link to it if he does.
Two of the Senate candidates, Republican Mark Kennedy and DFLer Amy Klobuchar make the same appearance this afternoon.
Pawlenty will also meet with Ainsworth Lumber Company officials and will hold a conference call with reporters after it.
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Several DFL lawmakers will also meet with company officials. DFL Senator Tom Saxhaug says Minnesota needs cheaper wood.
Apparently, Pawlenty is a fan of the "creative class" and Richard Florida. What the DEED Commissioner failed to mention is that Richard Florida ripped candidates, like Pawlenty, who want to ban gay marriage.
The Star Tribune's Dennis Anderson writes that Minnesota's waters need improvement and is urging Pawlenty to take greater action.
MPR has a story on where the U.S. Senate candidates stand on health care. What a kawinkidink, the Star Tribune also has an overview of the issue and where the candidates stand on it (is that how you spell kawinkidink?).
The AP has a story on Kennedy's suggested areas of savings for disaster assistance.
I forgot to mention this story in the Hill yesterday. It mentions Klobuchar and the blog incident.
The blog, Almost on the Range, has links to the NRA ads running on behalf of Kennedy and Pawlenty. Major kudos and points to you.
Patty Wetterling continues to dominate the discussion in the 6th Congressional District. The Washington Post focuses on Wetterling and the 6th in its story suggesting the GOP may be losing its grip on the Evangelical vote. Martiga Lohn, with the AP, has a national story on the race.
Eric Black with the Star Tribune, and WCCO's Pat Kessler have fact checks the latest Wetterling ad that focuses on the Foley incident.
Rahm Emanuel says Wetterling ran the ad on her own.
The Star Tribune also has a story saying 6th District voters are repulsed but it may not change their votes. There may greater attention on the debate between Wetterling and Republican Michele Bachman and the I-P's John Binkowski on Saturday.
Wetterling will record her national radio address today at 1 pm.
A National Review column says the GOP may lose the security moms because of the Foley scandal:
Unlike the discussions about the war, this is a very simple story to understand. Most of us don't know what to do about Iraq or Iran or North Korea. There can be plenty of debate about how to handle these enormous challenges. But we do know how we should act if we were told about someone sending inappropriate messages to a teenager and we were in a position to do something about it. We would ask many more, and tougher, questions than these Congressmen say they did.
The Star Tribune says Minnesota pages report nothing but positive experiences from the program.
The LA Times has a story focusing on how difficult the climate is for gay Republicans. It mentions State Senator Paul Koering (he's a senator not a representative like the LA Times says) who has this quote:
"Obviously, the far right has kind of got a stranglehold on the Republican Party," said Minnesota state Rep. Paul Koering, a Republican who came out publicly last year. "The very first time I ran, I literally almost made myself sick worrying about somebody finding out I was gay."
The Star Tribunes' Rochelle Olson rolls in plenty of coverage about the 5th Congressional District into one story. Look to an earlier post to see what Congressman Sabo's aide said about Tammy Lee's use of Sabo's photo.
The Star Tribune reports that DFLer Coleen Rowley cuts links to an anti John Kline blog.
The Marshall Independent has a profile of Republican Attorney General candidate Jeff Johnson. I don't really like to tell journalists how to do their job but do you think it might have been wise to mention Johnson's opponents in the story?
The Star Tribune, the Pi Press and KARE-11 have stories on complaints against a medical transportation company.
There's an attempt to get the MVST measure off of the ballot. The Strib and AP have stories.
The Mankato Free Press has a story on a debate by the legislative candidates. MPR has a profile on the Mankato legislative races. I'm not so sure a Republican pick-up here will determine control of the Minnesota Senate like this report suggest.
The Bemidji Pioneer has two stories on debates up north. One story focuses on the House race. The other on the Senate seat.
Several candidates, top and bottom of the ticket, will attend the walkabout in Cannon Falls this weekend.
Finally, how do we explain this one to teenagers?
