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Tag: Politics

The price of a House seat: $35,000 a day

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2013, 1:57 PM Mar 13, 2013
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In two days, the average U.S. senator raises enough money to equal the poverty level for a family of four.

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Opening day for worthless presidential polls

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 7, 2013, 3:31 PM Mar 7, 2013
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Our four-month break from full-time presidential campaigns has apparently ended with today’s release of 2016 presidential poll showing Hillary Clinton crushing her opposition.

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Would more women have prevented the sequester?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 6, 2013, 12:35 PM Mar 6, 2013
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Let us consider this idea: If there were more women elected to office, there wouldn’t be a sequester and a budget problem right now?

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What airport delays?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 4, 2013, 3:40 PM Mar 4, 2013
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The nation’s Homeland Security chief says sequestration is creating long airport checkpoint lines. But she’s one of the few people to find them.

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‘An ATM shaped like an airport’

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2013, 1:31 PM Feb 26, 2013
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Small airports get pork money while air traffic controllers get furloughed.

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The truth behind the aircraft carriers photo

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2013, 3:45 PM Feb 25, 2013
35

Here’s a picture that’s picking up steam around the Internet today. A picture of five aircraft carriers in port in Norfolk, Virginia. The chances are pretty good it’s going to show up in your Facebook feed soon.

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Economy

Closed airport towers a potential ‘calamity?’ Not likely

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2013, 1:55 PM Feb 22, 2013
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it’s good to keep the dire warnings in perspective and requiring a transportation secretary to explain how closing towers at airports without airline service is going to significant hamper the airline traveling public.

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If it smells like a power play…

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 28, 2013, 5:01 PM Jan 28, 2013
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The story of the resignation of Amy Koch from a Minnesota legislative leadership position unravels in dribs and drabs.

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Poll: Only a matter of time before same-sex marriage is legal in MN

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2013, 1:47 PM Jan 24, 2013
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The polling firm, Public Policy Polling, is out with a new poll, saying if same-sex marriage were on next year’s ballot, ‘it would probably pass.’

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The tour surprise

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 23, 2013, 12:36 PM Jan 23, 2013
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We have a winner in today’s things-that-are-cool competition.

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Live-blogging President Obama’s gun program

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 16, 2013, 10:30 AM Jan 16, 2013
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Who is Michelle Rhee and why do we care what she thinks about Minnesota schools?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2013, 1:20 PM Jan 8, 2013
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A failing grade for Minnesota schools has more to it than meets the eye.

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A few weeks in the life of a president

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2013, 12:10 PM Jan 4, 2013
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Some new White House photos show how most of us can’t really comprehend what it’s like to be the president of the United States.

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This scene made possible by proper health care

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2013, 1:03 PM Jan 3, 2013
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A nice moment at the Capitol might not have been possible were it not for accessibility to health care coverage.

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Nothing like a good political tirade

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 2, 2013, 2:27 PM Jan 2, 2013
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Hurricane Sandy got some of the blame/credit for the results of November’s election. It could influence 2016 too.

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